JB2000

Excellent. PM'd you. Thanks.

Good to know!

Interesting. I did not realize that group hangars were being made available for long-term rent in KC. I suspected they might be, but my online searches had not revealed any public information on them. Good to know that group hangars may be a backup solution in a pinch.

Yea, I looked into that, and I was planning on getting on when I felt I was within 6 months of buying. I thought I read somewhere a little while ago that someone got in a hangar in one of the major KC area airports in less than a year, but, it sounds like you have recent information on the wait times and that current wait times are in excess of one year.

The hangar situation is on my radar. I am not in a rush, so if I have to wait because of hangars, then I guess that will be that.

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I live in Shawnee, so a Mooney available for check-out in Leavenworth would be very interesting to me. I typically fly out of IXD. It seems that FLV and LXT would take me a little longer to get to but neither one is significantly closer than the other to me. And, @FlyboyKC, where are you located? I have seen the occasional G model listed, and my understanding is that it would be pretty similar to an F model except for the carbureted/injected difference. And, @hubcap thank you for offering. If you are ever planning on swinging by IXD, let me know, but for now since I know that I am very unlikely to go with a K, I will probably keep looking to connect with someone with an earlier, non-turbo model. Regarding Insurance, I spoke with Avemco and can confirm that they view all the M20s that I discussed with them (c e & f) as the same plane. Insurance aside, I am mostly motivated to know what the experience is in the typical Mooney c e g f whether my time is at the controls or purely as a passenger and without regard to whether the time spent counts towards anything (although that would be nice).

No worries, and thanks for the reply, @KLudwick. I'll shoot you a DM.

Hello Everyone--I am in the Kansas City area (West/KS side) and interested in Mooneys, but I have never flown in one. Whenever I volunteer that I would like to get one someday, I receive a huge range of opinions on Mooneys, and it would be great if I could form my own opinion based on real-world experience. I am particularly interested in model years 1965 to mid-seventies (C, E, G, F -- J if I win the lottery). I am hoping to find someone in the KC area with a Mooney along those lines and who wouldn't mind showing it off and maybe taking me up for a flight. Additionally, it would be even better if someone reading this happens to be a CFI with access to the kind of Mooney I described for dual instruction. I will probably need 10 hours of dual in whatever I end up getting (according to my insurance), so I might as well start on the Mooney time if I have the opportunity. Thanks for reading!