Terry

Quote: mjc That TwinCo is really a nice-looking and well equipped one. I do have to ask, though... did the previous owner intentionally give the Cheyenne in the background of the photos a matching paint job?

As a side note the insurance cost for the TC is $2002 full coverage with Avemco air and ground with $1000 deductible. Hull value for now is $75k, will up that when I do the engines. They are high time but for what I paid for the airplane they are more than covered. Plus the guy through in 8 very low time chrome cylinders for top or overhaul. It has all the equipment I wanted and I will feel better about the engines when we do them and know how they have been run from a new overhaul. We did a very complete pre buy annual and the few little out of the normal things found the seller fixed without batting an eye. This was his baby and and he did almost a complete rebuild of the airframe and panel only 4 years ago. He likes the smell of jet A in the morning so replaced the TC with a Cheyenne He also had the tip tanks installed as well as the nacelle tanks, this thing will tanker 140 gals for well over 9hours of flight. It has been flown to England and all over Europe. I do love the Mooney but wanted a little more useful load and still like night and IFR flying. Now all I need is a day off with no snow to bring it home. I am planning S&F this year in style, I hope to meet some of the Mooney people there. This is a great list and lots of cross over infromation, I plan to be here for long time. Terry

Quote: N223MM Looks like a really sweet ride. What is that, a twin tri-pacer?

Quote: Cruiser Give Buck a call before you do anything. Tell him TomK N5763H referred you.

Quote: Mitch My wife and I are pilots and we are a two Mooney family. Each year we go out for insurance quotes and AOPA consistently beats the competition with lower rates.

Here is a question if not too personal, is one about insurance. If this has been beat up in another thread please point me in that direction. How much (ball park) and with what company do you cover your Mooney? For a base line and to try to keep it apples to apples I would like to narrow it down to a 201 with a hull value of $80k +or-. To start things off I have gotten a quote from Avemco (they have had my C-170 for 15 years) for $1682/yr. This is full coverage and hangared. My Mooney time is less than 10 hrs in a M20C but many hrs in V-35s, T-34s, and all the Cs and Ps and a few others. My total time is somewhere over 25k. This sounds to me like a good price, my 170 is $1000 with 1/2 the hull value. I have had no claims in the 15 years I've had the insurance with them. Can one do better price wise or find a better co. than Avemco? Terry

Quote: debiassi Mountains can be very rewarding but on the other hand can aso be very dangerous. Do a mountain course with an instuctor. You will pick up some life saver tips. Things that you may not think of that dramatically affect performance. Things like leaning for takeoff when at altitude needs carefull attention. Approaching passes at a 45 degree angl so that if you experience updrafts you are already part way towards turning back as you can guarantee that strong updrafts will qiuckly turn into equally strong downdrafts on the other side. The eitiquette for flying in mountainous terrain also. But make no mistake, for overall scenery, it takes some beating. have a look at the second part of this video

Quote: N9660M Do you think oil analysis program would have helped? From what I've read once the surface of the lobes start to wear there is no way to stop it, so seems like even if detected by an oil lab it would be too late to do much about it. Take care -Jim

Quote: N9660M No one ever said owning an airplane is for the faint of heart!

Quote: fantom Terry....Navy pukes are some good pilots, but most of them have no sense of humor ;-)

"I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit." Chuck Yeager, Brig Gen USAF (Ret.)

Quote: GeorgePerry Terry please don't believe the hype..

Now I'm afraid to ride in a Mooney let alone buy one!

I see no rule that it has to be a Monney............. so here is mine from a few days ago LAX to ILN FL410 B-767-200. Saw 598, was hopping for 600 for the picture but no luck. It was painful going the other direction to MCI. " Or if, you have access to a 152 or a 172, you may be able to fly backwards! " I have seen up to 15 or so going backwards in my 170 with it's stol kit. Terry PS any Monneys in SJU, would love to buy someone some gas on one of these 4 day layovers. Still looking to fly a "longbody"