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I have been using flight pro (formerly avilution I think) for a few months and just noticed they stopped offering updates does anyone else use their products and know anything more about this? I like their product and there aren't many other android efbs out there.

That's a pretty busy time in that neck of the woods.

Weird right. I will stick with my name and random numbers and letters.

Thanks everyone, I am really enjoying this forum. If anyone sees something that they know is a good deal send it my way. Im really looking forward to getting home so I can start physically looking at planes.

I wish I was in the states to talk to you about it.

I guess I should have been more specific. I would like to find an aircraft with a standard 6 pack. My usual ride is full glass with digital moving map and no ability to shoot r-nav approaches due to its volatile memory. So any other airplane I fly takes some getting used to (even other full glass planes with different lay outs). I really just want to be able to be comfortable in the weather and be able to shoot ils/vor/tacan approaches. All of the steam gauge aircraft I have flown have had slightly different avionics but I am partial to the hsi on the b-200 (no idea who made it or what it was called). I was not aware of the mandate until I read about it here, sounds like a pain.

Again I appreciate all of the information. That is a great article about the differences between the F and other pre J models thanks, I think I might have read it months ago but still a good read. I am not married nor do I have any children so my need for a 4 place is based on more of a periodic need than a regular one, so I don’t think I will completely rule out E models. I am a little curious what a realistic price point would be for an IFR ready M20F or E with no major required maintenance (ie engine/prop overhaul)? I have time to re-budget since as someone said earlier initial purchase cost is one of the few one-time expenses. I have heard that about the first year maintenance as well, I had kind of assumed that would be the case with sellers delaying maintenance. Fortunately deployments are good for my savings so that shouldnt be much of a problem. I may be showing my ignorance but is there a simple way to tell the TBO for IO-360-A1A engines without knowing the engine serial number? Lycoming has a pretty good spread from 1200-2000 hours depending on certain factors, bearing dowels, camshafts and the like. Thanks again everyone, I enjoy all of the opinions. Phil

Thank you for the info. I had heard that the longer body aircraft are the way to go with 4 adults but I have not had a chance to actually verify it for myself. I definately like the overall performance numbers of the 200 Hp models. I keep looking at other "high performance " retractable gear aircraft and I keep coming back to the Mooney. I have done the budget numbers and really what I'm looking to find is an airplane that I can get into under 60k. Preferably I would like one that I didn't have to do a whole lot of work on initially but I'm not afraid to consider a planned expense like engine overhaul if I can keep my budget. Has anyone had a good experience with buying wantto aircraft with a high time component and outing it directly into maintenance?

I have recently decided that I need to make the transition to aircraft owner. I have been looking very hard at Mooneys for the last year and I finally decided to ask for advice (outside of my collegues). I would really like a M20J but I think budget constraints will push me towards a E or F. My standard mission will be weekend trips around the SE with 2-4 people and I need to be able to fly IFR. I would love to hear sugestions since I have found that advice from those with experince is the best way to learn. I am currently deployed so I wont be able to purchase anything until late this year early next year but it never hurts to start looking early. -Phil