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If MAPA is “for profit” how do they generate revenue? I doubt that membership dues pay for much.

Buy the plane you want, or wait until you can afford the plane you want. If you buy a plane to "fix up" it will be in the shop while you could have been saving money for the plane you actually wanted.

How and who did you pay? Do you have a receipt?

Have you discussed this with your insurance agent?

Can you just email them to me?

Just checking to see if anyone has a digital file of the Mooney logo. Would like to have it in order to laser image it on the new panel for Myrtle. Thanks!

This upgrade time can be quite significant. What is it worth to you to not be without your aircraft for 4 to 6 months?

I am not interested in an ADF nor would I want to give up the weight.

My personal rule for my airplane - MP - 36” Airspeed alive Fuel Flow > 22 GPH 55 KIAS by the 1000’ marks Vr = 67

So the actual “harm” is that the next IFR cert will need to be done 1 month sooner? There are more important things than that for me to worry about.

My experience is the same. I went the first time as a relatively new owner but am looking forward to going back this year with more experience.

If money were no object - Super Cub If money were an object - I think I would enjoy a Decathlon

Pitot heat "ON" anytime we enter the clouds.

Zero times, so far.

My plane has been in the shop since October. First for annual and now for avionics upgrade. Since I hadn’t flown for a while, I flew a Warrior for an hour or so and did some steep turns, stalls and pattern work. I am so spoiled with the handling characteristics of my Mooney. Treat yourself. Buy the Mooney. Especially flying IFR…I believe the Mooney is more stable and is a dream to fly approaches with…and it doesn’t fall out of the sky when you chop power. I had forgotten how steep the glide ratio was in the Warrior. My first plane was a Cherokee, so I have flown a good deal in a PA-28 for comparison. Just my .02

Thank you for the link. That seemed to be a coherent representation of the facts.

I watched Controller for quite a while before I chose to pursue a particular plane. I had a pretty good idea what the market price was at the time and I think I got a decent price for the time I purchased. A plane with a low time engine and good avionics will bring top dollar and sell quickly. The engine time and the technology of the panel determine a lot about the price people are willing to pay.

Some people are not good at math.......politicians are particularly bad at math. I remember, years ago, one of my supervisors telling me that all of his employees were above average...LOL

I am in no way offended. It would be nice if it were that easy. Most of us who have bought planes recently have had to buy a plane that was not everything we wanted, and then upgrade it to what we want. There have been several "turnkey" planes sold recently. They sell quickly, and for top dollar. Good luck in finding what you want!!

The answer is, NO. Do not lean your engine for takeoff in your M20k 231. As @Shadrach pointed out, you are able to get the same amount of manifold pressure (oxygen) as sea level due to turbocharging. In a normally aspirated engine, leaning would likely be appropriate. I have a customer in Colorado, so I fly into KPUB several times a year - 4,729’ elevation. Full rich and 36” of MP.

It's the government, it's not supposed to be efficient.

It is a difficult question for me to answer because I rarely fly VFR, and I never fly VFR cross-country. If I were going to do post-maintenance flight to check something out, I would probably wait until the conditions were "severe VFR" before taking off. I don't like the idea of "checking something out" when the conditions are not favorable. Perhaps I am too conservative, but that's the way I fly.

I believe the solution is training based, not check ride based. I almost think everyone should watch those crash scene videos like I was forced to watch car crash videos before I got my drivers license. I can imagine the narrator saying "This family of 4 was killed when their father/husband decided to try to pick his way through convective activity at night to get home...you can see the wings were ripped off and the smoking hole that resulted on impact." One of my buddies told me about a safety seminar or review at a FSDO and the comment was made that there had not been a general aviation accident in their region in years where the pilot had attended training in the last 12 months.

It seems that most accidents are caused by poor decisions rather than stick and rudder skills. I don’t see additional check rides correcting poor decisions.

^^^^This.^^^^