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Transponder installed and talking to encoder had to do some wiring to make up the plugs and needed tray installed. LASAR did the install and wiring. Certified to 16000 ft for 1 AMU not too bad. Annual complete and new to me transponder. Good to have our Snoopy all back together.

This shows where the River fire came down the hills towards Lampson field.

Man August was a terrible month for our flying. After finishing July away from home the Mendocino complex fires broke out in Mendocino county quickly moving into Lake county. The TFR put our airport out of commission and delayed our scheduled annual. Finally was able to get that taken care of only to have the transponder quit while having VFR cert completed. Another couple weeks pass and am finally able to get back to flying. We took a needed trip for supplies and flew over the Ranch fire area. We have seen 40 70 even 100k acre fires before but this on at over 400 thousand acres and still burning is really beyond comprehension. Smoke was so thick approaching Willows that we couldn't see the field until under 3 miles out. I think my flying was good considering the long break.

I might be of some help. Earlier this year we departed with unsecured door and bent it up pretty bad. LASAR did a re skin and replaced the door side hinge with paint was right about 1 amu and only took a couple days. Per Robert at LASAR these doors are matched to the airframe when made and even though they are very similar will take some work to get them to fit

I agree with the point, but what's done was done and we all seem to agree it was pretty dam funny.

Watching AOPA live video they played the news feed with the reporter calling on a problem of the flux capacitator and came to the defense of the reporter and said that whoever gave her that information should not have done that as it only feeds more fuel to the problem of mis information about GA. Typical I sometimes wonder if AOPA has any sense of humor at all.

Seriously though when cleaning ours we use Gojo hand cleaner on all the surfaces avoiding the spots where grease is supposed to be and when rinsing the areas with the cleaner are clean and the greased areas are unaffected by the water.

Being mostly on the underside would that be mostly "down under"

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If he needs information and has no one else to turn to my bet is he will approach you, at that time it will be appropriate and helpful

I have just started that change and have run the numbers even with a 45% reduction in income I think aviation will still be doable. In two years SS begins and two years after that the house is paid for so should only get better as time passes. This first month has been really interesting as I have paid much more attention to every monetary expenditure. It's funny the little things that add up that you never think about when you have more than enough.

This sounds like a science experiment. Undo the outer shroud that covers the muffler heat exchange only three screws in my case. Take a shop vac put the hose in the outlet with a towel around the end of the hose to make a good seal in the tail pipe and pressuring the exhaust start spraying soapy water around the pipes the joints and flanges the internal exposed muffler can and look for bubbles. No need to remove the lower cowl.

Well I have selected the winning image. But I may wait to announce it until I have the painting done. Again, I want to thank all of you that took the time

Don I don't know you but you are always very respectful here with your comments and knowledge which I'm certain reflects on your family. Hope and pray for comfort to you and all those close to you.

The Bom looks butt ugly and would not consider it as well as the spinning fan to generate the power. That seems like something that would wear out real quick. As for the Skybeacon it gets its power from the nav light power and looks like would not cause much if any added drag

Man that's a pretty thick barrel amazing there is enough pressure to cause a separation like that. What's even more amazing is I figured out how to copy just one photo and paste it onto a reply.

Today's flight had to be by car since we have no transponder. A nice drive to Yontville in Napa Valley for the day. When we got home there was a box on the porch. Will be taking it in to LASAR tomorrow to assist in the install of the GTX327 hen we can get back to flying. After I will still be able to choose the ADSB next year going with the GDL82 or the sky beacon if the law suit is resolved. They cost about the same but labor is going to be less for the sky beacon. Thanks Chris

And the winning image is...well I don know yet as there are so many really interesting ones to choose from. I may have to put a few in a hat and draw (pun intended) the winner. I am currently working on a portrait of a P51 named Primo Branco and will have to set aside to get busy on this. These paintings take a minimum of 50 working hours to complete so I best make up my mind and get to it. Thank you all again for participating

Sounds like a good outcome of a real bad situation.

Today is the last day to submit your entries and I must say it's going to be very difficult to pick the winning image. Any others please get them in by the end of the day today. I am really looking forward to getting started on this. I want to thank every one of you that took the time to respond.

I don't think it would be inappropriate for you to mention what shop it was since you were very specific about the issues you had with them. We are all capable of forming our own opinion on many such matters so would not be like throwing them under a bus. First and foremost Mooney Space is all about information that can be beneficial to the rest of us. Anything that we as owners can share both good and bad can be helpful to others.

Our bar swung freely as well it was the slider that was not locking easily into the block in the panel. After tri flow it went in to locked position with zero effort.

We had a couple of flights where it took a couple tries to get the locked green light to come on. Took some tri flow on next flight and sprayed the J bar while in flight with it locked in the floor location. Now it jumps right into the block and locks practically by itself.

The nice thing about a painting is I can take that beautiful sky and make the airplane much larger.

All depends on the type of airplane the experience of the pilot, doing it in an appropriate manor and location and most importantly the passengers.