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Yep no point in watching the F1 now. Wish I could watch the Moto gp but no coverage as usual. We have an Amazon Fire stick but can't seem to get it to get the live feed. Best race today will likely be the Indy cars at Long Beach. That track always seems to mix things up.

Just in case we forgot what the original question was. Seems to have drifted a bit into a discussion about short vs mid bodies. In terms of space there is zero, zip nada between the F and J. As for the original post I think you have asked and answered your own question. pick the best F or J you can afford. Best of luck and enjoy the hunt.

Weather has been getting consistently better and yesterday was great for flying. As usual no issues with Snoopy that little airplane just loves to fly. Always beautiful this time of year with the snow still on the foothills near home and the north west end of the Sacramento valley a rich color of green. Oil change next week then ready for some springtime flights before the hot of Summer sets in.

Thank god some one brought a camera

I can't think of any situation where impatience would be an advantage. A patient mind is going to be thoughtful and more logical

Come on damn it lets get some responses

Ten will get you twenty they end up in a Cirrus

One of the best posts I've ever read

As for the stuck valve totally agree you would know it. We had one stick on our c150 just after takeoff and it felt like the engine was going tear itself off the airframe

Not to be argumentative but there have been countless numbers of threads where one of us is having an engine problem that is accompanied with screen shots of their engine monitor data. The advantage is in the diagnosis which can be much quicker. To the OP likely number 4 is bad. Pull it hone it re ring it surface the valves and put it back together. Easy Peasy the one advantage to our engine design is the ability to repair or replace an individual cylinder without having to pull the engine.

You have to use the new math

Say What!

49Q that's a very nice looking E

Flight to STS today. As we pulled Snoopy out of the hangar a Mooney taxied by after having just landed. As we were getting ready the Two gentlemen came by to say hello. One was our Mooney space guy Mr. Rodgers. He was flown in by his friend to pick up his F that was parked in front of Lake Aero. As we approached STS and were cleared for the straight in for 14 the controller decided to put an Alaska Airline Horizon that was on base ahead of us. We were at just under five miles when he had us maintain 2500 or higher we watched the Horizon pass under our nose and make its turn to final. The controller then asked if we needed to over fly and come back around. There was already a few other planes closing in so I figured I would help out and advised we would just slip it in behind the Horizon. Watched where his gear touched down and landed slightly long for the wake turbulence. Was just a little role as we crossed the numbers. The controller thanked us for helping out. Slipping a short body is just fun. After returning from lunch walking out to the ramp from Sonoma Jet I noticed a nice looking Bravo parked next to us with some interesting tail art that looked very familiar

Hopefully you will find no bad issues that make this unrealistic. We all seem to think it's great when someone is willing to bring one back to life so I say good luck and please keep the updates on your progress as you will find this a great source for information and help as things come up along the way.

Very possible you could arrive when they open and fly it home same day. If not We could get you to Santa Rosa it's a 12 minute trip by Mooney

Please don't take this badly because you know I think your Lancair is an amazing and beautiful machine but it just goes to show how beautiful the lines are on a Mooney as it sits beside your Lancair. Mooneys are just plain beautiful airplanes

I replaced a Narco at165 TSO that went belly up with a used Garmin 327 that I picked up here (thank you) B26 and they completed the change out in just a couple hours works perfectly. Will have them install the GDL82 when in for annual this year for my B out mandate

I believe LASAR is an authorized Garmin shop and it seems most planes I have seen in for minor avionics are turned around pretty quickly but of course that would depend on how much you wanted done

WOW

WOW.... WOW... Enjoy what is definitely I mean definitely one of the best looking best performing airplanes there is. Congratulations to you sir.

Respect

We bought ours before we discovered Mooney Space so there was nothing to worry about.

Very glad that this didn't cause a catastrophic problem as we all know how dangerous a direct short on these batteries can be. Over the years there have been many threads that mention a maintenance issue with our shops and respective mechanics but in most cases no one is willing to say who did the poor work. I know we all want to be respectful and of course no one wants to be accused of slander but it seems that as long as we do so in a respectful and informative manner I think this could be very helpful toward the safe flights we all expect when we pay very good money to have work done on our airplanes. Just something that has occurred to me as I read these types of stories.

That is an amazing airplane, hope your recovery continues to go well