Greg Ellis

if $7000 is the swap price, then I would go with something portable. I used a portable device for many years until I did my panel and it worked great. I now have the GTX345 which is great too but I paid less than $5000 for the transponder. Tough to tell you the installation price since it was in the whole panel upgrade. I looked at the Garmin website and they have gone up in price on the transponder but not $7000 unless you get diversity with it (2 antennas, one on top and one on bottom of the fuselage).

The one on my 63 C model is also a hand cut piece of rubber as well.

Matt mentioned Savvy Aviation. So I assume that they are involved with his purchasing an airplane. Mike Busch who owns Savvy Aviation just posted a youtube video this week about annual, pre-buy inspections or examinations as he calls them. If you use their service, according to his video, they insist that you take the airplane to a mechanic that has never laid eyes or hands on the airplane before. Since Don Maxwell has worked on this airplane I can only assume that Savvy won't like him doing the pre-buy. Mike Busch uses the terms insist, and strict rules they follow without exception in his video if you use their services. It all right here..... If you want to skip the back story then the relevant information to this discussion starts at 16:15

That is always a possibility and makes good sense as well. They don't really travel that much by car other than to go to the vet because I always travel by Mooney.

If you google Mooney aircraft symbol, there are a few images that she can probably use. For instance there is this one...

When I bought my C model, a previous owner had riveted a little metal container with a sliding lid that had the words Hide a Key on it onto the inside air box that is below the Voltage regulator. I don't keep a key in it anymore but it is still there. Looks almost exactly like this:

I guess my dogs are the exception to this. As I posted earlier, my dogs hate to ride in the car. They won't settle down and are constantly moving around from lap to lap to seat back to lap, etc.... In the airplane, they are almost asleep before I take off, they sleep the entire flight from a short 1 hour hop to a 4 hour cross country. When we arrive, they are ready to great the lineman. Go figure.

Thus the smiley face. I guess the emoji's don't have the effect intended.

Wow, a rare sight for sure. Apparently only 12 were built.

I fly with my dogs quite a lot. 3 Chihuahuas. They do much better in the airplane than they do in a car. In the airplane they are usually bedded down before I even take off. They get the back seat with their pillow and blankets and are comfortable. No mutt muffs, no harnesses, etc... I have flown quite a bit for Pilots N Paws. I don't do too much with them anymore but when I did I never had a problem with any of the dogs that I flew. I would recommend taking your dog up for a flight with someone else with you and just see how the dog does. If the dog has issues you will have someone else in the airplane to help out. Don't go too far. You just want to see how they handle the sounds, etc.... If they freak out for some reason on the ground then you may just want to stop there. I have flown with dogs for 14 years and I have never had an issue. The lineman at the FBO's love it. Our dogs would walk out to the end of the wing and great them. They loved it.

A quick glance at controller.com has some late 70's J models with average avionics and one with a low time engine like the one you describe going for upper 60's to low to mid 70's so I would go somewhere in that range. Its going to take a pretty good investment to get at least a WAAS GPS if it doesn't have one as well as ADS-B out if it does not have that either. I am not sure I would jump to putting in a glass panel as has been mentioned. If I want a glass panel I would just buy an airplane with one.

Here is an article that may help you with the red box. It is essentially an EGT and CHT range that you want to try to stay out of at certain percent power due to high cylinder pressures which can cause issues with cylinder life, etc. The article is by Mike Busch and he essentially explains the work that was done at Advanced Pilot seminars on engine operations. https://resources.savvyaviation.com//wp-content/uploads/articles_eaa/EAA_2012-12_red-box-red-fin.pdf

There is a free to download PowerPoint presentation on leaning to your target EGT found at Advanced Pilot Seminars. It may be helpful as well but basically says what Mike has explained above. https://www.advancedpilot.com/tech.html

If you believe what wikipedia has to say then this may shed some light and answer your questions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang

In March, about 1 week before the covid pandemic, I was at the Valiant Warbird Museum in Titusville Florida. The XP-82 was there. At that time they wanted 15 million for it. I guess it has come down in price.

There is a guy based at Fort Worth Spinks where I am based that owns 2 Porsche M20L's. Both still have the Porsche engine and have not been converted. I have seen one of them up close when it was in for its annual at the shop I use at my airport. Interesting airplane. One is flown regularly and the other is basically used for parts.

More information can be found here, And here....

I have something like this. My 63 C model did not have PTT built into the yoke. This is hardwired into the comm system and velcroed around the yoke both on the pilot and co-pilot side. It has worked well for me for 14 years or so.

On another thread about Mooney vs Cirrus in terms of sales and marketing, I said that Mooney would completely outsell all other aircraft manufacturers if @carusoam was marketing for Mooney!!!

The Piper M600 that is equipped with Garmin Autoland does have autobrakes that the Garmin Autoland applies.

I was told this by Don Maxwell a few years ago. I asked how they could be updated to a newer, more available cap and he said that the skin around the filler would have to be completely removed and replaced with new skin for the new style cap.

Good advice from Planegary. When I purchased my C model I was so hell bent on getting an airplane that I got one good piece of advice from another, at the time, Mooney owner and then jumped head first into the first plane I flew. I fell in love with it so quick that I gave no other airplanes a chance (plus the price at the time was right and within my budget!!!). I would not advise this at all. I still own that airplane after 14 years or so and I absolutely love my C model and it has become part of my family but I have also invested a ton of money into it, well more than it is or was worth or what I could get for it, to make it what I want it to be. All I have left to do is an autopilot, hoping that Garmin hurries up. So make your lists first, find out what it is you are looking for, what 95% of your missions will need and then see what is out there that comes close or even exceeds your expectations. You can look at www.controller.com and filter just J model Mooneys and it can give you an idea of what is available, generally, in the way of exterior, interior and avionics (just things to look at to see what on average is available). It will give you a starting point to show what you may have to invest to meet your list or what you can really do without.

I have had to replace these more than once in 14 years of owning my airplane. On my 63 C model, I have tried the ones you show from aircraft spruce and the latch on top is too tall. The cover door will not close. I have tried others (including the piper brand) and even though they fit and would latch closed, for some reason the fuel would still leak. If I took the rubber part off the new cap and put it on my old cap then they would not leak. It was very strange. I ended up going to www.shawplugs.com. I measured the diameter of the opening to the fuel tank then purchased the snap-tite caps that came pretty close. I then used just the rubber pieces and put them in my own caps and everything seals very well now. They do sell just the rubber piece but only in one size. I did not go that route because it said it was not FAA approved (does not really matter) but it also said it was not approved for volatile liquids and I thought that AvGas may be considered a volatile liquid. I am pretty sure I went with the 2 inch (50.80mm) version but you may want to measure your airplane to make sure since things could change between airplane models and years.

I am not really familiar with any accelerated training and do not know anything about these guys. https://accelerated-ifr.com/index.html But they do say on their web page that they have MAPA Instructor experience so if that is true then they should be quite familiar with Mooneys.

When I did my panel upgrade 2 years ago to include the ADS-B out, I paid a certain portion down so avionics could be ordered. I then paid the balance on completion. I had no issue doing this. And just to add, when I did my upgrade, Garmin was back ordered on the G5. It was and still is quite popular.