Grumpy

https://www.aceflightsolutions.com/ out of Stafford (RMN). Did mine when I purchased, very pleased.

Sadly, no, just me. Like I said, my company is supportive (it would enable some significant growth, so they are trying to make this work), but their WC underwriter is basically "no". I'm the only guy who flies (and the only guy who has a plane). The company is not an aviation related effort, so I'm sadly coming to the conclusion this just isn't possible. I did already add my company as "additional insured", but the WC folks are still a hard no. Kind of a bummer, but appreciate everyone's input and thanks for spending a little time on this.

Throwing this out in hopes of the smart people helping me out...the company I work for is willing to allow me to fly to work sites (my plane) and claim the travel, but we are getting stuck on workers comp insurance...the carrier bluntly stated they'd drop our company the second they allow anyone to fly to a work site. I'm looking for options to pass to leadership so that I can take a 3 hour hop vice a 7 hour drive. Huge thanks in advance.

https://giphy.com/gifs/fda-misccers-ZR7WOAqLvbZQY Thanks all! I have had the popcorn bag go boom right behind my seat...ya...took a while to remove the seat cushion after my heart rate returned to normal.

CINC-House (who wholeheartedly enjoys riding in the Mooney) wants to know what "everybody else does with their hairspray when you go really high" (flight levels). We've had a couple of zip-lock saves that she is trying to avoid. Aerosol is out (I've told her) and pump is probably the way to go, but does anyone have suggestions (for us non-hair spray using types )? Thanks in advance

I've got photos of my remove/install of the same engine from last year. DM me your email and I can share via google photos if you want

Late to the party, but wanted to get some pics. I tried the way Z W used on the pedestal, but I kept kicking the unit when trying to exit the aircraft (user error, I've no doubt, but I couldn't seem to fix myself). I went a little crazy and 3D printed a frame to hold it to the overhead using the panel screws already there. I thought about the velcro strap thing, but kept seeing it swinging and hitting my head, so I overdid it. My first attempt was the purple one, which worked really well until a trip to Alabama in the summer when I learned how hot it gets inside a covered plane. The second attempt (the white one) gave a lot more bottom support. The unit sits right next to my head while I'm flying, so alerts are easy to hear, even thru an ANR headset. I put the inline regulator up there too so its easy to check as I've had the tube come loose there before and start bleeding O2 (gets real cold when it leaks and its an easy check there). If I were to do it again, I'd consider putting that up on the armrest. I wrapped the O2 line from the onboard tank for some extra protection and just run it up behind my seat (still looking at ways to run it better) and the masks are just in the back pocket, easy to grab when needed. All the hoses come in over your shoulder.

I guess I'll start off with "yes, I was complacent"... Cruising up the east coast last weekend, under positive control, heck, inside a class B...enjoying the sunset view of NYC directly over JFK at 7000ft when I see a bright red dot just left of the nose. About the time my brain got past the "what the @#$@# is that?", it flew past my left wing and I could see the 4 rotors on the drone that was hanging out there....in the middle of a class B...over JFK...like I said, I was complacent and not even expecting to see anything. I reported it to Tracon and they took the information. I was fully expecting to get a phone number, but to my surprise, that was the end of it. I was curious so I did some Googling and turns out, yep, near misses are pretty much old hat these days. FAA has a whole webpage with hundreds of reports. Maybe I've just been lucky up till now, but I did not even consider drones as a threat at 7k' in a class B...now I know better and figured I'd spread the word a little. Turns out drones have a service ceiling around 16k'...guess I'll be on O2 when traveling from now on. Stay safe, head on a swivel and drones don't show up on anything....