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I just looked it up - apparently NASCAR the organization started much earlier than I realized - but it grew out of classic boot leggers from the prohibition era 1920's running illegal adult beverages from the police in souped up street cars on streets (dirt roads!). But surely in 1948 none of the modern car safety stuff was in place. Just stock cars with souped up engines. I read that roll cages became a NASCAR procedure in 1972 : 1948 DECEMBER 14, 1947 – Bill France Sr. organizes a meeting at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida, to discuss the future of stock car racing. NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, is conceived. FEBRUARY 15, 1948 – NASCAR runs its first race in Daytona Beach at the beach road course.

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If ever there was an airplane that needs a gentle touch on taxiing, takeoff, and landing, it's the Rocket. I think the prop clearance is about 9". They have been known to have a prop strike while taxiing.

A well written analysis. I recommend sending it to Phil Corman who produces the monthly Mooney Flyer as an article worthy of publishing. I do a lot of transition trainings, and by far the thing that prevents me from signing a person off is the last 5-10 seconds of the landing. It can't be done by Rote mechanical motions. While proper approach speed and slope can make the flare easy for an experienced person, recognizing the rate of pull back on the yoke as it relates to reduction of sink rate, increase in ground effect, and remaining energy requires practice and feel. After years of teaching I know when that "feel" has been achieved. Sometimes it takes 20 landings on the low side and in rare instances it has taken 300. In reading the landing accidents that were the result of pilot error---with proper training they shouldn't have happened.

Ok, thanks. That is what I was looking for. I am thinking to change it a little bit and put two switches on there. One for PTT and the other for the autopilot disconnect.

Ok. here it is. brought it current and formatted it. For those that don't want the detail, here's the conclusion: Conclusion The analysis of Mooney M20R Ovation accidents highlights that landing-related issues, particularly those involving pilot technique errors, are the most common, accounting for 46.97% of all accidents and 87.10% of landing accidents. Loss of Control dominates fatal accidents (66.67%), emphasizing the risks of spatial disorientation and IMC. These findings suggest a need for targeted pilot training on landing techniques and IMC avoidance, alongside robust maintenance practices to address mechanical failures. Mooney Ovation Accident Analysis.pdf

Nope. Weather was OK. We had a microburst the previous day that destroyed about 6 planes at the open tie down ramps. But weather not a factor on this day. As I mentioned, an eyewitness has the plane coming in hot, hit hard, bounce, porpoise, strike prop and lose all control.

You won't get insurance in California as a student pilot in a Mooney, @Parker_Woodruff tried to get it done for me last year. I'm glad though, I ended up doing most of my training in a 150 and passed my checkride in it, then bought my Mooney at around 100TT. There's a lot more going on in the Mooney, in the 150 I could concentrate on stick n rudder skills and it's harder to get behind flying a 150. Also, since I was in a club, the 150 had 100hour inspections and I never had to worry about maintenance etc other than a couple scheduling issues. Just another distraction avoided so I could focus on my training.

Email n77gb@msn.com my beech store / website I have the dimensions of most models on file . inside diameter x Length

Ahh, must have been Signature. It’s so nice having it right there. -Matt

People been running 'shine in fast cars since the 1902s . . . NASCAR just allowed them to go fast within rules and without fear of arrest. (c.f., Junior Johnson)

Actually, Jerry is over closer to Ft, Worth, but still in the immediate area.

I don't think NASCAR was around in 1953 Where they?

@Gee Bee Aeroproducts How can I order. Having a hard time finding your website

He's listed here: https://themooneyflyer.com/cfi.html

Yes, and some of his designs pre-date that by quite a bit.

I read the river rose 30’ in 45 min. That’s incredible…

My passenger didn't freak out, but he did say later that he was afraid the engine would die, too. Then I reminded him of the magnetos, and he was, oh yeah, you told me that. I've done emergency extension in the air once (training) and on jacks once or twice. I remembered how it works (move lever, observe lack of green light; pull breaker; move side wall slider to engage the crank; unfold handle and start turning). But you have to pay attention to which way to turn the crank, i started the wrong way--push forward, not wind up towards your shoulder. My seat cushion interfered some with the cranking, and 50+ turns is a lot. Pattern was 1800, so I climbed a bit above it, holding ~100 mph and just extended the downwind until the floor indicator said "Gear Down" and was all green. Took a break around 40, then finished up and turned back to the airport. My biggest concern was a no radio landing at an unfamiliar field. I circled once to descend to pattern altitude, which left me on upwind, lowered flaps (they seemed to be slow), then the gear didn't go down. When I came back to land again with the gear down, I did see a plane ahead of me make a touch and go (saw him on final while I was on downwind, turned base after he passed me). Normal landing, taxi to parking, and two guys ran out of the FBO telling me that "everyone is looking for you, including the FAA." Hmmm, maybe the transponder set to 7600 didn't transmit? The display was lit up for almost 10 minutes before going dark, I dunno. So I called Flight Service, told them I'd landed safely and to close my flight plan. A few minutes later I had to disappoint a very nice city cop who showed up because Memphis Center had called the local 911 . . . She didn't get to make a heroic rescue of my already-parked airplane. But try finding a rental car in a small town on a holiday weekend! Two and a half hours later, we turned the courtesy car back in, which they loaned us after we made a reservation on the phone . . . . The drive home (~4:46) wasn't nearly as fun as the flight up (~1.5 including the extra gear-lowering and returning to the airport time). I'll call back on Monday morning and talk to the on-field A&P. Right now, I'm just tired. I'd like a cold adult beverage, but it would just put me to sleep. I much prefer the boring flights, here to there and back again, no stress, no excitement. Keeping level altitude and constant airspeed while cranking on the sidewall is all but impossible, so I added a buffer to both and flew as straight and level as possible while cranking.

estimated 4 day rainfall totals, and again with decreased opacity for context Relief operations / how to help listed in this article for those so motivated: https://gardenandgun.com/articles/catastrophic-flooding-in-central-texas-how-to-help/

It was dispelled by Al Mooney himself - he wrote an autobiography that I read. He designed the M20 himself on his kitchen table. The first M20 prototype flew in 1953.

Yes, it sounded more like getting around town and services are going to be severely impacted for everyone in Kerrville I’m sure.

That has been dispelled by Bill Wheat years ago, but he still calls it a roll cage.

I'm about 20 miles from Kerrville and we had a lot of rain where I live. A area of low pressure just parked over us for a day and dumped rain. I'm an an elevation of about 500 feet higher than Kerrville though so I didn't experience any problems at my house. The heaviest rain was from around 12:00 AM to 10:00 AM on Friday - Kerrville got 12 inches of rain during that time. In some areas of the country that may not seem like enough to cause all of this flooding. In the Hill Country however we don't have a lot of topsoil so all of the rain runs off. Before the Guadalupe River crested in Kerrville they estimated that there were 175,000 cubit feet of water moving through every second. What made it so disastrous is that people from all over come here to camp every 4th of July. The heaviest of the rain happened when they were sleeping. There were RVs and cars and trucks washed away. As of right now there are 43 official casualties and many missing. However, I fear the count will go much higher as the water lowers and bodies are found. An area NW of Kerrville in Hunt where there are summer camps got hit very hard. Pavement ripped off of the roads by the water. The Post office in that small town is completely gone, nothing left. Where Brian Kendrick and his family live in Kerrville is quite a ways up higher from the river, but it was a good precaution to leave I'm sure.

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Hello all, I live in Brazil and since the number of mooneys flying here is very small, A&Ps that have experience in the type are also rare. I'd jump on the opportunity for a workshop like these without a doubt.