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We've got friends fighting for life in the hospital and you come on and your first ever comment is this garbage? You're seriously concerned about your insurance premium going up? This is the last post I'll ever read of yours and hope to never see you or your Mooney on a ramp anywhere I fly.

This is your first post, and you have been around since 2012. What is your name? Don't hide behind an alias. I want to make sure we reevaluate the need to help you if that time comes. I have been very non judgemental until I read your post. You contribute nothing and bitch about your potential insurance rates. You sadden me on a very sad day, Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Wow, I do not know you but your post makes me wonder if you and I would get along. I hope my first impression is wrong and that moreover your assessment is as incorrect as it is in poor taste. Interestingly, this was your first post on this forum. How about an introduction before you pontificate?

Good. Now is not the time for him to be placating our curiosity. He is full of pain medication I’ll bet. There will come a time he will share with us his observations. The NTSB will be hounding him to recant the accident well before he is mentally prepared to as it is. Let’s let Mark heal and let’s help him heal. I guarantee you it is a real hero who pulls you from a burning plane. This person I hope becomes known to us, we all owe him a round or two. Bobby, thanks for being there for me.

That takes a lot of heroism to jump into a burning crash site to assist a stranger. God bless him. I hope the injuries are less severe than reported and the pilot recovers. Could of been much worse. I hope someone is there should I need the courage to fly my stricken bird to the ground...to render aid. I shall judge not...

June 12, 2019 CONGRATULATIONS! You are one of the first in line to receive your new MAX upgrade. We are pleased to let you know we have submitted TSO paperwork to the FAA this week and expect certification by June 30. Please contact your dealer to schedule your unit removal and return to our Albuquerque facility. Your dealer will include the RMA paperwork provided at the time of your order. Based on this certification schedule we will be ready to receive units for your upgrade by July 8, 2019. Once we receive your unit, expected turnaround time will be 7-10 days. If the certification date changes, you will be notified by June 20 with an alternate date we will be ready to receive the units. We have also communicated with your dealer regarding upgrade status. Depending upon the condition of your current unit, we may be assigning a unit with a different serial number. If you require your original unit returned, please let us know by emailing our customer support manager, As a reminder, the upgrade is compatible with the EFD1000 Pro PFD and 500/1000 MFDs. It is not compatible with our Pilot or VFR display systems. Please ask your dealer to ship your display to our Albuquerque manufacturing facility: Aspen Avionics 5001 Indian School Road, NE, Suite 100 Albuquerque, NM 87110 Thank you for your business, and we hope you will enjoy many more years of efficient use with your new MAX upgrade. Sincerely, Aspen Avionics

https://www.azfamily.com/video/man-speaks-about-helping-save-pilot-from-burning-plane-in/video_5ea8f532-4409-57d3-8aaa-fb7c6ce5a3b2.html

Get well, Mooney Pilot. Hope to hear good news for you, soon. Thank you, to the amazing passer-by? Prayers, -a-

I had a Stand in the static display. I was able to show the new Acclaim Ultra to a lot of Visitors. Thanks to all who visited me

Yes, of course Russia and Ukraine are two different countries, but I believe the airplane was initially flown to Russia, perhaps on some kind of sales-demo trip. My fault for not making that clear. There was a time when I'd have fired up my Ducati Desmo and done what you suggest, but now I'm in my dotage (83). There is one Brit forum that I post on occasionally, so maybe I'll try them for possible further info. It's run by the Key Publishing company and is unfortunately populated by sniffy anoraks who get annoyed when you don't follow their customs.

Not my first rodeo. I have many hours in 201 Mike, which Flying Magazine owned when I was an editor there. It was the very first production 201. I've flown a lot of different Mooneys at one time or or another, including the Porsche, which I loved. Didn't know Al Mooney, but I did know Roy LoPresti. As far as I can tell from the above replies to my original post, there are no M22s currently flying, although there may be a few "I could fly it if I wanted to" or "It's flyable but the nosegear is broken right now," etc. Interesting.

so it's getting time for the before and after pictures....

FWIW: I closed on my Rocket on 22 May, it's in the paint shop. Reveal in a few weeks. I flew it from Jimmy Garrison's to Don Maxwell's in Longview and back. On the way there: 7500 MSL, 30 " MP, 2200 RPM, 17.3 gph, 185 KTAS, 1500 TIT I'm not certain that was right 'cause I couldn't relally see the OAT setting very well on the airspeed indicateor. at 10,500 MSL, 30" MP, 2200 rpm, 17.3 gph: 192KTS at 8 deg C OAT. 1500 TIT so running pretty rich of peak. It's a glorious machine!

