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My favorite 406 story was from the early days when it was only used in marine applications. A guy I know was moving a sailboat to the Caribbean and was a bit away from PR when they hit a storm that broke the mast and his leg. They had a 406 EPIRB (marine ELT) so they activated it. About 45 minutes later, a Coast Guard C-130 drops out of the fairly low ceiling and flies right over the boat. Turns and drops a rescue swimmer and a raft/emergency supplies. A while later a cutter comes and picks them up. And this was WITHOUT GPS (happened in the 80s).

I understand. I was just pointing out that the warning light is required in many installations by the STC.

It looks like over 4000 electric gear Mooneys built. 3 failures in 4000 aircraft over more than 40 years. I think the design is robust enough.

WAY more that 3 different seats. FYI, many international flight do not have a 1st class. The highest is Business class. But there can be 3 classes below BC. Economy is lowest. Then there is Economy Plus (called different things) and some airlines have a Premium Economy. The BC on these carriers is really 1st but just not called that due many employers not allowing international 1st travel. Air France, Lufthansa, British Air and Singapore still have 1st. But every airline has a different seats for their highest class. Best I have done recently is Qatar Air. It starts when your FA introduces herself.. One FA per 4 pax.. Then they deliver you lounging pajamas to change into after take off. And it goes like that the entire flight.

For labels, you may be able to get the vinyl printed. But the shop working on my CAP-10 used a two layer plastic sheet that they CNC routed through the top layer. I will get a pic later. The product is Rowmark LaserMark Engraving plastic. He then just glued it to the metal panel.

FTFY, the warning light is required if the unit it beyond a certain distance from center of panel/pilot

1) Do you have GAMIjectors? If so, someone put the wrong injectors in the wrong cylinders. 2) If you find the injectors are in the proper holes, you have some other issue like an intake leak. 3) Once you fix all the other issues, contact GAMI with the new data and they will adjust your nozzles for a small fee. If the answer to 1 is that you don't have them, then order them.

It seems that all M20K aircraft are considered to be 231s. I just talked to Garmin and that is something they MAY fix later. Has anyone compared the GP performance charts to 252 or Encore specs?

More seats is no excuse. But welcome to the world of traveling on airlines. But the service if you had been international would have been a LOT nicer. I gave up a couple of years ago on walking through airports. I just get wheelchair assistance. Much less hassle. And it is amazing, but they do seem to be surprised when you give them a trip. The amazing thing is, many times the door to door travel time is about the same or even faster in my Mooney. Last trip I took was to Tampa. From home to airport - 45 minutes. Arrive 2 hours before flight - 2+45. First leg two hours - 4+45, Connecting time 45 minutes - 5+30, second leg 1 hour - 6+30. Mooney - 10 minutes from home to airport - 10 minutes. Arrival to takeoff, say 30 minutes if moving slowly - 40 minutes. Flight time 5+30 - 6+10. Hmmmmmm I figure the time to unload the Mooney and tie it down and button up is about the same as getting off the plane, going to baggage claim and waiting for the luggage. Only reason I did not fly the Mooney was we were going on a cruise, and it would have been a mess trying to get the amount of luggage for the cruise into the airplane (and back out).

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The fuel selector is in different places on different models. My 252 has it between the seats. The sump drain is on the floor in front of the pilot seat. I would put a web strap from the latch bar to the front lip of the seat. That way you just need to get your hand far enough between your legs to reach the strap. Not your whole arm. Also, I am pretty sure I can reach the latch bar from between the seats.

In a perfect world, I would repaint with the dark color going back to the spar.

True, but it no longer would meet an ASTM spec for it, unless the spec was wide enough to encompass 99.9% 100LL mixed with 0.1% of G100UL, which would make the standard useless.

Worst of two worlds. An international configured aircraft on a short domestic route. The international aircraft assume that most people are traveling alone or with work colleagues, not close personal people. And pretty much anything under 3 hours domestic, even in first you get the snack basket to choose from. On the O2 side, I have an Imogen G5 that I use along with the built in O2 system. I have used it at 14,000 with two people with good sats. Above 14K, I put my pax on the Imogen and I use the ship O2 system. With the Mountain High O2D2 I normally get filled at annual and that is good until the next one.

They actually run a sample through a GC-MS? How do they "test" it?

G100UL IS a specific blend. But once it is pumped into a container with 100LL, it is not. But neither is 100LL after it is mixed with some portion of G100UL. You could say the same thing with 100LL and 115/145 (made once a year for formerly Reno, now Roswell air races). You can get the exact recipe. Just sign up with GAMI as a blender and sign their NDA.

The G3X has been out for 10 years and only does North Up for charts. Same with 750 and 650.

The hangar was new to me. It doesn't look like that any more.

ASTM doesn't either. How does a standard that deals with making the product cover all those things???

Enroute I have the sectional view up on FF on my iPad. Gives me more info on ground features than the Map on the Garmin boxes. I prefer Track Up and Garmin does not allow Track Up on the Chart (sectional) view.

1) When Jeff Cooper was touting the Scout Rifle, students at his school shot clay targets (thrown from a trap) with rifles and hit them routinely. 2) "Both Topperweins held aerial shooting records, with Ad shooting at more than 72,000 hand-thrown blocks 2+1⁄2 inches in diameter, and missing only nine—his longest run without a miss was 14,540. Plinky's record, the first recorded for a woman shooting aerial targets, consisted of hitting 967 of 1,000 clay targets with a .22 Semi-automatic rifle. "

I like my paint scheme, which is basically the factory scheme. The only thing I would do differently is do the leading edges in a darker color. 1) to see any ice and to 2) warm up more in the sunshine to prevent or remove any ice.

I don't think there is a path to convert an -LB to a -MB. You can convert an -MB to a -SB. The STC is to purchase an -MB and install it in place of the -GB or -LB. AFAIK the A-GB and -LB have the older intake manifold setup of the log style. The -MB and -SB have the tuned equal length runners. -GB/LB -MB/SB

FYI I have the KAP-150 parts from my plane. Computer and servos. Make me an offer.

Vitol can test, as they know what they put into the tank, so have the formula. Why have an ASTM standard for a single product? ASTM is so that you can make the same product as me and the end user knows that they should be functionally the same. If there was an ASTM standard for Sweet Tea it would specify a range of sugar. That would cover mildly sweet to very sweet. So that people buying your ASTM Sweet Tea would know it is within that range. But there would be no ASTM standard for Coke, as that is a specific formula that makes a single product. No one else can make Coke unless licensed by Coke. G100UL is a specific blend. Not a range of possible blends to sort of be the same. The only benefit of an ASTM standard is that everyone would now know the formula for their product. So, like Coke, there is no benefit to the THEM.