Mika Clark

Thanks a lot for the advice! Looking for as much of it as I can get!

I am flying out of lafayette 9A5! That is great to know that there is service center that close. I will give them a call tomorrow. I would like to take those trips often, and plan some big trips once or twice a year! Best friends are in florida and texas so plan on making that trip as well!

That is the plan right now! Thats why I am going to stay strict to my budget. The plane is no good if I can not afford to maintain and actually fly it! I prefer to have manual flaps and gear for the maintenance and simplicity reasons.

I am actually in N GA/Chattanooga area! Thanks though.

Nice to hear! I plan to buy the first one at a good buy and fly the heck out of it and get my wanted ratings in it and then upgrade!

Thanks a lot!

Excuse me if this is not the right place for this post as I am new here and fairly new to the aviation world. I am a new P.P. and beginning my search for an airplane. I plan on transitioning straight into instrument training. I plan on doing 100+ mile trips quite frequently so of course mooney's make sense. I will be traveling with one passenger and bags and at the very most 2 passengers plus me. I am looking to spend around 45-55k. Is this a realistic number for an ifr equipped mooney? Basic Ifr is fine for now and I can upgrade as I go. Please let me know if there is another place on the forum where this is more appropriate! Thanks guys look forward to hopefully joining the family!