Any Mooney owners in the Omaha, NE metro area? I am looking at purchasing a single engine and would like some speed for longer x countries. Wondering about the space of the Mooney's interior and useful load. I've been looking at the C or F(for the cabin) models from the 1960/1970? era - basically a Mooney for around $40/50k. I'd love to go up with you and pay for some gas or just even sit in the plane on the tarmac to see how it feels for space.
Any estimates on annual cost of keeping a Mooney of this age flying would be very helpful as well. Am I looking at approximately $1k a month for a maintenance fund excluding hangar and insurance, etc? Also is 10 GPH a pretty good number to use for fuel on x countries? What do you estimate your hourly cost of operating your Mooney is?
My goal is Florida x countries with wife and 2 kids. We currently have 1 baby, but over time we plan to add another. How long would the kids be comfortable in the back? To 15 years old etc?
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