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What 1964-M20E said longest leg I've flow is 500NM and I flight plan at 10gph, but when I compute the time and fuel added it comes out to about 9.5gph average on long legs Mike

Set of used O&N fuel caps, just replaced mine with the locking type. One of the tabs on the edge of one broke off due to dropping it. Other then that they are in good shape, red paint is faded. $120 shipped for the pair

POH.... haha

I've been thinking about this. Fancy upholstered siding would be great! Can't wait to see what you come up with Mike

We will do our best to make it. Last time we saw Teresa was at the right seat ready class for my pregnant wife. The baby has since arrived and I'm sure she would love to meet the little one. And it would be great to see ya'll again. I don't think I've seen you Mitch since chino airshow 2014.

Airspeed switch for the gear

Geez... the gadget comment seems to have offended some... my apologies! Seriously! Didnt think I needed to be so politically correct. I was simply speaking my opinion. Not putting it down or anyone else for that matter. Either way, it's unfortunate this guy paid big for his hot dogging. He was low, slow and made a big mistake. Let's spread the word so it doesn't happen as much anymore!! Mike

Excuse me... "AOA Instruments" I did say they are cool...

Sounds like you speak from experience? I have no clue. Enlighten me... No matter what I still don't think they take the place of the fundamentals of flight, even for an advanced Navy pilot.

For me, this goes against everything I was taught. It was pounded into my head to fly the airspeed numbers and hold the plane off as long as you can in ground affect. This technique has failed me only a few times in really bad wind. I learned to fly in an area of the country where it is normal to have 30kt winds. A landing is a controlled stall. I hear the stall horn every landing just before the wheels hit. By no means are my landings perfect but when the plane touches down that wing no longer wants to fly. Again, I think the AOA gadgets are cool, but in my opinion a distraction from the important stuff. Mike

It amazed me how fast an accelerated stall can happen when I was preparing for my commercial certificate. Maneuvering speed straight and level,fast bank and yank the elevator and the stall horn immediately goes off. I think the AOA indicators are cool but personally don't think it will help the problem. For me personally I can feel when that critical angle of attack is close. I don't think there is enough emphasis on stall/spin awareness in the private pilot training. And then an even bigger problem is continued stall training after they are pilots. A cool feature that piper just introduced in the M600 is the autopilot automatically kicks in when you exceed I think 30 degrees of bank. It gives you a slight kick back in the yoke and an alarm just the let you know "hey a little too much bank" same for airspeed protection if you are too slow or too fast, the computer adjust power and I think slight pitch as well to help. It even has a level button which is awesome, if you get disoriented. Now this feature can be disabed if you like. For us in the older birds this doesn't really help because the cost to do something like that just wouldn't make sense. This isn't something that is going to go away unfortunately, but I think we can educate pilots. This is just my opinion, but I find it kind of scary that some pilots think thier flying errors can be fixed with a new gadget in thier cockpit. It all comes back to good ol' stick and rudder skills and keeping that ball centered and not just flying the plane but FEELING the plane. Mike

I wonder if your current set up can be converted at a lower cost? Is that a fly-in community in that picture? Where is it located? Mike

Sorry to hear about your troubles! O&N did go out of business but from my understanding another company picked them up and bought the stc's and they are providing parts as well as new kits. Try the search function. This was just a recent topic that we were all talking about. I have bladders and love them! Good luck! Mike

As I am never one to say I'm right and you are wrong... because it's not about that. In light of this situation, when one of our own dies, it's up to us as pilots to aid and teach one another to protect our passion. It's unfortunate that we aren't immune to making mistakes, we all do. We've just got to be there for each other. God bless this man and his family. It hurts all of us when this happens. Fly humbled, fly safe! Mike

A buddy of mine just had one hooked up to a 530w and its works... I assume it will be fine with the 430w too

Sure it does. The FAA doesn't care if you are flying through a cloud or heavy rain. Visibility is visibility to them. In that kind of situation they expect you to make good judgement and pick up an IFR clearance... "If visibility has been reduced to below that for VFR flight" If you are instrument rated and you and the aircraft you are flying are "legal" for IFR flight. There aren't any grey areas in the FAR's when it comes to instrument flight. In fact they are pretty ingenious. If you are a VFR pilot that inadvertently flies into IMC, and declare an emergency or "crash" and live to talk about it. They will get you my friend.... Mike

But there is visibility....

Welcome aboard! You came to the right place! Lots of knowledge here. With the help of MS you will find the right plane for you. Just an FYI my E is for sale. You can find a post in the for sale section with a link to controller. I've taken four adult men in mine on a fishing trip. Cozy yes, but everyone enjoyed the ride Mike

That's exactly what I was thinking. The article says no flight plan. Very sad! I fly this route quite a bit Mike

What he said.... there is a low end idle mixture.

@Skates97 thanks for being my eyes today! I hope I didn't suck too bad! Lol! Glad you had fun!

Flew to Camarillo for breakfast this morning from KAJO with my beautiful family. Met up with a couple other friends that flew out of the high desert KWJF. It was a bit bumpy but all in all a great flight. And Waypoint cafe is always a treat!

No problem! And no need for compensation. Whenever our schedules mesh I'll take you up. Do you already own you own mooney or do you just want to see if mooney is a good fit for you? Where are you doing your training?

Welcome! I'm not an instructor but I'd be happy to take you up in my M20E, and help you out as much as I can. I know Dubois over at KCNO has a M20C that they do instruction in. Might be worth looking at. My plane is based in Corona but I live in Laguna Niguel. Let me know if I can be of any assistance. Also on a side note, I just listed my E for sale on controller. Good luck!! Mike

I've had the pleasure of riding in one, impressive to say the least! Mike