Ross Taylor

Well, this might not have been the best time to list...right when I was about to hit the road for a long drive through some pretty remote countryside...because I listed the plane then was without data coverage for two days. So I see that I owe a few people some PM or email replies, and I'll try to get to those today. But two people called me the morning I listed her and one was ready to go...so she's already in escrow and the sale is pending a successful PPI. If you emailed me or sent me a PM, I'll get you a personal reply as soon as I can! The same goes for the replies above, which I'm just now seeing. Thanks, all!

Well, we didn’t see this coming… but after sharpening our pencils and going through a change in businesses, I am sadly listing our 1966 M20E for sale. This is the second aircraft we’ve owned and, far and away, our favorite. We’d planned to keep this as our forever plane. But we’ve made the tough decision to close the restaurant we opened 5 days before the shutdown and focus 100% on our other business (converting buses and ambulances into RVs, for sale or rental)…which means all of my current flights are one-way commercial flights to pick up, then drive home, a vehicle. As I type this, I’m actually flying to Washington to pick up a bus. And, this will be our life for the foreseeable future…which means I’m not flying our Mooney and won’t be anytime soon. About our E: She’s a great plane, painted in the style of the MSE. The numbers are - TT: 3206.8, Engine SMOH: 352.8, Prop Since New: 138. Current annual, as of May 2010. At that time, the compression numbers were 74/76/74/70 over 80. She makes no metal and there are no mechanical concerns. We operate out of a strip that’s close to 7000’ elevation and the performance is still confidence inspiring. She’s got all the “speed mods”, leather seats, Precise Flight electric speed brakes, electric gear, Brittain AP with altitude hold, and fuel tank bladders. All 3 tires and the Concorde battery are recently new. The battery is kept on a BatteryMINDer, configured specifically for this battery, and that charger goes with the plane. The IO-360 was replaced with a 0-time Lycoming, in 2004, with 2850 hours on the tach. In 2011, the prior owner had a right gear failure on landing and the engine was torn down, inspected and repaired in accordance with factory guidelines. At that time, she was fitted with a new Hartzell Scimitar prop so there’s no recurring eddy current AD there. Earlier this year, we upgraded the JPI to a 730 and had a Garmin GNX-375 and a G5 installed. Our mechanic owns 3 Mooneys, himself, and he said this is the nicest E he’s ever seen. Now, I wouldn’t go quite *that* far…after seeing some of the amazing investments and avionics that some MSers have put into theirs…but this is a solid, good looking, well-loved E that will take you anywhere you want to go. The prior owner was sad to let her go…and we are equally sad..but it has to be. Known issues: The altitude hold doesn’t work right (at least I never figured it out). That’s it. Price: Call…just kidding…I know how much that’s hated by all…myself included! $68500 (a guess…based on what we paid, for which I feel like we got a great deal, plus 50% of what we spent for upgrades this year). Knowing it’s important to vet the owner as much as the plane, feel free to call me with any questions or just to chat. We’re located in Northern Arizona (where, by the way, it’s REALLY dry and not a corrosion-prone place). My cell is 928-554-5219 or you can email me at ross@rossvtaylor.com. I’ll be on the road for a few days, driving a bus from Whidbey Island to Arizona…but I should be able to chat from the road. Cheers and thanks, Ross and Kara Taylor Flagstaff/Williams KCMR I'm posting this here, on MS, before listing it on the more "public" sites...hoping she'll stay in the MS family. Here are some photos, but I realized that I didn't transfer all of the ones I took to my laptop before I left on this bus pick-up trip...so there's none (yet) of the front seats. I'll upload more photos when I return to AZ. I've also brought some of the logs and I'll upload the most recent pages, from annual, later today if I can.

I'd send you to MSer @s10sakota as a possible option, or at least a pointer for his source...since he seems to have done exactly this on his kitplane. Apologies to him for snagging a screenshot of his video, to show you what he did:

My first career was as police officer, much of that doing collision investigations. I can only speak to the specifics of Arizona law, but they're generally similar around the US (because they're based on Federal guidelines). In AZ, that truck's driver would absolutely be responsible for the collision. The "speeding" statute used to cite drivers for excessive speed is the same one used to cite a driver who rearends a vehicle in front...or who loses control and hits a tree. The wording is along the lines of "operating a vehicle at a speed greater than reasonable and prudent for the conditions that exist, or may exist, on the roadway." As others have said, it's a crappy ending to a great emergency landing...

I’ll stop in and grab another.

Very cool! But...where's the photo of the astute saleswoman (blonde bomb) you referred to? Tease...

I'll split the difference with you! $50, plus the shipping. PM sent. I'd use it in the hanger, not the Mooney, for diagnosing and repairing my Brittain system. If that's cool with you, it makes me happy too. I have a bigger vacuum pump and regulator, but it's overkill...

@glafaille - did you find your commuting plane yet?

And there's a reason that sign has 5 digits on it!

I don't believe so, because of the added note. On the paper, it looks like the L n/m is in front of the L m/r...but the note seems intended to clarify that isn't the case. But who knows - it wouldn't be the first error I've found in the W&B history!

Hey @Yourpilotincommand here's that page from my '66 E

I waited to see what the real answer was...but it looks like that's going to take a while! My thought was a deer whistle...

What @Comet said ^^^. Our field is just about 7k actual, with afternoon temps in the high 80s or even low 90s...so our DAs are pretty impressive.

DM...uh, PM...uh...message sent! I don't care which color, so someone else can have their choice.

If it's not already spoken for by Matt, I'll take it. Stand by for PM. Thanks!