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On the Aero Classics website it says that part number is for a piper. They have a different part number for the M20J.

The SB I linked references the AD that makes it mandatory (AD 97-26-08 just below the subject line in the SB). Here's the AD. https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/3663F2D3749FE48286256A8F006C5ED6.0001

https://www.mooney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SBM20-259.pdf

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Indiana has recognized DST since 2006. Aside from a few counties in the northwest and southwest corners of the state, it is always aligned with eastern time.

According to their website they aren't currently offering tours of the restoration hangar. https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Groups-and-Tours/ Kings Island is in Mason which is part of the Cincinnati area. It's about 40 miles from the Air Force museum.

The presidential collection has been moved into the main museum.

There's an M20C for sale here on Mooneyspace with an ad that says "No damage history" yet Aviationdb.com says there was a gear collapse. Is that damage history?

Where did you find the new ones?

I don't think they were shipping many 2008 Ovations with rotating beacons.

The 1977 Js have the old crank style mechanism.

@steingar is quite the origami artist and has several books on origami airplanes.

I owned a (converted) M20D for 9 years and now I've owned my M20J for the same length of time. The J is slightly more pitch stable than the D but I never really found the D to be unstable. It's just a difference I noticed when I upgraded. The difference in rear seat leg room is meaningful. I'm 6'5" and there was essentially no room behind me in the D. My wife (5'4") rides comfortably behind me in the J. The rear seat of the D was ok when the kids were in little and in car seats but they quickly ran out of room as they grew. The rear bench seats in the two planes are also slightly different. The angle between the seat and the seatback changed. In the D the angle was more acute and less comfortable. I no longer get complaints about the comfort of the back seat.

The SDS I found online says Corrosion X is >90% petroleum distillate so it's hydrocarbons like fuel or oil which shouldn't affect sealant. The rest of it is some proprietary amine in some proprietary percentage. I wouldn't expect that to have much effect on sealant but it's hard to say for sure.

Ethylene is a gas and isopropyl is a hydrocarbon substructure. Are you referring to ethylene glycol and isopropyl alcohol? Methyl is also a hydrocarbon substructure and wouldn't have much affect on something designed to resist fuel or oil. Acetone and MEK are structurally similar ketones. That's likely what's impacting their ability to soften the sealant.

I don't have any personal experience with One Wheel devices but if you're considering getting one it seems relevant to know that the CPSC has issued a safety warning about them. The company has not agreed to a recall. https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2023/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Stop-Using-Onewheel-Self-Balancing-Electric-Skateboards-Due-to-Ejection-Hazard-At-Least-Four-Deaths-and-Multiple-Injuries-Reported

Two points: 1) Atmospheric gas is normally represented in ppmv (parts per million volume) not mass even though they write it as just ppm. Details here: https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2915/the-atmosphere-getting-a-handle-on-carbon-dioxide/ 2) I think your calculation is off by an order of magnitude. 23 trillion is 0.4% of 5.5 quadrillion not 0.04%.

Installation instructions are here: http://sarasotaavionics.com/manuals/appareo/Stratus-Power-Installation.pdf It specifies a CB but no fuse. It looks like the power can easily be disconnected from the back and you could use a multimeter to determine if power is getting to the unit.

When it says something like 25-0640 THRU 25-TBA it means that all s/n above 25-0640 are included. So it looks like VI and VII are both valid for your plane for part #3.

What kind of panel upgrade involves removing right seat brakes?

There was a recent thread on this.

Which way did you bleed the brakes? If you bleed down it is almost impossible to get all the air out of the system. Pressure bleeding up from the landing gear seems to work better.

Wasn't it 201 mph rather than knots that inspired the name?

Don Maxwell posted on Facebook recently that he had received a shipment. Maybe @Pmaxwell knows if they still have any.

Starting with the J they were certificated under a mix of CAR3 and Part 23. You have to check the type certificate to determine which paragraphs from Part 23 are applicable for each model. The amount of Part 23 used increases with the more recent models.