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Very cool, I missed seeing that post.

For the N number just put in "Camper," I think that would work. So someone bought that plane?

Glad to hear you're getting back up in the air.

I'm trying to remember but I think @Raptor05121 had one that he was selling awhile back. I don't know if he still does.

Once coming back home after dark I started making position calls about 10 miles out. At about 5 miles I tried turning on the runway lights and they wouldn't come on. Then I realized I had the wrong frequency dialed in. Quickly changed it, made a call (it was late and I was fortunately the only one in the sky anywhere near there), turned on the lights and landed uneventfully.

Anyone else that can make it who will break the tie?

Part of my preflight is to not just switch tanks to check the operation of the switch after I sit down, but feel all around it to make sure I haven't had a little pebble off my shoes or something else fall in that could jam it. Running a tank dry really is a non-event. Maybe because I'm still in my 40's it's easy for me to reach the switch. In my transition training I told my CFI I was going to switch tanks and reached down and changed them. A minute or so later he asked when I was going to switch tanks and I told him I already had.

Must be the week for resurrecting old threads.... I can second this recommendation. Also a few others in no particular order. I could make a very long list of books, but here were some of my favorites from recent reading. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (Probably seen the movie but the book is excellent) Flyboys by James Bradley This acclaimed bestseller brilliantly illuminates a hidden piece of World War II history as it tells the harrowing true story of nine American airmen shot down in the Pacific. One of them, George H. W. Bush, was miraculously rescued. What happened to the other eight remained a secret for almost 60 years. After the war, the American and Japanese governments conspired to cover up the shocking truth, and not even the families of the airmen were informed of what happened to their sons. Their fate remained a mystery--until now. FLYBOYS is a tale of courage and daring, of war and death, of men and hope. It will make you proud and it will break your heart. All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor by Donald Stratton & Ken Gire THE FIRST MEMOIR BY A USS ARIZONA SURVIVOR: Donald Stratton, one of the battleship's five living heroes, delivers a "powerful" and "intimate"* eyewitness account of Pearl Harbor and his unforgettable return to the fightAt 8:10 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Seaman First Class Donald Stratton was consumed by an inferno. A million pounds of explosives had detonated beneath his battle station aboard the USS Arizona, barely fifteen minutes into Japan’s surprise attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor. Near death and burned across two thirds of his body, Don, a nineteen-year-old Nebraskan who had been steeled by the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, summoned the will to haul himself hand over hand across a rope tethered to a neighboring vessel. Forty-five feet below, the harbor’s flaming, oil-slick water boiled with enemy bullets; all around him the world tore itself apart. In this extraordinary, never-before-told eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack—the only memoir ever written by a survivor of the USS Arizona—ninety-four-year-old veteran Donald Stratton finally shares his unforgettable personal tale of bravery and survival on December 7, 1941, his harrowing recovery, and his inspiring determination to return to the fight. Don and four other sailors made it safely across the same line that morning, a small miracle on a day that claimed the lives of 1,177 of their Arizona shipmates—approximately half the American fatalaties at Pearl Harbor. Sent to military hospitals for a year, Don refused doctors’ advice to amputate his limbs and battled to relearn how to walk. The U.S. Navy gave him a medical discharge, believing he would never again be fit for service, but Don had unfinished business. In June 1944, he sailed back into the teeth of the Pacific War on a destroyer, destined for combat in the crucial battles of Leyte Gulf, Luzon, and Okinawa, thus earning the distinction of having been present for the opening shots and the final major battle of America’s Second World War.As the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack approaches, Don, a great-grandfather of five and one of six living survivors of the Arizona, offers an unprecedentedly intimate reflection on the tragedy that drew America into the greatest armed conflict in history. All the Gallant Men is a book for the ages, one of the most remarkable—and remarkably inspiring—memoirs of any kind to appear in recent years. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (Not particularly light reading but very well written) The Finest Hours by Michael Tougias & Casey Sherman (Again you may have seen the movie but the book goes over so much more) The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now the inspiration for the PBS documentary “The Boys of ‘36” For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest. The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey From the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau by Alex Kershaw The untold story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War. Written with Alex Kershaw's trademark narrative drive and vivid immediacy, The Liberator traces the remarkable battlefield journey of maverick U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks through the Allied liberation of Europe—from the first landing in Italy to the final death throes of the Third Reich. Over five hundred bloody days, Sparks and his infantry unit battled from the beaches of Sicily through the mountains of Italy and France, ultimately enduring bitter and desperate winter combat against the die-hard SS on the Fatherland's borders. Having miraculously survived the long, bloody march across Europe, Sparks was selected to lead a final charge to Bavaria, where he and his men experienced some of the most intense street fighting suffered by Americans in World War II. And when he finally arrived at the gates of Dachau, Sparks confronted scenes that robbed the mind of reason—and put his humanity to the ultimate test. Frozen in Time by Mitchell Zuckoff Two harrowing crashes . . . A vanished rescue plane . . . A desperate fight for life in a frozen, hostile land . . . The quest to solve a seventy-year-old mysteryThe author of the smash New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-La delivers a gripping true story of endurance, bravery, ingenuity, and honor set in the vast Arctic wilderness of World War II and today.On November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane on a routine flight slammed into the Greenland ice cap. Four days later, a B-17 on the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on the B-17 survived. The U.S. military launched a second daring rescue operation, but the Grumman Duck amphibious plane sent to find the men flew into a severe storm and vanished.In this thrilling adventure, Mitchell Zuckoff offers a spellbinding account of these harrowing disasters and the fate of the survivors and their would-be saviors. Frozen in Time places us at the center of a group of valiant airmen fighting to stay alive through 148 days of a brutal Arctic winter by sheltering from subzero temperatures and vicious blizzards in the tail section of the broken B-17 until an expedition headed by famed Arctic explorer Bernt Balchen attempts to bring them to safety.But that is only part of the story that unfolds in Frozen in Time. In present-day Greenland, Zuckoff joins the U.S. Coast Guard and North South Polar—a company led by the indefatigable dreamer Lou Sapienza, who worked for years to solve the mystery of the Duck’s last flight—on a dangerous expedition to recover the remains of the lost plane’s crew.Drawing on intensive research and Zuckoff ’s firsthand account of the dramatic 2012 expedition, Frozen in Time is a breathtaking blend of mystery, adventure, heroism, and survival. It is also a poignant reminder of the sacrifices of our military personnel and their families—and a tribute to the important, perilous, and often-overlooked work of the U.S. Coast Guard. Aces High: The Heroic Saga of the Two Top-Scoring American Aces of World War II by Bill Yenne (Acutally talks about how Lindbergh taught them to lean the engines in the P-38's to get longer flights and more loiter time) Capturing the hearts of a beleaguered nation, the fighter pilots of World War II engaged in a kind of battle that became the stuff of legend. They cut through the sky in their P-38s to go one-on-one against the enemy—and those who survived the deadly showdowns with enough courage and skill earned the right to be called aces. But two men in particular rose to become something more. They became icons of aerial combat, in a heroic rivalry that inspired a weary nation to fight on. Richard “Dick” Bong was the bashful, pink-faced farm boy from the Midwest. Thomas “Tommy” McGuire was the wise-cracking, fast-talking kid from New Jersey. What they shared was an unparalleled gallantry under fire which won them both the Medal of Honor—and remains the subject of hushed and reverent conversation wherever aerial warfare is admired. What they had between them was a closely watched rivalry to see who would emerge as the top-scoring American ace of the war. What they left behind is a legacy of pride we will never forget, and a record of aerial victories that has yet to be surpassed anywhere in the world.

