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You need to get one of those stubby beach chairs to emulate the Mooney seating position

I sold my 1978 J in 1993 to do some other things. My wife and I had pretty much done everything we set out to do with it in the seven years we owned it. We used the money from non-ownership to buy a bigger house and travel. I used the freedom to explore other facets of aviation. Flew aerobatics in Decathlons. Got a seaplane rating. My wife gave me a DC-3 type rating for my 50th birthday and I got my ATP at the same time. Added a helicopter rating and flew helicopters for a bit. After retiring early from tech, I got a job flying float Beavers in Ketchikan in 2008 and 2009. Flew them in Seattle for a few summers after that. Along the way I met some warbird folks and flew a BT-13, T-6G, C-45 and right seat in a DC-3. A couple of years ago, I got the itch for keys in my pocket and bought another J. Kind of back where I started. Skip

What to take away from this thread: Just because an instructor says something does not mean it is correct. (says the CFII)

I don't know why this is so hard. (d) Instrument proficiency check. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, a person who has failed to meet the instrument experience requirements of paragraph (c) of this section for more than six calendar months may reestablish instrument currency only by completing an instrument proficiency check. That means if you have been non-current for more than 6 months then you need the check. Six months and 1 day after that first of your last six approaches, you have only failed to meet the requirements for 1 day, not 6 months. With that said, barring mechanical or medical issues, why push it? Get more than 1 every month so you only need to look back 2 or 3 months to find 6 approaches.

I fly the 757/767, also fly a friends Malibu with him at times..... The Malibu is great and I spent about 20 years flying Gulfstreamns and Lear's, larger and smaller boeings but I when I want some fun I climb into this Grumman Yankee with a 150 hp engine and GTN650, GTX345 etc etc etc.....its a blast

The changes were about two years ago. I did an article on them in the September 2018 IFR Magazine. Looks like one of those available without a subscription. http://www.ifr-magazine.com/issues/34_9/features/Finally-Revised-REGs_1487-1.html

Wait a Second, people who own Mooneys fly Other planes? Its Mooney For me, Anything else is just uncivilized!!!!

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Hah! I feel the need....I'm so pumped for the new Top Gun!

I'm planning to be there. I'm amazed at this myself.

Ya, nothing like government lawyers to keep us guessing. Lots of ways to read something. Specific words and even punctuation can make a difference. There is nothing like an example to make things more clear.

I've flown during a potential GPS outage in my area and did not notice any degradation in performance. However... Even with a GPS outage, you can still fly an ILS, you just can't couple the autopilot. What I'm not sure about is whether or not the flight director would still work without the GPS. But to your point, that is one reason we keep the KNS80 in our plane. VOR/LOC/GS/DME.

That is a good test and interesting to hear. But for our owned airplanes, I see no reason we should ever be worrying about our lives hanging on the strength of the seat-pins - I mentioned this before - why not get a piece of wood, like a 2 by 4 or whatever is the right size, to place behind your pilot seat on the ground behind the seat tracks, so that if the pin were to slip, the seat has a mechanical block and still can't go anywhere? It would be a small and non- intrusive old school absolute preventative fix to a potentially dire problem.

Many people commute 1-1.5 hours (I used to) to Boston from New Hampshire. I commute from New Hampshire to Nantucket. As expected business is slow this time a year but I still go there 3-4 days a week. Summer is 5 sometimes 6 days. This is the reason I bought this airplane.

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The 787 pays the the bills, so I can fly a Mooney, play in the mountains of Colorado and restore a classic car. The wife’s job, DEN tower controller, does help support my transportation “habits”.

We have had this plane for 10 years now, and when we got it I was flying 747-200s. Then I flew the -400, then I went on to the 737 and now the A320. The A320 makes me want a GFC500.

Google M20K POH: http://www.sparrowflyingclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/M20K-POH-N654JB.pdf Load factors would be a limitation: Look in limitations section. (Hint: page 2-8) BTW, @RLCarter answered this correctly: It's a normal category airplane and they are ALL the same by regulation. Skip

And no CFI has ever been wrong.

