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My mechanic cut a piece of aluminum and drilled about 6 one inch holes in it. It slides right in front of the oil cooler and held in place with two screws. Works well and fits perfectly but the guys up in Minnesota where I bought my J just do as jlunseth said and just use a piece of taped up foam.

Congratulations! Just a thought on continued training. On October 6-8, 2017 the MAPA pilot proficiency program will be held in Dubuque, IA. It's a great opportunity for you and anyone else up here in the Midwest to get Mooney specific training close to home. With a freshly inked IR, you should really consider attending. I live in Iowa and have already signed up. I've heard nothing but good things about it here on MS and this will be my first one.

After some avionics upgrading someone will have a great looking, low engine time cross country machine. New interior would finish it off. Can't imagine you'll sit on this airplane for long. Good luck with the sale.

Wow! That is a work of art. You definitely picked the right shop. Congrats! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I went to Katheryn's Report and followed up on this story. Here are a few excerpts: A cafe owner near the airport was the last person to see the pilot alive. She said he appeared worried and attempted to take off three times. "I was so worried even the last moment they left," said Delmy Pennington. "I said, 'Why are they leaving?'" Delmy Pennington was working at her cafe at Riverside Municipal Airport on Monday afternoon when she noticed a small plane struggling to take off amid heavy rain. “It looked like the airplane didn’t start right, something was wrong,” said Pennington, co-owner of the D&D Airport Cafe. After it stopped raining, the group returned to the plane, this time finally taking off. But Pennington said she was concerned about what she saw: The back of the plane shaking. “It looked to me like it was hitting the floor,” Pennington said of the airplane’s tail. She said she had never seen that happen before, even though she has watched “thousands of airplanes” take off from the airport. Based on this information it would seem very unlikely the pilot was unaware of a problem but decided to takeoff anyway. Hope we can all learn a little from this.

Yes, the Mom. One of the teenagers also survived with relatively minor injuries if you can believe it. Read they were treating her as critical but only minor injuries. Unbelievable. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's not a good sign. As someone posted earlier, possibly fueled with Jet A? If so is is possible the engines would run well enough to taxi and take off?

I'm not a ME pilot but I've read about what's called "no man's land". It's the airspeed between Vmc and Vyse. If you lose one engine on takeoff in this danger area the only real option is to cut the throttle on good engine and set it down because the plane isn't fast enough to climb on one engine. If the airspeed falls below Vmc we all know what happens next and it's not pretty. I wonder if she (wife was the pilot) lost an engine at or near this airspeed. Another possibility is she stalled it on takeoff. Considering fuel, baggage and weight of the passengers, it could've been over-grossed. Whatever the cause it's a terrible tragedy.

Flew into Omaha last night and took this screenshot of my ForeFlight app. Not bad for a 200hp J model . I'm guessing you guys aren't buying it. OK, a B737 with a hell of a tailwind. It's amazing how well ForeFlight works on commercial jets; just be sure you have a window seat.

If you're not ready to pull the trigger on the Aspen I would buy a used NSD360. You can pick one up for about $500 but know you're on borrowed time from day one. I did this and used it for a year. Worked perfectly and I was able to resell it for what I paid for it when I had the Aspen installed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Very spendy. Mine was on the fritz and I went the Aspen route. If I recall the overhaul was going to be around $7K. My avionics guy told me they're a problem child. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mine does also, some days worse than others. Before the 345 I used the stratus and it worked perfectly. I won't be renewing SV with my foreflight subscription. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Congratulations! Great looking bird. Taking home that new plane was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and I'm sure you feel the same. Enjoy your J; one of the best to come off the line in Kerrville!

PROPULSION Engine Continental IO-550-G Horsepower 310 hp Engine TBO 2,200 hrs Propeller Hartzell Scimitar Three-Blade From the website under Propulsion...

I was snooping around the new Mooney page and reading up on the Ovation Ultra. It lists "typical" useful load at 1,130 lbs. Personally I'm a little skeptical of this claim. The Acclaim is listed at 1,000 lbs.