Lycoming mechanical fuel pumps as pictured have two diaphrams one sealing the engine oil, the other fuel, with the space between connected to a drain. If the upper leaks, engine oil comes out the drain. Other, fuel. Either way the pump continues to do it's job. Let it go and have the other fail and bad, sad things will happen. Continental engines have a completely different arrangement.

No, I am holding off on calling him or emailing him. I know where he is at, and I might call the hospital to see how he is doing. Your comment is my exact thought - if he can tell us what occurred, that may shed some light on the cause.

I took these about two years ago.

No, the one I have seen at Wangen Lachen is white/red. It is HB-DVZ. That is the one which appeared on planecheck a few weeks ago. That is one pic I found of it, by Tino Dietsche. The other one is HB-DVY, red/orange/beige Both are active as far as I know. The metallic/blue one was HB-DEW but that one got sold a few years ago. Some pics can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/Mooney-M22-Mustang-423324937740112/

I had always dreamed of building the "ultimate" FS rig. It would be dedicated PCs just for graphics, flight physics, and instrumentation/controls. A minimum of a three screens just for the visuals; one for front and one on each side for that imersive feel. Each screen would have it's own PC to prevent any kind of graphics lag. The instrumentation PC woud run additional screen(s) for displaying my flight instruments and taking all of the flight control inputs. The flight physics PC would be responsible for all of the rest of the 'game,' i.e. ATC, Navigation, Other Traffic, and physics. All of them would be netwoked so I would be running one "plane" with 5 PCs. In my mind, that was the only way to get the resoution and frame rate that I felt was necessary. Then I decided a real plane was cheaper and bought a mooney

Dev @DXB was right on target. Its possible your EGT probe connection is beginning to fail where the wires come out of the probe - they break down here over time. But its more likely its just a loose connection since your symptom initially is only occurring on the ground at idle when things are shaking a bit more. So check that first as well as look for any chaffed wires in the harness as it goes back to the firewall. But most likely the connection between the probe and harness is just loose, so try that first.

It's not sale price, it's remaining equity after sale, fees, inspections, realtor commissions and setting aside for the next place to live. Those take significant amounts off the table.

In Georgia it's a no brainer - Cole Aviation in Dalton Georgia. Give Joey Cole a call, tell him you're looking, he can help you with some of your other questions also and possibly even help find a plane. Comments above regarding severe risks and constraints imposed by your price range are correct.

Sealant has been completed. Waiting on more pictures from Carl but here is one of them,

Wow. In his emotional words after his selfless act his emotion was simply focused on the pilots welfare and his family being able to spend more time with him. What a wonderful human being...

Well I added the D3 to the shopping cart and began the checkout process so I could verify the rebate amount and I accidentally clicked on “Purchase”. Looks like I’ll be listing my D2 soon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In the interview it was Mr. Tom Honeycutt (is what it sounds like?) and he was a hero for sure. A man of action with no hesitation!

We are all going to be discussing which version of Nvidea’s graphics board we’re going to need and how big the TV downstairs will be best... in the meantime.... is there a Steam version for download? I first saw MSFS in 1984 at a friend’s house. His dad was a closet PC computer simulator guy... got a copy of the sim around 1986... monochrome screen and meig’s field... Chicago buildings all in wire frame... Learned VOR navigation to explore other airports... -a-

Well, yeah; I guess I didn't realize selling a plane was so easy

2 comments- 1) Ground running is more detrimental to the engine than sitting. It puts water (condensation) back into the engine case to combine with acids there and eat away at the inside of the engine. One rally needs to fly the engine for 1/2 hr to heat it enough to get rid of the water. 2) Nothing in the Lycoming prop strike AD requires a complete tear down or an overhaul. What it does require is looking at the crank shaft end gear and its dowel and replacing the bolt and lock washer that holds it on to the crank shaft. You can do this by removing the rear case only. Most insurance companies pay for a tear down to avoid any call backs if something goes wrong after the work.

I don't use MP for leaning, using the JPI 900 in a 64c I find that it will show the word LEANEST when it is just beyond running rough. Before I had the JPI I think I used to see peak temp before it sounded like all hell was breaking loose...with the JPI it gets a bit uncomfortable before it shows the word LEANEST then I make it 100 degrees richer from what it stored peak temp as.. I seem to get book numbers for FF.... I know this probably does not answer your question,,,hopefully convince you to get a good monitor... get a good monitor and a CO detector...everything else is just fluff......

it sure did... my brother and I spent a whole day gridding off the area and painting... Filling in the blue letters was definitely the most time consuming... Id say 16 man hours went into the project.

