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What does it cost for the mod?

congrats. hope to join you soon.

Godfather on the money. Start talking about the plane and it draws interest. Deposit now put on it by someone who is not me. Well, makes my life easier. That plane is off the list and don't have to sell my wife on a budget increase. Although we should get a commission, thanks again for the input. If nothing else, I learned a bunch.

Thanks. Got a far better understanding now. Sometime, hopefully in the not to distant future, i'll take my foot out of my mouth.

Really. Wow. Never looked at an O up close and personal, but don't recall ever seeing panels like that on wings before. Here are the pics. Thanks for the insight. 4.pdf 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf

Therein lies the rub. I have no idea what is involved in the repair of these types of landings. But after reading the comments, went and looked closely at the pictures. It looks like old metal was cut out and small pieces off new metal were screwed on to replace it. Not only on the lower wing surfaces, which I guess I could understand, but on the upper wing surfaces as well. Also looks like a piece was screwed into the fuselage. Can't imagine this would not effect performance, but it certainly looks like .... Not sure I would would to meet any of you guys pulling up in that bird, even if it remains a great piece of machinery.

The tail number is n22184. Yes Harry Kraemer is selling it. Since I'm not that experienced of a pilot, know I'm going to require extensive transition training no matter which plane I ultimately buy. looking forward to that though. Also know I am going to be forced to pay too much in insurance. However, with respect to this plane, I'm in the most plane for the money quandry. Most every Ovation is outside my budget. The damage history on this Ovation, and its 165k asking price, put it slightly outside my top end. I can buy a 252 (turbo pluses and minuses I know) for substantially less. I suppose I'm making this process more complicated that it needs to be.

Hello all, I have been looking to buy a Mooney for a few months now, but having a hard time pulling the trigger. Anyhow, I came across this 2000 Mooney Ovation 2 advertised as " 1100 TTAF & 5 SMOH. Lowest priced M20R on the market. 2 430 WAAS GPS. XM WX. KFC225 Auto Pilot. HSI However, it goes on "This aircraft does have some damage history. 2 gear up landings & 3 prop strikes. June 13 2003 log entry for repair for what appears to be a gear up landing Feb 24 2004 log entry for repair for what appears to be a gear up landing, Sept 16 2014 log entry for repair for prop strike, Dec 23 2014 log entry for repair for prop strike Aug 20 2015 log entry for repair for prop strike." But, maybe good " The engine is a Penn Yan overhaul. Overhauled July 2015. The engine was installed on the aircraft Aug 20 2015 at 1107.58 tac hours. 2 hours since overhaul." Got to admit I am tempted, but should I be staying away from this bird? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Is the ovation wider than a 252?

congrats as well. Hope to also be joining the owner's club in the not to distant future

Thanks for all the great info. My main mission will be flying between Oregon and southern cal while developing a new business. However, that said, now that my youngest is in college, what I really hope to do is get out of the rat race and spend less time on work, and more time on cross country or island trips to enjoy seeing interesting places and with family without the aggravations of commercial flying. Right now, I'm not an experienced enough pilot to have views on the benefits of FL flying or not. Probably don't need a turbo, but the ability to fly higher seems to me a good thing to be able to do. The useful load question is important, I'm a big guy, but not likely in the near term to have anyone in the plane except perhaps my wife. All the different panel equipment you find gives me headaches trying to comprehend. Going to schedule a visit to Texas in the first part of January as some suggested, and that plane JClemens is rebuilding sure looks like a winner but that is a scary FL for me.

Getting back into flying after too far long and have decided to buy a m20k. I am new to mooney, and while i have read a lot --- was wondering what the knowledgeable people here would compare these two birds: http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/MOONEY-M20K-231/1981-MOONEY-M20K-231/1400855.htm http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/MOONEY-M20K-231/1982-MOONEY-M20K-231/1402627.htm Thanks for all input