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This is how I added them to mine. Took a little work but they are nice. https://intothesky.com/2024/06/03/adding-headrests-to-a-vintage-mooney/

A year ago we flew to UT and had tailwinds both ways with groundspeeds running between 180-190mph, topping out at 203mph at one point. https://intothesky.com/2023/12/01/tail-winds-both-ways/ There's always the flip side. We went to St George at the beginning of the year and the flight back saw the headwind top out at 67mph. It took us almost as long to get back to SoCal from St George on that trip as it did from Salt Lake on the earlier trip.

There are two at FUL, one at the east end south of the 24 run up area and one at the west end south of the 6 run up area.

Full flaps brings you to the crash with the least speed/energy which I think would be preferable. He may have had the flaps up for less drag hoping to reach the airport and then when he saw he wasn't going to make it and made the mayday call had his hands full and didn't put them down. I was wondering what the standard width of a two lane road is looking at what he had to work with, as mentioned the train on one side and buildings poles on the other. Looked it up and a standard lane runs between 10-12 feet with the narrower found on city streets and wider on highways. Add in the center line and maybe you have around 25' to work with when you add a shoulder. That means our wings on some streets will hang over the sides if you are centerline, so pick the side without the obstacles. Just something to file away in my mind and hope I never need to recall it. For our pilot here, according to Google maps it's about 37' wide, but the right side slopes up to the train tracks, and if he judged wrong on that side and caught the wingtip it could have turned him right into the freight train. Great job putting it down under control. Here's the view back up the street the direction he came from, you can see the first pole that took out the left wingtip, the hydrant, and the tree to the right.

Yes, looked okay until the left wingtip hit that pole and it turned him towards the tree. The hydrant turned him back to the right and probably saved his life. He had some room to the right side but that freight train might have been a bit intimidating.

And great job not trying to stretch it out which would have just resulted in stalling it in. He was so close, I can't imagine how strong the urge to get just a little further is at that point. Looks like it's right about where the red x is, if you zoom in on google maps you can see the tree he hit and in the street view you can see the fire hydrant.

Just saw a new video. Came straight in, a pole took off the left wingtip, the right wing took out a fire hydrant, and then impacted the tree. Did a good job coming in under control wings level. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/plane-makes-emergency-landing-near-fullerton-airport-hits-tree/amp/

Looking at the bigger picture I wonder if he was going the opposite direction of how he ended up. Trying to put it down on the road maybe the right wing caught the pole and spun him 180° into the tree that entered the left side of the cabin. That's the only thing I can think of that would put that dent in the right wing and have the tree trunk enter the side of the cabin.

Looks like it was flown frequently. News is reporting no one injured on the ground, the two occupants suffered minor to moderate injuries. From the picture I am amazed that anyone in the front seats survived. A closer look at the picture and it appears the tree trunk went just behind the pilot seat and both front seats are turned about 45° to the left, probably what saved them. From the flight history looks like based out of Brackett (KPOC). Wonder if @MikeOH knows him? https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/plane-crash-fullerton/3568885/ https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N9245V/history/20241125/2141Z/KFUL/KFUL Found the liveATC. They were on flight following, you can see from the track they departed and made the standard turn to 120 before they called tower back that they were experiencing some engine roughness. The flight following request and departure are earlier in the recording, the first call with problems is at about 17 minutes. At about 19 minutes declares mayday and landing near the train tracks. https://archive.liveatc.net/kful/KFUL2-Gnd-Twr-Nov-25-2024-2130Z.mp3

I used foggles for a long time but didn't like them much and really didn't like when we were flying an approach into the setting sun. Made it almost impossible to see the panel from the glare. I switched to the ASA Jiffy Hood and love it.

As @takair mentioned baffle seal pop-riveted in works well. We used felt as it was easier to work with and form around the starter/alternator gaps than baffle material. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/felt.php?clickkey=5104

I have one sitting on the shelf in my hangar from LASAR. It's just a short piece of round ducting, not rectangular like the original. My plane didn't have one when I bought it so I bought the boot, never put it on. My AP/IA mentions it each annual, but it's still just sitting on the shelf.

I've done hundreds, including one flight to 13 different airports with 12 touch-n-go's. The only full stop was back at my home base where I started. Still haven't messed one up yet... https://intothesky.com/2023/09/23/epic-flight-13-airports-in-under-2-hours/

Congratulations!

The 10-4164-1 is the higher flow carb, I'm not sure you want to increase above that. There was a service bulletin to modify the 10-3868 for more fuel flow, an "M" would be stamped on the plate after it was performed and gave it the same flow as the 10-4164-1. Service Bulletin #A11-62 https://intothesky.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/A11-62-Carburetor-Field-Modification.pdf I had a 10-3868 and replaced it with a 10-3868. Unfortunately I didn't know my old one had been modified, there was no record in the logs and there was no "M" on the plate like the bulletin instructs. When the new 10-3868 went in my fuel flow was much lower and CHT's higher. After back and forth with Marvel-Schebler along with more research I replaced it again with the 10-4164-1. If you're interested in the whole saga it is detailed on my blog. https://intothesky.com/2022/05/05/carburetors-fuel-flow-and-chts/