Just leave a tip jar on the wing and whoever wants can chip in.

Phil, I hate to volunteer you, but it may be easiest once everyone is registered if you bought the food and those of us coming chip in to pay for it. If we tried to have people bring different things I could see someone not making it and then there would be no plates/cups/drinks/whatever.... Do we want to give it to the end of the week and then cut off the voting? (At some point it has to be finalized)

Ah, I've seen it while flying between Corona and Chandler. Runway looked good from 9,500' up...

What airport is that in CA?

If I can work it into my schedule to make it an overnight stay somewhere I'll fly up for it. As with Bennett, I'm up for whatever you have on display.

Thanks for the invite! I'm part of the barbershop quartet in an upcoming performance of The Music Man so my Saturdays are booked until after closing night March 10th. If not for that I would make the short hop over to KCMA to ride along. I want to fly the caravan to OSH but it won't be for a year or two. I think in 2019 my son and I will be making a cross country trip back to NC and VA to visit the areas he is currently serving in as a missionary. That would push OSH back to 2020, but I want to learn formation well before that just for the challenge and experience of it. Let me know when some of you are getting together again. I'll send you my cell if you want to drop me a text next time.

I think you are looking for @M20Doc. Hope you have her up flying again soon.

I added you to my list of people to tag for future events. @Bug Smasher I looked on the MS Member map that @gsxrpilot put together and added a few more. Hopefully they are okay with that. If any of you that I have tagged don't want to be included in notices about future events send me a PM and I'll remove you from my list. @TerryDubYa @MB65E @rdshave @TheTurtle @VetRepp @donkaye @M20S Driver @helitim @Sven @jrwilson @TargetDriver

I have done some of it but not all.

Thank you all for the ideas, that gives me some more things to check. It isn't terribly concerning because the levels don't get to where it is a real problem and the levels always drop as the climb progresses and down to nothing or almost nothing in cruise, but I would still like to see the initial levels lower.

There is a vent there which had a duct that went to cool the ADF. When the ADF was removed the duct was also removed and the vent was plugged so that's not it. I will have to check where the wing and fuselage come together.

In Dan's thread about the Sensorcon and CO readings there was some discussion about levels people have seen. Rather than sidetrack his thread I started a different one. I made mention that I sometimes see numbers in the 40-50's and sometimes it's 2-3 so I think it may have to do with the direction of the wind. Always once established in cruise it drops to zero or 1. Today while taxiing with the wind behind me I saw readings in the upper teens but once I turned around with the wind at about 10 o'clock for run-up the numbers dropped. I have checked for places I thought I could be getting leaks from and also recently replaced the old door seal with no changes in readings. I have wondered if the direction my exhaust pipe is oriented is causing some issues. I've looked at other Mooneys and haven't seen one with a pipe like mine has.

I went to HS in Utah and had plenty of friends that apparently didn't seem to have any problem finding beer despite being under-age... I can say that being one of the few sober kids at the parties made for a lot of fun messing with people that couldn't remember the next day what you had done to them. (Mormon then and Mormon now... )

Thanks for bumping it. I was going to do the same thing. Someone else clicked the 7th so it's tied now, either way it looks like we might get at least 7 there. Hopefully we'll get some more as the date gets closer and people solidify their schedules more.

I love it! That's awesome.

Did you see this one posted by @piperpainter? Seats-1.pdf

Welcome aboard. My plane is slower than what you are looking at but we have made the trip from SoCal to U42. The about four hours to fly there is much better than the approximately 10 hour drive...