I believe this is the discussion referenced:

Oh, I forgot to mention Paul Kortopates will be a Subject Matter Expert also at the Mooney Summit VIII. All those pesky "LOP/ROP" OWT's will be addressed with authority! Thanks Paul, your generous contribution of your expertise is much appreciated by the Mooney Community! Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

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Scott will be one of the Mooney Summit VIII Subject Matter Experts giving a great presentation on Saturday, Oct 17th! He will also be at Peter Oknight KTFP for airport day and perhaps host a round table on Friday Oct 16th. If you haven't registered yet, sign up HERE. This Mooney Summit should be the best one yet and is ever important in today's times. Thanks for doing this Scott, your expertise will be most valuable!

Correct. “In summary, this new wording makes no significant change to the experience requirements. What has changed is the fact that currency can be maintained using a flight simulator, FTD or ATD and an instructor sign off on such activities is no longer required. In addition, now it is necessary to count the six-month period to conclude in the calendar month before the month of the intended flight.”

If anyone else, like me, had to look this up- do NOT read the Urban Dictionary definition. I can't not think about it now...

EAA Membership ($40) Free SolidWorks software. Lay out the panel in SolidWorks Test fit with Plexiglas templates ($5 homedepot) Take the final file to a metal shop with water jet and get the panel cut. ($50) Take the fresh cut panel to a trophy shop for laser engraving ($40 and a ride in the Mooney) Paint with textured paint ($20) Install Panel Detach instruments from existing panel, but not from airplane, pitot static, electrical, etc. Remove old panel Install new panel Attach instruments to new panel Find friendly A&P to sign off on new panel Go fly. The end result.

Throw it out. Don't replace it! It was never a good look for an instrument panel. While you're at it, cut a new aluminum panel, rearrange the instruments to a standard six pack. Lasar etch the placards, shoot it with some textured paint. Now you've got a modern panel and your Mooney just got 30 years younger. And you're out $200. Ask me how.

Not only does it work.... I have proof! Norman Vz Howell is on the schedule! Along with Ron @Blue on Top Blum And my favorite weather guru @Scott Dennstaedt i am using this version of the link... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TEQ2hOTnP1dMXmaX2fLCScQ6yuwv_kxcyE4rQH_bKLY/edit Looking forward to a great weekend of Mooneyism...? Best regards, -a-

But those bolts have never broken and caused an accident, so anything bigger is not needed. I’d say the design got it right. what’s the tensile and shear failure load for a AN4 bolt?

Thanks, yeah I did the hold on a missed and tracking accomplished tracking from a VOR to an intersection.

This is a great idea to prevent the seat from sliding back. But a bigger problem is the seat “collapsing” so to speak. In other words the whole seat moves down and you feel like you’re sitting on the floor! It can happen when the weight exceeds what the structure supporting the seat can handle. And not just from an overweight pilot or copilot. It can be from g forces. Rare but I have seen it in a Mooney and it’s a real eye opener. Suddenly the seat collapses and you find yourself practically sitting on the floor grabbing the center tube to pull yourself up!

(d) Instrument proficiency check. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, a person who has failed to meet the instrument experience requirements of paragraph (c) of this section for more than six calendar months may reestablish instrument currency only by completing an instrument proficiency check. e) Exceptions. (1) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to a pilot in command who is employed by a part 119 certificate holder authorized to conduct operations under part 125 when the pilot is engaged in a flight operation for that certificate holder if the pilot in command is in compliance with §§125.281 and 125.285 of this chapter. (2) This section does not apply to a pilot in command who is employed by a part 119 certificate holder authorized to conduct operations under part 121 when the pilot is engaged in a flight operation under part 91 or 121 for that certificate holder if the pilot in command complies with §§121.436 and 121.439 of this chapter. (3) This section does not apply to a pilot in command who is employed by a part 119 certificate holder authorized to conduct operations under part 135 when the pilot is engaged in a flight operation under parts 91 or 135 for that certificate holder if the pilot in command is in compliance with §§135.243 and 135.247 of this chapter.

I'll be there.

Seems to be a challenge of flying fancy aircraft... Some of us have experience of Utility aircraft.... All of us have experience of Normal aircraft... Where we actively avoid tearing parts off the plane... engine, tail, wing.... bumpy air... and maneuvering speed... go together... Another place we use some cautious limitations... Banking to 60° we pull 2gs... the gs increase a lot beyond 60°.... It’s a great question to ask... surprisingly it isn’t mentioned every other page of the POH... of course if it did... planes wouldn’t sell... PP thoughts only, not a CFI... Best regards, -a-

I'd say you can go out with a safety pilot while VMC, fly 6 approaches, and get at least one hold to become current. If you wait until July then you will need another IPC.

