Gary D

Sorry Matt for the delay, haven't logged in for a while. email address is iflyg550s@gmail.com thank you very much Gary D

Matt, This is awesome, I'll be a new 1970 Mooney E model owner here in the next couple of weeks. I just now found your Excel Spread sheets. I'll either print and place in a binder or put them on my IPAD to refer to them in Flight. Thank you very much for this. Gary D

Thanks Don, yes, agree, no more dispatcher telling me where to go and when to go....... those days are gone, but so is the company credit card, shame thye wouldn't let me keep that. LOL !!!!!

HAHA for sure

Thank you Dave, looking forward to it

Thank you LBM, I appreciate the recommendation on the log books, I think the first time you go through them is just a general overview. I believe I looked at mine so many times I just about had them memorized, not really but it seemed like it, LOL !! Horton Aviation did a complete review of them as well. Thank goodness you were close to an airport when you had the engine failure and had a successful outcome. Hopefully, if that bad day happens, we'll all have a successful outcome, it's why I believe currency and training go hand in hand. Looking forward to flying my new Mooney once it arrives . Gary D.

Thank you everyone, I'm sure I'll be asking a lot of questions in the near future. Looking forward to it for sure

Well, I've decided to go ahead with the deal, to purchase the 1970 E model. Horton Aviation completed the prebuy and was absolutely awesome. Both James and his son James are highly experienced with the Mooney's. Including mine in for prebuy, there were seven Mooney's of different models there for different services, some for annuals and some for panel upgrades. James SR found several items with my Mooney that I am purchasing, that needed to be addressed and corrected before I would accept the aircraft, and the seller agreed to have those repaired from his mechanic and verified. Horton aviation did a very extensive prebuy, Engine, Airframe ( Every panel removed) , gear swings, Let me practice the emergency gear procedure (wow, that's a lot of cranks, 50 or so I think it was) as I stayed in the hangar to watch and learn, since I'm a rookie when it comes to the Mooney's. The aircraft should be delivered after all the items are repaired and replaced, about five items total. A couple was the stall warning horn which was intermittent and the fuel gages were inoperative. It's a good solid airplane with a great engine. Horton did the usual compression check, as well as a bore scope, and oil analysis to be sent off. My personal experience with Horton Aviation was a very positive one. I would absolutely use them again if I was based closer, but I'm in Oklahoma so that's a long way to go for service for me. I'm excited about my New 1970 E model, the first airplane I've ever owned in my 50 years of flying. It's really going to be fun now, I won't have dispatch telling me where I'm going, when I'm going and how long I'm staying, the nice thing about being retired now I guess. HAHAHA. Well.... unless the wife tells me we're going somewhere, she's already planning day trips. I should be closing after the aircraft is delivered and I do a test flight with in the next week or so. Thank you everyone for the advise you gave, very helpful. Gary D.

Thank you everyone, great advise. I did ask Horton about their Mooney experience and the owner of the shop Owns a Mooney and has rebuilt it. I like the advise of doing my own Pre-Buy of pulling panels and where to look advise. If the aircraft was at my home base here in Oklahoma I would do that in a heart beat due to the fact I'm just an old gear head at heart and have worked on a number of aircraft with an A&P / IA, mostly on jet aircraft, But love to work on them under the supervision of a A&P. The feasibility of doing my own inspection in Vegas is not practical, no tools, and I don't like to borrow tools, I know I wouldn't loan mine out to just anyone. Always willing to learn and take advise, I'm certainly a newbie when it comes to Mooney's, my career has come full circle, back to small single engine airplanes, but these are a lot faster than the Cherokees I started out in some fifty years ago. I'll let you know what the shop finds on the pre-buy , It's taken me almost a year to find the right Mooney. Proceeding forward with caution, well.....unless someone has the winning lottery ticket number that's willing to share. LOL ! then it's full brand new panel LOL!!! Hey Dan, Always enjoyed going to Ivar's restaurant when we went to KPAE back in 2000's, loved the seafood there. Thank you everyone

Thank you AndreiC

Agree, Very True Fly Boomer

Hi everyone, I'm a retired Corporate Pilot ( 2020) getting ready to purchase my first personally owned airplane, a 1970 M20 E model. My question is ; Has any body on here used Horton Aviation at North Las Vegas airport for a Pre-Buy or Maintenance on their aircraft? I'm in the Tulsa area but the aircraft is in VGT North LAs Vegas so I'm "Air lining" out there next week to check out the aircraft and fly it. I will also monitor the Pre-buy. The price they told me for a pre-buy of $3,500 seemed a little high to me. I've checked with some local shops here in Tulsa and they said it's a little high but it is west coast prices. Just don't know so figured I'd ask the experts here. Thank you Gary D.