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http://lessonslearned.faa.gov/Avianca52/INFO_08004.pdf

Did you leave him a key to your hangar? After we talked yesterday it occurred to me that maybe he couldn't access the plane.

Would @Cwalsh7997 and @jclemens be willing to share how much this quick engine repair ends up costing?

From the AOPA FAQ: " How does this help me if I’m on special issuance? If you have had a special issuance medical within the 10-year lookback period and your medical status is unchanged, you should be able to fly under the exemption provided you meet all the other qualifications, including being under the treatment of a physician for your medical condition. If you develop a new condition that requires a special issuance medical certificate you will have to apply for a one-time special issuance for that condition."

From the AOPA FAQ: "The clock on the 10-year lookback starts the day the legislation is enacted, not when its provisions take effect,"

We used a Britax in our M20D. We finally grew out of all car seats and booster seats but our 20 lb toddler is now a 5'7" 100 lb tween. She and her little brother don't need help from Mom these days but they are eating into my maximum fuel load.

Flying it 400 hours per year and Jake said it has 850 hours on the engine. Is this really only a two year old overhaul?

This particular FBO has essentially lost interest in supporting piston aviation. They recently shut down their flight school and sold all their rental aircraft. They are down to one A&P who is focused on their jets. He is a nice guy and a good mechanic but you have to plan on at least 2 months for an annual because the jets always get priority over your plane.

Only the very early J's have the crank system. The rest have a pullcord system between the seats. It is somewhat delicate and expensive to repair (see recent thread by @Hyett6420). It is probably best to try the emergency extension with the plane on jacks to help prevent damaging it.

You're right, gravity does win. In this case it holds the jack point securely in the cup. Have you ever actually used a LASAR jack point or are you just speculating? I'm pretty sure the folks at LASAR who designed these have jacked a Mooney or two.

I've had the LASAR tie downs on both my Mooneys. I've never seen it even start to fray the outer part of the rope. It would take years for them to cut through a rope. These are not boats with constant movement from waves. If your jack has a flat top then I guess you are balancing on a point. The jacks I use have a cup on the top that the LASAR jack points fit into. There isn't really any way for them to slip out.

Dial Eastern States Aircraft Painting in Cadiz, OH has a good reputation around here. I do not have any personal experience with them. http://www.desapi.com/home.html

Don't tell the fuel sensor guy that you are tapping on your gauges.

I have a 1981 M20J but the info I shared above is from a 1989 POH that I have in PDF. I don't have access to my plane's POH at work. I will double check later but I'm pretty sure mine has the same statement.

The M20J doesn't have a minimum oil temperature listed as a limitation. It has a normal operating range (150-240 F) and a redline maximum (245 F). The Normal Procedures section of the POH contains this statement: "CAUTION Do not operate the engine at run-up speed unless the oil temperature is 75 Degrees F minimum (needle moves off White dot). Operation of the engine at too high a speed before reaching minimum oil temperature may cause loss of oil pressure."

Good risk management involves both administrative and engineering controls. Fuellevel claims to have a superior engineering control, which I'm sure he does. However, relying on engineering controls alone is not a panacea. That's pretty much what lead to that Air France crash where the copilot held the plane in a stall probably believing the engineering controls would protect him. In practice, good administrative controls should be primary with engineering controls in a supporting role.

I'm really tall and my wife is not. Probably a good 2" between our club lengths. I would say that is a difference based on height. I've never tried putting them in either of our Mooneys but my experience has been that a couple of inches can make a difference in how you load a Mooney. If everyone here has standard sized clubs and they fit that's great. It was simply an observation on club length.

Height of the golfer will impact club length and possibly how, and where, they fit in your plane.

If you go with Dawley they'll throw in a bag of peanuts...

Is the E cowling also different to accommodate the different engine?

Are you thinking about a major redesign or just an improved structure to eliminate the weaknesses in the OEM cowl? I'd love to be able to buy a plug-n-play replacement for the upper cowl in particular. Something that has a better fastener plate and is less prone to cracking. Something that fits without any rivets or modifications would keep the cost down.

These kinds of tests have been run. Here’s a review of 12 studies where they compared kids with sugar intake to kids with placebo (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408399609527717). None of the studies showed that the kids in the sugar group were any more hyperactive than the kids in the control group. Probably the most important aspect of these studies was that they were double-blind. Neither the kids nor the observers knew who was in which group. This is a critical aspect as it eliminates any possible observer-expectancy effect (seeing non-existent results because you expect to). A study was run in 1994 to test observer-expectancy effect in hyperactivity(http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02168088). Kids were split into two groups. In the first group the mothers were told their kids were given sugar. In the second group the mothers were told that their kids were not given sugar. In reality neither group was given sugar. The group of mothers that thought their kids had eaten sugar reported observing significantly higher levels of hyperactivity in their kids. So, if you ran your test and knew which kids had sugar and which had carrots you would likely report seeing a difference. If you ran the same test but you didn’t know which kids had the sugar you would not be able to identify which kids were in each group.

You might find that the seat belts are not the same on the two front seats.

Unfortunately, it appears that Todd did not make it. http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/32203084/names-of-collegedale-crash-victims-released

I'm so sorry for your loss. You should contact Mike Elliott @mike_elliott here on Mooneyspace. He has access to resources for the family.