Only the Nxi... you can spin the OBS to give yourself LNAV, but I don't believe that D-> with an altitude of the field will give you a vnav. You have to turn on the runway extension markers on the map, and spin the OBS until they match to get an exact final. loading the RNAV approach is of limited use unless you are straight in, since the +V won't arm unless you approach outside of the FAF. If there is an ILS I will load that instead to have the LOC+GS as backup no matter how close a pattern I fly.

Here is my best LOP true air speed:) Obviously not the norm! I was riding an updraft for about 10-15 minutes that day.

I had these installed as part of a panel upgrade. They did install separate breakers for each switch/circuit. It has stirred a bit of commotion between an I/A and the panel shop...and has lead to other interesting topics on this forum such as the Repair Station vs. A&P discussion. (That I'd link here, but don't know how...)

Let's say you actually lose 5 knots with a/c. On a max range trip of 800 NM, you're talking 175 versus 180 knots. To put it in perspective, it's 15 minutes. Go flying on a hot day without a/c, and your passengers will hate the 15 minutes they spent sweating before takeoff, and the 10 minutes they spend sweating again, taxiing in after landing. What part of the trip will they remember? The misery, of course. Want your wife to appreciate the plane and go flying with you? And approve $$$$ upgrades? Having a/c will facilitate all of that. The best buy for a retrofit is the Arctic Air Real A/C for about $4700. No scoop, no drag either.

Well it was probably the cheapest, hottest, likely heaviest solution 30 yrs ago and relatively high reliability. Today however with units that run from 10 -30V it is a very bad thing to leave in line with the 14 or 28v power supply. Modern transponders use high efficiency, typically~90% switching power supplies to convert whatever voltage is applied, to what they need. Apart from the extra weight, an in line resistor will generate heat all the time, it will drop the voltage to the transponder so the switching power supply will draw more current to maintain internal regulation, efficiency will go down a lot, the alternator will need to generate more power and it will apply a higher load on the engine. It will of course warm the cabin a little quicker

I think there is sound reasoning for the “don’t just do something, stand there approach.” I recall one of my mentors in the emergency department saying the same thing. In an emergency, the desire to do “something” had to be balanced by the need to do the “right thing.” We train for those situations where the “right thing” needs to happen right away. Again, I’m going to recommend “Thinking fast and slow” by Daniel Kahneman. It goes into great detail to explain why our immediate response is not always the correct one.

Subscribe and Fly Along! Did some pattern work at Orange County. There was a Yellow Piper Cube not on the radio who was also in the pattern. Keep your eyes open! Its always a good idea to practice in the pattern once in a while. The Mooney sometimes is just a little too fast when others are in the pattern. Thanks for Flying Along! E-mail - PilotFun101@gmail.com Follow me - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PilotFun101/ Cam eras - GoPro - https://gopro.com/en/us/ (Hero 5 & 7) Transponder - Lynx L3 - https://www.l-3lynx.com/ Headsets - https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/h... GPS - Garmin - https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/cInTh... My Oil Outlet - https://aviationoiloutlet.com/ Check out aviation fun stuff on Amazon https://www.amazon.com This Video is for entertainment purposes only and is not to be considered flight instruction in any way. Please contact your local CFI for flight instruction. #PilotFun101 #MooneyM20C #PatternWork

Get yourself a $2 million umbrella policy and quit worrying about this stuff. How do you people enjoy their lives looking over their shoulder so much. If I were such a worrywart I wouldn’t have an airplane at all. Planes crash sometimes, people get killed.. motorcycles crash. What bothers me the most is running over a pedestrian in this crowded city.We have a good insurance policy on the airplane, a good auto policy, we have an umbrella policy. try not to crash, enjoy your life. We had a friend who built a Rutan defiant and when he was done playing with it (it never stopped overheating), he chopped it up and threw it away. He said to avoid liability. Although I’ve never even heard of a successful or even the filing of a lawsuit against the homebuilder for negligent construction. Its like a made-up bogeyman that controls people’s major life decisions.

I think the consensus would be to take it to Southwest Texas Aviation in Simthville (84R) http://www.swta.net/

2020 will be my first year to attend, but I am REALLY looking forward to it. How will we be notified when registration is open?