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Sometimes you can't even get one.....

Will the Dugosh name/brand live on? Will this be the “Dugosh Aircraft Service Center @ Mooney International”?…just happens to be located at the former Mooney Factory Service Center? Or is this a restart of the Mooney Factory Service Center (again) which hired the former employees of Dugosh?

Sounds like a consolidation….of another failing business.

So Dugosh as a business is gone and the leased Dugosh hangar has gone back to the City/County Airport Authority? This is a reboot of “re” reopening the Factory Service Center? You mention twice that you can’t “drop in” or “hang out at the Dugosh hangar anymore”.

Further, I say upload everything that you have now (that is not a duplicate to the manuals /docs already uploaded). Everyone would appreciate it.

As @Greg Ellis said there is a “Downloads” section already. It is easier to find when viewing MooneySpace on a computer. On the iPhone it is hidden in the upper right corner under the “Browse” dropdown. It has mainly documents and manuals. There are a few subsections. See the link below. Curious to know why you suggest a moderated space. https://mooneyspace.com/files/ https://mooneyspace.com/files/categories/

Also ask @Alan Fox He makes a business of it. See how BAS does it Mooney starts at 12:40

There is a good market. For example - if you need a Mooney door.... Used Airplane Parts Search | BASPartSales.com

Maybe the old Lycomings were built better…. You can download the scanned engine log from the linked Underwriters Salvage site. …..

The insurance company was quick with this one. Gear up was August 9, 2025 and the salvage auction started October 10. It was sold October 29. The FAA does not show that it was ever reregistered, so it might have been scrapped for parts and beer cans. Underwriters Salvage Company - N201JK - 1976 Mooney M20J "DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE: See Photos Prop strike Gear doors Belly and belly antenna Beacon Exhaust Inboard of wings Flaps" Engine at end of useful life - Last OH was in 1984 - 41 years before the gear up - TTSMOH 1,784 hours. From 2000 - 2018 it only flew 93 hours - about 5 hours per year.

Agreed that insurance is one of the tools available which most find most cost effective. But perhaps we are misunderstanding or misinterpreting what each is saying. I am just saying at the end of the day, the pilot that is flying PIC is ultimately responsible for and liable for his/her actions whether we are talking about criminal or civil law. No LLC, Trust or Estate changes that. Perhaps you are talking about protecting assets from settlement of negligent pilot in command actions/negligence. 14 C.F.R. § 1.1 states that the PIC means the person who: 1) Has final authority and responsibility for the operation and safety of the flight; It is kind of hard to get around that. Yes owning the plane in a separate legal entity can (may) shield personal assets from the liablity of the legal entity, but you are still personally liable for any negligence of your actions. Now if you are saying structure everthing so that you own nothing and have no assets then there is no civil settlement. But you have to live and pay for the plane somehow so there is a stream of income from somewhere that pierces the “no assets owned” bubble. How the authorities or plaintiffs go after the PIC and ultimately settle can be painful and expensive. Obviously it is a matter of the size of estate. The bigger the estate, the more plaintiff‘s attorneys will fight to get past these protections. As you point out, insurance can be as useful tool for most should they (or their surviving family) have to deal with an unfortunate accident.

Possibly but major aspects of piloting/aircraft ownership makes it hard to bypass: If you are the pilot, you are personally liable for anything that might have happened (or allege to have happened) - no trust or LLC will separate you from that liability. If you lease space for your plane, most leases require liability insurance on the plane. It has been discussed here before, that one of the benefits of insurance is the legal support. Yes you can go bare and hire lawyers on your own should a claim arise but that can get expensive fast - and very time consuming on your part. The insurance company has lawyers available and a duty to defend you.

A Battery Minder or any smart charger will not open the solenoid on the APU. The Battery Minder or smart charger needs to sense at least 3 volts before it will allow current to flow. You need a standard power supply with continuous current.

@LANCECASPER posted it 2 years ago via Dropbox. (See below) Here is an old link without pictures https://web.archive.org/web/20190207032717/http:/donmaxwell.com/aligning-your-engine-using-shims/

Educated guess that they owe Meijing. Meijing had the money - not Soaring America. Like I said the Chinese may have been dumb to invest in Mooney but they are not Stupid…