Thanks to this old post I was able to repair a faulty TKS level gauge. Just what the OP said: The floater is hollow and can leak, so when filled with tks fluid it does not float very well giving very low or somewhat erratic readings. Be forewarned - it is a bitch of a job in an Ovation that was exasperated by the fact that the rear seat airbag modules are mounted directly over the sender unit and it took more time getting it's mounting bracket out then the rest of the job combined ! Also, I drilled out a couple of the cherry max rivets holding the left seat pan, just in the corner so that I could lift it and bend it back to get direct acces from the top to pry off the sender from the tank.

I did not, but a Mooney Pro trainer did that we all know. While we are in speculating stage, this doesn’t appear to be a deficiency in training issue. Mark is a very competent pilot. A few very recognizable Mooney CFi’s have flown with him in this plane and have reached out to me expressing their concern for his well being. Marks ability or decision making is not in our list of causation at this time

Now that I own my own plane, after playing all versions of MS Flight Sim and flying the Bravo... I so want to land at Meigs Field in Chicago in real life.

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4 Mooneys met at Bremerton on Sunday and did some 4 ship practice with Velcro @FlyingAg14 leading the training session. Video taken by my wife Brenda as I returned home with Bolter as my wingman.

Here's an update from a couple of years after fixing the broken wire in the magneto secondary coil and switching to Tempest fine wire spark plugs. I have had zero starting problems since doing those things. Hot starts, cold starts, warm starts. It's all great now.

This is a great video documenting paint correction and ceramic coating application on a Mooney!

I finally had a chance to shoot a quick video in my Mooney. This is one of my first solo trips since finishing my transition training into my 67 M20F. I love being able to safely fly my plane now. It is so rewarding to gain proficiency and confidence with these beautiful machines. This was a twilight approach into Van Nuys over the San Fernando Valley in the Los Angeles basin. You might notice that ATC uses the wrong call sign when apparently asking me to switch runways but all worked out great and they didn't admit their mistake and I didn't know of their request until I watched the video. There was also another Mooney on approach 10 miles out with a very similar call sign. The runway was clear and I learned something from the experience. Enjoy riding along with me in my 67 M20F. Mooney_Twilight_Flight_Into_Van_Nuys_Medium.mp4

@BaldEagle, I am in the same position as you relatively speaking. I hope the OP will share so I too can get some sense of what the timeline is.

Follow up to this thread. on 6-7-2019 I put everything back together. Did my ground check and had the same issues but they were not as prominent as before. (Maybe the shield grounds having better continuity to the aircraft frame helped) Anyways I did my full ground check and then turned off my G5 and reprogrammed it to the Century A/P setting instead of the AutoControl setting the G5 has. Bingo!!! It works perfect now! Flew it down to Avionics shop on Monday after putting 3 hours on it this weekend. I Love this G5 interfaced to the A/P Can't wait for the GNX 375

That's how my failure on taxi out manifested. Plus the gage read "0." The whole 25 minute flight home it was bouncing around at a consistent ~170° left bank but varying climb / descent angles. Beautiful but turbulent VFR breakfast run that morning.

Scott, The GFS is primarily a model that does extremely well at depicting the large scale synoptic patterns. It has a much higher vertical resolution especially at the jet stream level. So from a wind speed/direction and upper level depiction, the GFS will be the best source. If you are looking for good precip forecasts, better to use the WRF/NAM or the RAP/HRRR products.

I recently washed my aircraft with a decent soap by Chemical Guys and then before it dried I hit it with Meguiar’s new Hybrid Ceramic Wax. You spray very tiny amount of it onto the surface and wipe/buff it dry with a microfiber to setup a base. After that just wash it regularly and spray off the soap. Then coat the surface conservatively with the Hybrid Wax and use a high-pressure spray to blow the chemical across the surface. Wash the chemical completely off. Then microfiber dry. I just did the Mother-I-L’s car yesterday and it looks phenomenal: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Update. I went in again (carefully) with the bore scope and the scratches are gone! The cylinder has had 8.75 hours since the last time I scoped it, when I scratched the deposits with the brass end of the bore scope. Total time on this cylinder is now about 18 hours.

We talk about how to make new Mooney planes better/more appealing/cheaper. But the de facto Mooney market is old airplanes, and that’s been the case for decades. When I bought my first Mooney around 30 years ago it was a (then) 25 year old plane, not one of the handful of new Mooneys produced that year. I bought it because it was among the best designs I could afford. Many of the same (now) 55 year old planes are on the market these days. We buy them because they’re among the best old designs we can afford. Buyers who can afford a $750K machine are voting with their wallets for more modern designs.