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After reading through all these responses, it's become clear that I shouldn't have any expectations about when the annual will be completed. Fortunately, the accommodations I have lined up are both inexpensive and flexible, so if I need to stay longer, I can do that without paying out the nose. And if the pre-buy turns up a no-go item then I can also just cancel the remainder of my stay. I suppose there may be a point at which I decide to return home and wait until everything is done, so I'll figure that out while I'm there if need be, so hopefully it won't be too difficult to find transition training on relatively short notice!

I called him up and it does sound like he expects it to be completed during the 3-5 day timespan. He has a couple of other mechanics in his shop so it sounds like between that group he reckons they'll be done in fairly short order. I'll just have to expect to be flexible. Fortunate that I work remotely anyway, so that's not an issue.

Well, that's good to know! When I spoke to the mechanic, it sounded like he expected the annual to take 24 hours of labour, so I made an assumption that would all be in one go (i.e three full days). Sounds like I should expect that time to be a bit more spread out over a week or two? I hadn't even considered that.

Hi Marc, Thanks for your response. I'll be in California the week of AirVenture, so I'd say the timing is unlikely to work out. I'm doing the pre-buy on the 21st, then if that checks out we'll be doing the annual, so it likely wouldn't be until the weekend of the 26th that it will be ready to fly.

I'm in the northern exurbs of Denver. I know Vance and have flown with him previously, but I wasn't sure if it was feasible to drag someone out to SoCal for training and then back since now we've got two people's calendars to try to get aligned. I would definitely be looking to work with someone local on an as-needed basis, just trying to figure out what's practical for the initial figuring-things-out phase.

Hi all, I'm currently in the process of buying a new-to-me 1963 M20C that is currently located in Orange County, CA. I live in Colorado and would be looking to fly the plane back home with me, assuming everything passes the pre-buy and subsequent annual, which is scheduled towards the end of July. I'll need some time in the plane to both become comfortable flying in it solo, and also to make sure I meet whatever restrictions insurance has in place for me, as I don't have any Mooney time in my logbook. I do have about twenty hours of complex time and ~300 hours total. Are there any active instructors in that area who would be available towards the end of July to assist? Thanks for any suggestions or advice!