The basis of the conversion was the early Model 35 Bonanza with the original small V-tail surfaces.

Serial number records indicate the aircraft chosen for conversion range in production dates from 1947 to 1950.

Oakland Airmotive intended to produce converted planes starting in 1960, but never progressed beyond manufacturing and installing Super-V conversion kits on customer-supplied Bonanzas.

Flying magazine published a story on the Super V in October 1960[3] and the marketing efforts were reaching a peak, with a Super-V (Registration N617B) completing a successful circumnavigation of the globe.

[2] As a preliminary first step towards true fuel injection, the O-360-A1C engine was adopted in August 1960, which eliminated the possibility of carburetor icing.

[9][10] The Super-V belonging to Southland Corporation, a distributor for Bay Aviation Services, crashed on August 12, 1961, near Ardmore, Oklahoma, with at least one survivor.

This, coupled with workmanship issues and early crashes,[2] led to the rapid dissolution of Bay Aviation.

[11] A separate type certificate was issued for planes manufactured by Fleet in Canada, this time with O-360-A1D engines.