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Good point. I’ve always considered FL180 (18000) as the bottom of the flight level since that’s what the military taught me. I know my hypoxia signs from multiple chamber rides, but still have a hard time justifying being above FL180 in an unpressurized aircraft. Not condemn anyone comfortable there, just my personal limit from having spent a lot of time in the 11K-14K band walking up, down, and around really big rocks with no supplemental O2

Cat 4 now.

Acclaim Ultra, Carbon Cub, And a King Air.

Ha. I know that guy. Interesting dude to say the least.

It's a K, but might be worth looking at. https://www.controller.com/listings/aircraft/for-sale/20054481/1979-mooney-m20k-231?dlr=1&pcid=17527&if=1

Had that conversation (with the Jimmy Buffet quote) with our daughter when she was about the same age. She got the ink, we sold the car. She was happy with the decision she made and accepted the consequences that came with it. She's since added to her collection and is currently an elementary school teacher. Though we are still disappointed with her choice to 'get some ink', in the grand scheme of things, it isn't that big of a deal. Some of her friends have had similar expectations and results in their lives re: tattoos. Sometimes, the reaction the parents got from implementing the consequence were an equivalent of the medicine killing the patient.

Same experience, here. MS OOS TAPATALK

Wow. What a story.

The K is a turbo. Turbo allows you to fly higher. High enough get over the Rockies safely, and to need supplemental oxygen. Turbo also adds to you maintenance and operating expenses since there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Great job. Adding Gs to help Mother Nature out was smart. Just to get an idea of troubleshooting vs fuel remaining, how long was the overall flight?

Thanks for the fill in@Godfather.

@jackn If I understand your thoughts, you want the adapter to enable the full capability of the KAP-150 (coupled approach) and not just ALT/HDG/NAV. I can see the rub in that. For some of the fleet it seems this will be a good, low cost option to gain more capability and for other parts of the fleet this isn't a complete solution.

@jackn, not to say I understand all the variables, but unless I'm mistaken, the announcement says it's expected to support the KFC150. I'm not an AP expert, so am I missing something critical here?

Thanks@KSMooniac. After getting lost in the G5/GFC500/600 discussion in the other thread, I'm back on track now, I think.

Hi everyone, hope this isn't a duplicate of what's going on in the G5 thread. Since I'm not yet an owner, I wanted to leverage the knowledge here to better understand what Garmin's announcement that the G5 will soon support 3P autopilots means for the Mooney fleet. Short version: G5 coupled with GAD 29B adapter expected to support the following autopilots: Honeywell (Bendix King) KAP 100/140/150/200, KFC 150/200/225 S-TEC 20/30/40/50/55/60-1/60-2/65, 60 PSS, 55X Century II/III, IV (AC, DC), 21/31/41, 2000 Cessna 400B, 300 IFCS/400 IFCS Thanks.

@HawkDriver. I live in the SAT area now and relocated from COS last year. The answer to your question on where to hangar is it depends on how long you want to drive. If you'd like, shoot me a pm and I'll share my knowledge. Depending on your needs, I can think of a several options.

@dlthig, E-3. The -141 was s special deal for a special missions. Retired last year, but left the jet in '07. Did a stint in USAFE, got cancer and was MEB'd. Basically was grounded and downgraded to a FCIII a few years back.

There's a couple M20s on the market right now that have DH. I agree with@carusoam, knowing the DH and repair info would be helpful. In my AF career, I flew planes that had some DH. Most notably, one that took a refueling boom, snapped it if the tanker, and when it was released, the boom snapped across the vertical stab. Didn't really notice the impact, except we recognized the unicorn horn was gone. That plane, and several others with some DH have remained in the fleet and I didn't have a problem flying them. There was a C-141 that did Dutch rolls constantly that I hated though. That bastard stayed in the fleet to retirement. I hope it gets turned into a beer can.

USAF, 96 - 2016. 13 deployments. OSW x 4, OAF, OEF x 3, OIF for the invasion. The other five were non combat. Flew tons of ONE/POTUS support, too.

Absolutely love when people do an RTW trip. With technology today, being able to watch it in real time is great. Doing a circumnavigation by air or sea is in my bucket list.

By model and serial number, here are links to the '94, '04 and '09 events I found. I've only started diving into the research on specific airframes, but unless the s/n is re-used by the factory, that one s/n definitely has some damage history.

I'm curious about the same thing @orionflt is, assuming the aircraft you're looking at is N58166. The accident report is here. There was a prop OH done in 2003, but no other entries I could find in any of the logs from 2002 until 2008. I believe there was also wing skin repair in 2001 in the Airframe log. No idea the if the asking price is reasonable or not.

Hope there more flying in the actual movie than what's in the trailer.

Thanks and fixt, except @Alain B. Can't figure that one out. Sorry for the threes drift, too.

Thanks,[mention=7104]carusoam[/mention],[mention=8913]Bob_belville[/mention], @Alain B It's been a long, long time since I've been around a piston aircraft engine. Some jargon isn't as easy to comprehend as others.