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The air coup looks like fun not sure what they sell for. Low cost for putting around I would look for an early C150 straight tail. No spin restrictions. My 150 used less than 5 GPH and landing at just under stall with the 40 degree fowler flaps could get it stopped in a couple hundred feet. Two doors imagine that. Used to bank past 60 degrees. It was just fun to fly.

I wonder how much you would notice the difference in noise as we are all wearing the latest in active noise cancellation. Also, our C with original windshield and avionics access panels had to spend some time in the elements while we were in search of a hangar and with a proper cover never had an issue with water entering the cabin or behind the panel. If you ask your AP IA or avionics mech I'm sure they would prefer the access panels I know mine do. They do look faster and that is subjective of course but may actually give you a few more knots. People always complain rightly or wrongly that Mooneys are tight to work on does it really make sense to take away the one place that access is actually very good to an area that houses equipment that can be considered high maintenance items.

Took a short hop to Nut Tree today nice to get Snoopy out of the hangar. As we flew over lake Berryessa there were lots of boats out on the water. Kind of strange since every time we have flown over since they kicked off all the permanent residents in the different resorts it's never more than a handful of boats even on a holiday. I guess since most things round here are still under lockdown people need to get out and do something. Good to see. Fuel at the tree was only 3.50 not bad for California. On the way home saw what looked like a brush fire just getting started wasn't there on the trip down so got hold of Travis approach and gave them a report on the location. Didn't see any Calfire planes or helo's in the area and looked like it was just getting going. Hope it doesn't blow out. My radio was having an issue on transmitting which has happened before even though reception was clear and loud guess I'll have to look into it hope it's just dirty connections in the tray like before . Was pretty choppy on the way home and sure does slow down the speed when it's like that.

Hope you find what you're looking for and as you transition into your future twin please stay with us and share the experience. I'm sure it will provide some interesting stories.

After having ours pop open on rotation, latched not locked I always lock it if it's closed. During my private training procedure for emergency off field landing is to open PAX door. We all know it's not going to swing out and cause a problem. On one flight our PAX door wasn't closed properly and it popped open while climbing it was a non event with a return to land and close. Not an expert just saying.

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This whole situation just stinks to high heaven. I'm glad your Mooney was made whole but sadly you have not and I hope you can take the fight to those that have damaged you. I can't imagine how great you felt when you first took ownership of that beautiful airplane and how crushed you were when this happened for such a stupid careless action. Best of luck in your efforts to recover what is due you.

Not always the case. I had a stuck oil ring and was using a bit more oil than normal found the culprit by listening through the oil tube that jug was in the high seventies on compression. Also was evident by oil buildup on the lower plug but no evidence in the tail pipe in the form of burning oil. Personal experience only not an AP or IA

Another thing you might try is to use a compression tester and listen through the oil filling tube. If your getting blow by you will hear the air escape from the offending cylinder into the crank case. private pilot only not an expert on anything Good luck

Flyboy I didn't see any disrespect in your comments and if I were to have the good fortune to have recorded an emergency with such successful outcome would expect to and welcome constructive comments this is how we learn. All to often the end is tragic and there is no definitive record of events so all we can do is speculation and some folks around take shots at those that do because the facts are still pending. Don't feel bad about taking some heat some of us are used to being on the receiving end around here. I guess it's all part of not being an expert but still having the freedom to express oneself.

Nice article, but I don't agree with his comment on C model speed as 130 to 135 knots true. I can easily hit 140 with two on board and I know the consensus around here is that's pretty typical and when I'm going for speed GPS three heading run hit 148 knots at 8000 ft. As far as the Grumman tiger,. Nice little airplane but looking close that cabin looks kind of flimsy as far as off field crashes are concerned. Mooney tubs are tough is also nice to have a choice about gear up or down in an emergency off field landing sometimes down and welded is a bad situation and could make the outcome worse.

That's your half human side response. Think logically you need to keep providing information that is helpful to the discussion. This from someone that still thinks the earth is mostly flat.

Had ours blow open just after rotation and positive rate. Was quite starting. Made the call on CTAF for immediate return. Torn hinge on door but no airframe damage. Door was latched but not locked. Now it's all the way open or its locked.

Even the smallest things can really be a major setback. Owning a vintage airplane has to be a twisted labor of love. Hope it all works out.

Not good,. What's going on here. I wonder if all that's going on and perhaps a lack of flying is causing distraction from underlying stress

So sorry for you but fantastic job getting down safely. Your priority was in the right place. Really amazing how much impact force was generated in such a short distance between the two points. Really brings home how deadly a tail strike is when bailing out of a disabled airplane. Take pride in your performance and let the insurance company worry about what next. Sadly after seeing your damage assessment it looks like it's their plane now. Either way good luck moving forward you and yours did good.

Great response Alex, now sit back and wait for the Bravo crews to reply expect some Ovation guys to chime in as well as the 252 crowd.

Hi Alex, welcome,, best way to get that ball rolling around here is to let us know about your mission how many PAX useful load as well as bags etc. I think I may have beaten Anthony to the welcome wagon once again. PP short body only, not a Bravo oner

Successful landing of the first stage onto the ships deck,. Absolutely amazing

Liftoff congrats and good luck to the crew

Not much you can do about a collapse other than staying on top of your maintenance and really giving your gear a good look on your pre flight inspection. For me it's about priorities landing is secondary my main primary objective when approaching the airport and descending is to get the speed down to gear speed. In that I mean putting the gear down is my goal it's my objective every thing else is secondary. AWOS is already done monitoring traffic is on going primary goal is get the gear down, then shift gears to make the landing happen with additional checks to confirm gear is down.

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Anthony must have finally gone to sleep he normally welcomes new posters. So Welcome to Mooney Space. Do you fly a Mooney Bob what part of Gods green earth do you reside

So much can be reduced to a simple touch screen compared to all the analog instruments and the mechanics it takes for them to operate. Kind of like how much weight you lose when you upgrade your panel. That said I doubt the crew has much to do with regards to the launch since it's all likely controlled by the flight computers. Makes what NASA accomplished back in the 60's that much more impressive. Even the Space X heavy lift booster is no match for the Saturn five. I hope I am able to watch it again come Saturday and they have favorable weather very cool to see the live feed.

On the news last night, Boing letting 10% of work force go and 5000 took buyouts. Sad times