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I may have to check into that. If my son has his music plugged into his headphones I can hear it. I currently just have him out ear buds in underneath his headset now.

It has one at the top of the tail, just not in that picture.

I don't try to do the math on what is cheaper... It's convenience and that I love to fly. Fortunately my wife does too. She flew Delta recently to Salt Lake to see the grandkids because she had some credits to use. She was texting me from the terminal while waiting to board wishing she was in our Mooney.

Finally got back up in the air after a few weeks. The 830 works great and the SL-40 that was put in sounds amazing compared to what I was using. The new Zeftronics VR probably is playing a role in that as well. The generator that they put in also charges so I'm all set for more flying. It was bumpy for the couple trips I took around the pattern to check everything out, winds 040 10G19 for runway 07. Best part of it was seeing this paint job at the field.

Just got a call from the A&P. The generator is in and when they started the plane up it was showing 13.5 volts idling. They said it is back in the hangar along with all the necessary paperwork and a sticker for the log book. It's nice having a mechanic there on the field that can just get the plane, work on it, and put it away. Can't wait to get out and fly again! I don't know the answers to you first few questions. As for how long they are good for, my generator had 19 years and about 1,400 hours on it. If I can get that many more out of the one that just went in then it will be well worth the $300 in parts. I don't know how much the labor was, my A&P said the invoice was in the plane but he had told me 1-2 hours when he gave me the estimate.

Same thing I did. I did the paint stirrer for awhile but really like the FuelHawk and reading it. Just be sure if you use one that after you put it in let it sit for a couple seconds before putting your finger over the top. If not then the fuel level inside it may not be at the same level as the tank if you don't let it settle.

I made a note, any of the dates work for me so I think I'll just pull my responses out if it will let me. Edit: It won't let me remove my votes.

@Flash, @Steve W, @MooneyMitch, @jonhop, @wishboneash, @N803RM, @Bennett, @mooneyflyer, @Dan at FUL, @MrRodgers, @JohnB @bonal Tag anyone else you can think of to let them know about this. I just saw that in the other post mooneyflyer had suggested Paso Robles KPRB and Joe's as a possible destination. I'm not set on Harris Ranch, we could go somewhere else if the group want it. Maybe someone wants to pick up @M20FanJesse on the way.

We had a great time at the Harris Ranch Fly-In last May! Harris Ranch has great food, a fun narrow runway, and provides a somewhat central location for people coming from the North and South. Sitting in the central valley it has lots of VFR days. I only put up dates on Saturdays because I want to be there and I can't make it on Sundays... If everyone that can come picks a couple of the dates we could plan for what works for most people. Harris Ranch Fly-In 5/20/17

Can you take a picture of where/how you have the camera mounted?

I had something similar happen. I was getting a whining in my headset. I ended up that the volume on my radio was turned down too low and the volume on my Halo's was turned up too high. I started playing with the volume on the Halo's and it went away, then turned up the radio a little and it was perfect...

I would go to Harris Ranch again. It was good food and little more of a middle meeting spot for anyone coming from up North. I'll put up a thread with some dates a little later this morning and see what works best for people.

Congratulations, there's a few of us here in SoCal. I'm thinking we need to have another fly in....

Interesting, I haven't thought much about it as I have read others that have almost full up trim on final.

In mine I am typically almost full up trim or close to it for it to be at 80 mph hands off on approach.

I put the Zeftronics in but still see the same low voltage. My A&P thinks it is the generator. It took Aircraft Spruce a few days to get one in but it will be installed tomorrow or Tuesday and then I will see. My suspicion is that it has been dying a slow death and now that I can actually see the numbers on the 830 I am aware of it. I considered upgrading to the Plane Power Alternator, but the last Generator lasted 19 years and about 1,400 hours so I'm willing to put in a $300 generator and hope for the same results.

Here you go.

I don't know anything about you other than what you have posted in this thread. After reading your responses in the thread I can understand the apprehension of the in-laws. Mixed in with the responses about experience is some great advice on dealing with "meddling in-laws" which you do not seem to be interested in because they don't line up with what you want to hear. Good luck in your future endeavors.

I hope you don't take this the wrong way... What I see most are saying is to be conservative and careful. You have been successful in the business world, congratulations. (Many of us have been as well) You think very highly of yourself which no doubt has served you well in the business world. Some of the comments you have made, including how you talked to your mother in law, would suggest that you have much to learn still in spite of your success early in life. There have been a number of pilots that have met an untimely end because they were overconfident. Granted there are some that were young and bold and managed to survive. The problem is that they were the exception, and most of us are not the exception. Speaking of tool boxes, I have technicians that work for me that have boxes and tools worth more than some people's houses, but that doesn't mean I would want to fly with them. In fact while I would trust them to do any maintenance or repairs on my vehicles, I wouldn't be comfortable with them driving me around in a car, I've seen how they drive.

There's an F that sits tied down in front of my hangar. The owner has taken the time to put covers over the fuselage, wings, and cowling/prop/spinner. I have seen it gone twice in the year that I have been in that hangar. I hope he's flying something else more because I can't imagine getting in a plane with someone who flies a couple times a year.

I had under 60 hours in Cherokees when I got my Mooney. Insurance required 10 dual and 5 solo before flying passengers. It took about 7-8 dual before I felt comfortable in the Mooney and the 5 hours of solo were great for just getting more of a feel for the plane. I would not have been comfortable carrying passengers prior to that transition training. I love flying others around but there is still something special about being alone up in the air to me. As soon as I was done with my required transition training my wife and son started flying with me. The first few flights were just burger runs in the 30-200 mi range, no time constraints, no pressure to get anywhere, and one of them involved going the opposite direction to a different airport because the weather didn't look good at our original destination. (It was cool to go to lunch a couple hundred miles away) A month later and we were making long cross countries of 300-800nm, however it wasn't until we had made a number of those that my step-daughter's dad felt comfortable letting her fly with us. I will say again what many others have said. Take your time, get your transition training, make a few flights where there are no time constraints and if you don't think it looks good one direction just find an airport where the weather is good and head there. Flying into different airports is great training, I still like to find ones I haven't been to and go just for the experience of navigating to a new place and landing somewhere that I don't know any of the landmarks. Before you know it you will be flying your wife all over the place and seeing a lot more of the family. There is no rush, you have time, and with a Mooney you have more time than most people.

That is hysterical! I can't speak for getting into flying for a career. I wanted to go active duty Air Force and fly but political changes in the early-mid 90's meant you had to be at the Academy to get a pilot slot and I was ROTC. Fast forward and I finally started flying when I was 43. At this point I make more than I could if I was flying for a living so I will work my 8ish-5 M-F job and fly when I want, where I want, and with who I want. I will second what Byron said about getting the online degree. For my new position at work they wanted an accounting degree. So, I went back and picked up where I had left off 25 years earlier (that was going to be a Bio-Engineering degree). I needed a couple credits to finish an AA and then did the online thing with Colorado State finishing up the last two years in 18 months. There are a lot of schools that have adopted online programs. With some discipline it is very doable, but I would check around because while many of the programs are very similar, the tuition costs vary greatly.

If I was calculating ways to save $4 on a flight because I had a company making hundreds or thousands of flights a day and I was trying to put more money on the bottom line, maybe this would be more beneficial. However the reality is that the $4 savings is going to be used up at the drive through window because nobody wanted to cook dinner one night...

I like to call it my time machine.

You better have some Gatorade bottles or @Piloto's relief tube...