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I have flown Myrtle in the flight levels a few times, but honestly, the sweet spot, for the M20K 231, as has been mentioned, is somewhere between 15,000' - 18,000'. The few times I flew in the flight levels it was to take advantage of the tailwinds but honestly at the end of the day I doubt I will venture up there again. The juice just isn't worth the squeeze for me, and to @LANCECASPER's point, if I were going to fly in the flight levels, I would definitely have some type of back-up O2 system. Another thing that has been mentioned is the difficulty in hand-flying in the flight levels.....I wouldn't do it without a good autopilot.

The Flight Aware data looks like the plane’s groundspeed was really slow before it ended.

Do not spend any money on aviation until you get a valid Medical certificate. Do not train in a Mooney for your PPL. Never buy a Mooney with the thought of renting it out.

Welcome & Congrats on a great plane and a great trip!

When Myrtle was down for 7 months getting the panel upgrade, I flew with an instructor after the first 3 months and then again when the project was complete 4 months later. I thought it was a good idea then and I still do. I have 500+ hours in Myrtle. I guess the correct question is “Why wouldn’t you?” I can’t think of a single good reason not to.

Has anyone ever seen a private equity company lower prices on anything? I wouldn't be surprised to see ~40% price increase on Foreflight after this buyout takes place. Many will leave, but many will stay with Foreflight and in 5 years the buyer will set it on fire and spin it off with so much debt that it collapses in a few years. Remember ----- Remington, Toys-R-Us and Red Lobster? The same exact thing happened to all those companies. I think TWA had a similar ending......

I recently purchased 2 of the V-Band clamps from RAM. It is the replacement for part #653332. They were $499 each. They had them in stock a couple of weeks ago. I posted about this in another thread.

I bought two of them for $499 each.They delivered last week.

I prefer to avoid cumulus altogether if possible. I don’t like the ride. I have never been denied a deviation.

The built-in system is very convenient. With the O2D2 from Mountain High a tank lasts a long time. Unfortunately the original equipment is getting difficult to replace/maintain.

The altitude compensating pressure regulator was $2.8 AMU. Honestly, if I had it to do over again, I would consider just buying a portable O2 unit. It would have been cheaper. My IA got the re-built regulator from an O2 .parts supplier but I’m not sure which one. There are no new ones apparently. I will ask him who had it.

Absolutely stunning!!!

Myrtle came out of an overly long and extensive annual (waiting on parts…imagine that). There were no repairs necessary, just preventive maintenance stuff. Had all the engine hoses and landing gear biscuits replaced. The delay was due to a pesky, difficult to find leak in the oxygen system. We had to purchase the altitude compensating pressure regulator. Apparently mine had developed a crack where one of the fittings screwed in. Anyway Myrtle is doing great with good compressions at about 1000 hours. (Don’t remember the exact number) For the first takeoff we just stayed in the pattern and did a full stop landing…..which I didn’t bounce by the way. Everything was working great, so we flew down to Springfield and I hand flew the ILS for practice. Saw a couple of Mooneys on the ramp. The remodeled FBO for Midwest Premiere Aviation is wonderful. Borrowed the courtesy car so we could run down to Buccee’s. Gotta love some Buccee’s. Better than the $100 hamburger. Made the trip home and everything was good. Knocked some of the rust off and now we are ready for another year of aviation.

Unfortunately, it’s a matter of what you can get rather than what you want. Myrtle just came out of annual and my IA told me the clamp would need to be replaced this year. I will take one of these in hand rather than wish for something I have yet to see.

Where is this riveted version available? And how much does it cost?