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Guy123

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  1. If you don't mind saying where in KS is the F located?? I am based at KMEJ
  2. No one else may find it anywhere near as humorous as I do but that was very funny sir!! even though it shouldn't be.
  3. so this is why i am hung up and confused. as stated above by MikeOH (the wood itself didn't scare me, but finding a competent wood A&P did!). that being said with the small amount of reading i have done i have decided i am to chicken to fly one with a wood tail. but if you look at mooney service bulletin number: M20-170A Dated 2/24/69 https://mooney.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SBM20-170A.pdf states that immediate compliance is required. installation of a metal empennage is mandatory within one year. but if you look at AD 86-19-10 also posted above by MikeOH https://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgad.nsf/0/33BA96B4A3AD098A86256A57006692E3?OpenDocument it has an effective date of october 6 1986 and my interpretation of it is that it is just an inspection of the wood tail i see nothing requiring it to be replaced by metal? so i guess my question what is the difference between a mooney service bulletin and an AD? i would think if the service bulletin was followed when released in 69 there would be no reason for AD 86-19-10 released in 86? so did they retract the mooney service bulletin? at the end of the day it doesent really matter because I would want it changed to metal for my piece of mind. justified or not. my delima is i found a 1960 M20a sitting in a hangar here in SW KS that I think looks pretty good. granted I know NOTHING AT ALL about the wood wing. I know most would probably argue that i would be way better off just buying a later all metal mooney but I hate to see this bird just sit there and rot. I guess i an trying to figure out if it is at all even thinkable for me to get it back in the air. or if not me if someone here looking for a project could get it flying or if it is so far gone it is just doomed to sit there forever....
  4. I would also welcome any advice from the wood wing mooney owners. I found a 1960 M20A sitting in a hangar near me that peaked my interest so I have done a little reading about it and I am confused. I have seen a metal tail referenced several different places and possibly that there was an AD requiring the wood tail to be changed to metal? but I havent been able to find the AD? if someone could point me in the right direction that would be awesome. is there an AD to change the wood tail to metal and I am just looking in the wrong spot?
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