Greg Ellis

This could be possibly something to use. It is through the FAA. I think it is free unlike blocking at the user level on Flightaware which costs a minimum of $600/yr. LADD (faa.gov) They go through the requests monthly on the 1st Thursday of each month. So depending on when you submit your request, it could take a month to see it go into effect. A quote from the website: FAA Source With the FAA source option, your aircraft data is limited to FAA use only. No FAA flight data will be available to external vendors. If you are considering limiting data at FAA Source, FAA flight data on your aircraft will not be available to internet web sites.

Here is a copy of the data table form the AFM on my 1963 C model.

I have the takeoff data for my 1963 C model that is in the Airplane Flight Manual. It has data for 5000' and 7500' for takeoff and climb. I have also flown out of a couple of airports that were above 5000' as well. What is it that you are looking for?

Nothing in this reply tells me that you are dealing with an owner who loves his airplane. It sounds more like a guy who cannot afford the airplane now, or never could afford it, or circumstances changed where he cannot take care of it. This is not someone who loves this airplane. Someone who loves the plane would either do what it takes to keep the airplane in good condition (in annual, etc...) or sell it before it became "dirty and stinky with disaster lurking...." not someone that would fly with reckless abandon and fly out of annual etc... I may be wrong, never having met the owner, but it sounds like someone who just liked the idea of telling people..."yeah, I own a plane...." With other airplanes available that have been loved and cared for, I am not sure I would proceed with this one. As many have stated you will spend a fortune getting this airplane up to the point where you want it to be. Your pocketbook better be ready to handle the outlay of expenses it will take to get this plane up to par. You can take all that money and buy an airplane that is turnkey and ready to go.

I have the POH for 1964 310. It does not specify the actual model (A, B, C....) Would that help or not? Its PDF format.

Something like this online calculator works well also....Takes the math out of it for you....unless you just like math. True Airspeed Calculator VIA GPS (csgnetwork.com)

Hi Bucko, If I remember correctly, when I registered for the last one that was cancelled, I had you just hang onto my money for when it started up again. I went to register again but it is asking for payment. How do I register without paying again? Thanks.

Not to hijack this thread but 48 lbs of unusable fuel for certain K models? That is roughly 8 gals of unusable fuel? Seems like a lot. Nice to see that my little old C model only has about 1/2 gal of unusable fuel (3.4 lbs).

@carusoamWhat do you do for a living? I want to create a post where you end your response with "As a matter of fact I am a ......" So far we have a nice long list of what you are not.

I saw this video posted elsewhere and the comment for it was "Should have pulled the chute"

If you are flying into Destin, Florida and have not reviewed this Activities, Courses, Seminars & Webinars - ALC_Content - FAA - FAASTeam - FAASafety.gov Then you may want to. It explains the airspace around there and the proper way to navigate it especially if VFR. There are corridors that you must fly in order to get into Destin if VFR.

I seem to recall a story told to me by the late, may he rest in peace, Bill Wheat during a Mooney fly-in about 15 years ago. He talked about a time when they loosened up the tail on an A model, I believe, to the point where it was just basically flopping around. When he flew it, he said it flew just as stable as it did when the tail was tight with no mobility. He was the most interesting Mooney guy to talk to.

Well, thanks for asking but not very well. He is a chihuahua. Lost function of his left hind leg. Chihuahua's are notorious for knee problems. We have one other that has had 3 surgeries on his hind legs for the equivalent of a torn ACL in a human and luxated patellas. Well, we thought that may be what was happening to this guy but no luck. He has cancer of the sacrum that is impinging on his sciatic nerve which caused the loss of function in his hind leg. Apparently we can put the dog through all kinds of grueling treatments including chemotherapy and radiation but it will only prolong the inevitable and make the dog miserable. So we have decided to enjoy the time we have with him while he is still happy and feeling ok. He is getting along on 3 legs quite well but eventually we will lose him. The one that had the three surgeries is running around wonderfully like nothing ever happened. In the photo, the dog on the left is the one that had the three knee surgeries and the dog on the right is the one with the recent cancer diagnosis. Great dogs both of them. They both love to fly with me and both run out to the end of the wing tip when we park and greet the linemen at the FBO's. Sad day indeed.

Yep. The temps are correct. It is nice, warm and sunny.

I fly out of KFWS. If you look at this METAR, I am glad I decided not to go flying... I guess I could ask Scott Dennstaedt about it. Why my airport would have 101 kt winds and right next door they are 10 kts. Highly localized!!!! Makes it about a 77kt crosswind. I think my C model can handle it. Obviously this is an error.... But nothing better to do while I wait for my dog to have an MRI.

Just curious....You got your eye on something in the auction or just going as a spectator? I try to always fly my airplane when possible. I enjoy flying, especially stopping at smaller airports with small FBO's. Meeting new people, etc... but I really do not like the crowds at commercial airports. Not so bad now with coronavirus but I hate the fact that I would have to get to a flight 2 hours before departure just to stand around in a line at TSA and wait for someone to search me. And a lot of the time you are with other people that outside the airport may be quite nice but when put in a crowded busy space become something totally different....like too many hamsters in a cage.

Although, not a Mooney....take a look at this video. Christy is an ATP from the DFW area who leased back her plane. Some guy took it out for a flight and posted pics of him doing aerobatics in a Cherokee Warrior II. If you need, skipping to about 4:20 or so in the video shows the pics.

If you come to KFWS let me know when you’re coming and I’ll provide the road transportation to Babe’s.

Makes sense.

Interesting photo though, my O-360 has torque marker on each of those. Don't see it in the photo. I guess it is not required.

Back in 2017, GAMI was working on their G100UL fuel as a replacement for 100LL. I wonder what ever happened to that. I checked their website and the last posting about it was in 2017. Just sort of faded away.

I had a failure of my exhaust a while back. It was sent off to AWI. The photos are before and after of AWI's product. I think they did great work. The first photo is the complete loss of the flame tubes inside the muffler. The second was a bulge in the muffler itself. The third is a photo of the new flame tubes and the fourth is a photo of the new muffler. They also did all down pipes and exhaust.

In my 63 C model, mine is mounted on the co-pilots side of the firewall in the engine compartment. It is very easy to get to by removing just one side of the cowl, although now that I think about it that is about 35 screws.

You can tell that this engine was built by professional, knowledgeable, intelligent mechanics. How you ask.... By the calendars of scantily clad women on the walls.

As of this morning, the 100LL at Wilson at KHOU is $4.99. The Full serv at KSGR (just to keep apples to apples) is $4.40. So not as bad a difference as some have posted. However, The last time I flew into KHOU, it was very busy with Southwest Airlines. I had to make multiple 360 turns, turn off final and come back and at the last moment while on final for RWY 31L was switched to a very close in base to final on RWY 4. So I would choose SugarLand for that reason and not for fuel reasons. The amount of time I spent being re-routed for a final approach and getting out of the way of SWA, I could have been on the ground and in the car at SugarLand and according to googlemaps KSGR is 27min from the museum district downtown and Hobby is 20 minutes (barring no bad traffic). A wash when you factor in the possibility of having to fly around waiting for your turn in between SWA flights.