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I do not have a Mooney at this time, I was just looking up the part number in this old post because I am interested in maybe some day getting on K model and this V band issue is on my mind as a prospective owner. When I saw AirPower website I am pretty it didn’t say back order, I didn’t call them directly just saw was available and this is the only site I frequent whose owners have tsio 360 engines so I posted here.

Just making sure I am reading this correctly (if wrong please correct me) and that this hopefully helps someone, the clamp that should be put in place and complies with the AD is 670105? Or at least gets someone flying again for 500 hrs. If so air power has them available as of this morning. https://www.airpowerinc.com/670105

Well that’s my story, once I had the license out I went but was placed along with more experience guys to watch and learn and after a while I was on my own. The training on the independent fleets helps a ton. How do they do it in Canada once you have your version of the A/P?

You are not misunderstanding, now they have an annex in jfk where they work on a 727 that was donated to gain more “real world” experience. They used to have a apprenticeship with tower air when you had you A/P but the airline went out of business. https://www.aviationhs.net/ and https://www.aviationhs.net/aviation_high_schools_federal_aviation_administration_program_regulations_and_information but I think Aviation high school is one of maybe 2 in the USA that still teach the A/P license curriculum at a high school level, they have to keep a certain level of total people passing the test per grade at a certain passing grade per student average if I remember to able to keep there certification. I can’t remember if the other high school is still around. The majors spend all the time in area schools just recruiting, AV is no exception. My first job right out of high school was working for an avionics company working of onboard entertainment system for Singapore airlines and American Airlines.

No apprenticeship, I came out of high school with my A/P then straight into the fire, I tell anyone who wants in to treat your A/P as a license to learn. Find a shop with a good reputation and stick around or go to a major and move around the different shops within the company and try them all.

I think you are underestimating the amount of learning it took to be a good A/P not just turning wrenches but good at troubleshooting because you have being thru the schooling and learned the basis. You can learned at lot on the field including the bad habits of others and take them as your own or just a narrow view or knowledge that you need to have. I mean For powerplant I had to study how pistons work, magnetos, pumps then a little of how those engines work in helicopter and finally throw all out the window and learn how jet engines work. For airframe I learned to bent and temper metal, weld, and rivet and then oh let’s learn and make wooden wings with glue and fabric. General the one that like was said before meds everything and took me the longest learning series circuit , parallel circuit ,induction, and then phases plus faa regulations. Not nocking on you but here in this sentiment is where GA is dying, getting that A/P license when I did it was everything to me and not easy, is not just turning wrenches if anyone thinks is just that then by all means go get it, become an apprentice or go to night school take the oral, written and practical and go take on a bunch of 20-50 year old planes some with just horrible maintenance I mean you wouldn’t believe the crap you find sometimes plus all the liability that comes with it (because now you touched it last so it must have being you fault) for little money and some owners that think you are always charging them too much. Sorry I don’t mean to come out rude but trying to have you and others understand.

I have had my share of toilet horror stories, now I just leave it the fng to handle. The baton has being passed.

So true, I got my a/p from Aviation High school in Long Island city, NY and being doing commercial aviation ever since. Turning wrenches is general aviation to me is a whole different ball game to what have I being doing for 20+ years and is not for everyone, but if you love what you do and you work with someone with experience it all slowly comes back to you. Trying to broaden my experience and get my AI. As for the the original op maybe this helps you and maybe not and to anyone looking for doing this for a living I know one place paying you to learn. I find a lot of people always asking how to get started and hope this helps https://careers.united.com/us/en/calibrate It’s just one career path to anyone who might run into this page looking for info.

Interesting video on this topic for those who interested.

To your point, here is a guy picking up his new cirrus sr22t. I don’t know if it was just for this one guy because he is on you tube but they pulled all the stops, but that helps sell planes with todays culture. like you said picking up this plane was a experience: starts at around the 3 min mark.

I think it was the passenger who was texting to family but not 100% sure. Sad ending. Rip

I ran into this podcast and thought I would share it here. Bruce Landsberg is the current vice chairman of the NTSB and used to be the executive director of the AOPA Safety Institute.

Ok if anyone has this issue, request desktop site on chrome and the screen chances sizes and the rest of the icons become visible.

OK, sanding where it went, for some reason I have scroll to the side to it I didn’t need to before. Thx guys.

Maybe this has being ask before but i can’t find it. How do I get into my mooney space inbox?

Wait this is only after ONLY 400 Hours after rebuild???? I am sorry sir but what kind rebuild was that? I mean they are mostly gone!

If this was my plane and the fuel lines were not changed this is where I would look first, check all the fuel connections.

This week at my job a coworker headlamp battery pop while he was using it, left a third degree burn right on his forehead. If batteries are acting funny, not charging, charging to fast or any weird signs just tossed them out.

Congratulations on the purchase and enjoy the ride.

I think the people talking to you made an assumption because the adsb information further up shows the plane taxing somewhere else on the field and not the Mooney factory. It will take time for the information and reason for the crash to come out but it will, but so far the adsb does not lie. Let’s try to be respectful.

Congratulations can’t wait for more pictures.

Not a fun flight I would say.

This is more of a global issue, I work for a major and we are having supply issues I can’t even imagine the difficulties they are having keeping the lights on as it is, they probably can’t cover the amount of people it would take to have people taking calls and research parts for owners. Maybe in the future but not now.

I second the leave it to the professionals if you can mentally.