I'm strongly considering the panel mounted CO Guardian. Does anyone know how much labor is involved? I have a noisy TC that I no longer need so I could pull that and replace it with the CO detector.

Aftermarket or photoshopped, I'm somehow good with it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great, thank you. I'll PM you on the details.

Just say the word and I'll mark it sold to you. If you need more information off the cylinder or additional pics let me know.

I have an aluminum O2 cylinder, regulator and two oxymizer cannulas for sale. I believe the tank holds 15 cu. ft. of O2. This was included when I purchased my Mooney but I've since purchased new equipment. I have not used this tank or cannulas but other than a hydro test it appears to be in working order. $120.00 with free UPS ground shipping to the contiguous United States.

Dan, This is the most amazing story of survival I have ever heard of. A miracle outcome of a terrible situation. I have one of those $5 CO detectors stuck on my panel but after reading this I'm rethinking it. So glad to hear you're going to make a 100% recovery.

I installed a JPI EDM830 and love it. I somewhat regret not stepping up to the 900 but liked the low cost of the 830 plus the inputs were the same as the 700 that it replaced. I agree with kortopates that the size is perfect. I may upgrade this year and if I do I'll stick with JPI and go with the 900. It's what I know and I've had no problems with my 830.

I thought I'd share what I discovered about my Bose A20 bluetooth headsets as I'm sure many of you use them. I purchased two sets about three years ago. I bought the bluetooth models for obvious reasons and they always worked well. My only complaint is they do not stream music. They also don't stream Foreflight alerts because these audible alerts are sent in music format. I researched it a little and found out only A20s produced in 2015 or later have the version 2 cable assembly that allows both phone communication AND music streaming. In fact, in the newer version you can stream music and if a Foreflight alert comes in, your music lowers until the message is complete. Some of the messages are traffic, 500 call out, runway proximity, sink rate, TFRs, etc. So I call the Bose 800 number to purchase the new cord assemblies and get this really nice lady who tells me as long as my headsets are under warranty they will upgrade the cable assemblies to V.2 for free; shipping excluded. Wow! That wasn't expected; the new assemblies are $295 each. To do this she said she needs my serial numbers which are under the head-pads which are velcro'd in place. So I ran out to the airport, took two quick pics of the SNs and called back, naturally getting a different rep. This is where it gets hairy. This new guy told me he couldn't do it; that they would only be covered under warranty if they were not working properly. He also went on to tell me perhaps I misunderstood. Nope, there was no other reason for getting the SNs and I insisted he was wrong (in a calm manner) and asked to talk to his supervisor. He went on to repeat himself and I asked a second time to speak to his supervisor. At this point he said, "no problem, if you were told this I'll replace them". $17 in shipping later and I have new cords coming. I'm sharing this so any of you guys that have the old Bluetooth A20s can get them updated for free and not have to buy new sets. I'm 100% certain the first lady I spoke with was correct and the second guy was wrong. She knew her stuff and when I told her how impressed I was she replied "That's how it is here at Bose". On a side note, I had a small issue with a Bose iPhone docking station a few years back and their customer service was spectacular; more evidence the second guy was wrong. The number I called was 800-233-4416. Have your serial number(s) in hand if you call.

I remember that listing. Great looking K, love the paint scheme.

He told me he was in CA flying at 9000 and the wings started to ice up and rather fast. He said it quickly got to a point the it stalled. Fortunately he was able to recover but he told me it scared the hell out of him. Once back to Minnesota he ordered up the TKS. Personally, I would've bought a different plane before I spent that kind of money. In any case I'm glad I have it and I don't believe I paid any sort of premium for it. I don't fly hard IFR and ice scares the hell out of me. In four years of ownership I've only used it about five times with only one occasion the ice was building at a rate that worried me and I was glad I had it. You mentioned you have boots...I don't think I've ever seen a Mooney retrofitted with boots. I'm curious what, if any, the speed penalty is.