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Flew from Rochester MN to LGA New York. Filled direct. Local RST departure had a funny sound to her voice when she said "turn direct LGA climb to 17,000. Then at FL 170 in my J at a ground speed of about 180kts almost to the lake Chicago approach said mooney 1ad you have time for a question? I slipped my 02 mask down and said "lots of time go ahead" Chicago approach said its kinda slow and me and a few people want to know if you can really make LGA without a fuel stop?". I chucked and said "well I'm burning 8.5gph and the computer says ill have 25 gallons left when I land. Chicago approach said "wow that's amazing we never new Mooneys were that good on gas". Pretty cool.

Considering how slow some of us were telling him to fly final, I suspect it will be a while before he reports back.

somebody violated a TFR saying he was dropping off Santa - LOL http://www.liveatc.net/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10497.0;attach=7073

You can glue flat tinnerman nuts to the back of the plastic. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/tinnerman.php

Listen to the Interesting Recordings link on liveatc.net. Some are pretty cool! A couple years ago, I was flying into Deer Valley AZ (Delta space) and told "Mooney slow it down a little, you are 60kts faster than everyone in front of you" I guess I just wanted to get in their at that point since I had to do a 360 due to radio congestion then another after being told to stay clear. The two, very wide, 360's were at full speed.

A J is at its limit at 17,000. Out west where the mountains are real it can be pretty marginal. I have come in to Denver on the LARKS arrival and have been unable to maintain the MEA because of winds coming downslope off the mountains. The tallest point East of the Mississippi, Mount Mitchell, is below pattern altitude at Centennial (APA) that makes the J a great plane for down in the East. I miss the Rockets ability to climb over 1000 fpm at 26,000'. Tailwinds up high have pushed my ground speeds well over 300KTS.

Pretty good 2700rpm peak egt was about 7.8-8gph best as I could tell it was about 148true. Indicating 116kts -22c Tried 80rop at 8.5gph, maybe a couple knots more that's about it. 143 true was 7.5 Like I said before if you can get a kick ass tail wind go high wind up the "J" as fast as it will go. Still cheaper than taking care if a turbo. But a acclaim would have been a awesome ride.

I lock mine to the shelter and leave it running for the night.

I flew a 231 rocket with a vernier throttle. I didn't like it at all. If I pushed the button in I couldn't make very precise adjustments and with the button out I had to spin it forever to get anywhere.

Make sure to get a thorough pre-buy from an independent mechanic. Make sure to read this board about common issues with an M20J and things to look for. Don't use your dual time to do cross countries -- make it valuable training, get to know the planes slow flight characteristics, land in challenging conditions, learn to lean and learn about how to monitor your engine, get some instrument time, etc.

Congrats! Consider using some those 25 hours for IFR training. You can run into weather quickly in your Mooney.

One isolated report does not make for a "plague." If this was really an issue it would surely have come out when Aviation Consumer did their independent evaluation of the Aspen equipment. Instead, they recommend the equipment as a "best buy."