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When I found out he only tries in playoffs lol

Yeah, that movie is how I found out Kareem was a pilot!

Load the fight club up with red bull and Hennessy

And don’t call me Shirley

Note to the faa on here i do not currently or have i ever done amphetamines...it was a joke

I picked the wrong day to quit amphetamines

That's some serious aviation history referenced right there...

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue……

I think a few of the programs around here work like that or close to it. There are feeder schools here for Lufthansa, United, Southwest, etc.,etc. UND and ASU both have programs here. When I was in A&P school the ASU and UND flight students had some classes in our classroom building and their hangar and ramp were adjacent to and in front of our hangar, so we saw those guys a lot. I don't know too many of the details. A friend is now a Southwest pilot and went all the way through the Southwest feeder program here. It was kinda fun to follow him through that.

More like the bullshit business

I know the spirit thing is a scam like a Nigerian scam. Mooney hasn't been forthcoming since Johnny was at Oshkosh several years ago nearly complete silence after he blew smoke up everyone's ass. Lasar hasn't been forthcoming since just before their assurance fuckup, during and now of what they are doing, their actual plans.

I would agree with that statement. But then, inexplicably (?) Manual 205 has the Johnson bar gear included. Maybe you could special order a manual gear airplane new from the factory?

Because these were all built with factory electric gear. No Johnson Bar means no J-Bar plug . . . .

I used a propeller protractor to measure the blade angle on the museum's DC-3. All it does is compensate for the tilt of the crankshaft. You accounted for that, and with a digital level, your measurements are more accurate. Good job!

Well, if anyone cares for an update... Measured the blade angle today. I bought a nice digital level for the job. Used a plumb bob to mark centerline on the hangar floor, then measured 30 inches out from there and marked the floor. Deflated the nose tire completely. Using the digital level with the prop completely straight up and down, I used the three bolts on the hub face to find my reference angle. In this case, 89.95 degrees. Turning the prop 90 degrees from there, I used a plumb bob and my previous markings on the ground to mark the 30" station on the propeller. Using the digital level at 30" station, the level came up with 77.05 degrees. 89.95 minus 77.05 = 12.9 degrees. Close enough for government work to the 13 degrees the TCDS calls for considering I am not using a propeller protractor.

Yep that’s exactly what I’m talking about. I’ve been contemplating options and what you describe sounds like a great solution. Do you have any pics of it?

Delta signed a deal with my alma mater, Auburn University, and built the Delta Academy several years ago. The training fleet more than doubled in size, are all glass panels, and KAUO now has a tower to keep them all straight (as well as an ILS approach for the coaches' jets). The graduates are supposed to filter into Delta, directly or through subsidiaries or allied smaller airlines, I'm not sure. Having graduated lo these many years ago, and not being in the market to upgrade myself or launch any offspring into the airlines, I'm not current on what's happening, but this has been my understanding since the bulldozers appeared. Their building is right beside the enlarged ramp where they all park, across the runway from the FBO. There may be other examples scattered around the country with various airlines. This is all I know.

As I said before (comment in your ad) I would have been all over your prop if I could make it work for an E. Unfortunately it is only STC'd for J engines (A1D6 or A3D6, I think). Same way 2-bladed McCauley props are only STC'd for J's. Mine was balanced by Poplar Grove Airmotive, and they worked hard on it, so I don't suspect it can be improved much. It is reasonably smooth, but as I said not as smooth as some J's I've been in.

I'd Love to get in on a group buy!

Edison did my tanks in 2009? 2010? He was on time and on budget, plus a 52-gallon fill up at the FBO. Drove me from FXE to FLL to take the airlines home when I dropped it off, backed against the fence in front of his hangar that was very full with two other Mooneys in it. The only "extra" was new sump drains, but he accepted the quoted price in cash. At the time, he was significantly less expensive than Paul Beck, had a shorter waiting list, and flights from West-by-Gawd, Virginny were a quarter of the price to Minneapolis, which is still a fur piece from Willmar. I'm a happy, satisfied customer even though my warranty expired years ago. Still no leaks. If I stumble onto a large pile of cash and get a newer Mooney, I will not hesitate to call him if it develops tank problems.

The parts that Mooney and Lasar had in stock arrived quickly and at a decent price, Heather and Dan Riesland know the biz, everybody will have to work together to keep the parts supply going and find new ways to source and repair parts that that are difficult to produce economically due to low volume and complexity

Great let me know . Thanks

I wonder if there are enough Mooney items for group buys that MooneySpace could have a forum with a thread for each item and a running list for who’s in for what. Would be an easy place to see interest and also for @LasarAviation to share min order quantities and expected order dates. not sure how many items this would be applicable for?? Wing sight fuel gauges, gear sets, no back springs, cowl flap motors… if MS helped to batch interest would that help Lasar? Or not make a difference?