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Looks like SIX Mooneys were able to make it for RMA. How fun is that? South Lake Tahoe is next weekend. Come on! Have Mooney will TRAVEL....FAST

I do 100 downwind, 90 on base, 80 on long final and 75 short final. You have to be in charge of the airplane or it will be in charge of you. We certainly see our share of floating Mooneys at Ambassador events. I always remember how fast I am going when I rotate, because she loves slow flight. If you are much above that speed you are going to slam it into the runway or fly, in slow flight all the way down the runway.

Hi Dave, If there is a local or regional fly-in that you like to attend, then why not turn it into a Mooney Ambassador display? Nothing better than getting a few Mooneys together, talking about your airplane and inspiring the love of flight! I love my '65E model. Here are upcoming Ambassador events: August 16-18 Rocky Mountain Airshow, Rocky Mountain Metro Airport, Broomfield, Colorado.This is a wonderful three days of aviation excitement. With an annual attendance in the 60,000 range, we are sure to have lots of opportunities to talk with the public about General Aviation and our Mooney Airplane Company. This is our second year of displaying at RMA. Website: http://www.cosportaviation.org/?site_id=1533 Here is what is on tap for attendees: Airshows Balloon Fest Casino Night Aircraft Judging Educational Forums Educational Workshops Aircraft Manufacturers & Aviation Vendors Adventure Zone - Kids Activities Discounted On-site lodging available at Hilltop Inn & Suites. Tent camping with your aircraft will not be available this year. Camping - If you plan to camp near your aircraft, please let us know so we can provide the necessary facilities. Call John Scott at 303-596-6139 or e-mail john.scott@cosportaviation.org. Point Person: Alan Higgins August 23-25th KTVL South Lake Tahoe, Lake in the Sky Airshow Join us at Lake Tahoe in 2013 for the 24th year celebration of America's High Altitude Air Show. The Mooney Ambassadors are the only type club that has specifically been invited by the event administration for the past several years. We had 22 airplanes in 2009, 14 in 2010, 24 in 2011 18 in 2012. how many are coming in 2013? Friday night dinner is a salute to Veterans who have served or are serving our country. Saturday is the big day, and we expect upwards of 11,000 visitors. There is an opportunity for six Mooney Ambassadors to take place in the air show by doing high-speed passes. Lakeside Inn rate: $69 per night. Enterprise car rental: $117.08. including all fees/taxes. Point Persons: Michael Golden and Jolie Lucas. October 5-6, 2013 California Capital Airshow, Mather Field, Sacramento The eighth annual California Capital Airshow will be roaring across the skies of our region again, October 5-6, 2013. We'll have spine-tingling performances including an international jet team, the Snowbirds, military demonstrations, world-class aerobatics, wingsuit flyers, barnstorming, wing walking, and endless entertainment and displays along the ramp. And the best part? Nearly all of the high-flying action hasn't been seen in the Sacramento region. The Mooney Ambassadors will also be presenting an educational forum called "Fly it Forward!" this seminar hopes to inspire attendees to be a pilot mentor to someone and inspire the love of flight. Point person: Jeff Ingram. October 19, Wings Over Edenton, KEDE, North Carolina Fly to northeastern North Carolina for a beautiful fall day at Historic Edenton's biennial fly-in open house. The South's Prettiest Small Town, and we're doing it up right. If you come for the weekend, there will be live music in town, boats for rent to explore our lovely bay and creeks, colonial-era museums and architecture, waterfront parks, good places to eat and shop. If you come to spend the day with us at the airport, you will enjoy flight demonstrations, Young Eagle rides, antique cars, antique airplanes, and antique pilots with good stories to share. There will be fuel discounts, ample free parking, food concessions, cars for rent, with prior notice. Edenton has several palatial BBs in the historic district as well as good chain hotels on the outskirts. Camping on the field is free. Point Person: Amelia Reiheld October 18th 5:30pm until October 19th 3:30pm California Dreamin', KSBP, San Luis Obispo Jet Center. We are very excited to invite you to our CalPilots Annual Meeting/Fly-In. California Dreamin' will be graciously hosted by The San Luis Jet Center at McChesney Field [sBP] in beautiful San Luis Obispo on October 18th and 19th. ACI San Luis Jet Center owner Bill Borgsmiller and general manager Andrew Robilard are very generous supporters of general aviation and they have graciously opened their entire facility to us.Friday evening, October 18th, starts off with some great wine tasting from a local internationally famous winery. This will be followed by our Beach Burger Fry and Dance [$15] with a great BBQ from our own Central Coast Smokers. The evening will continue with aviation writer Jamie Becket and wonderful aviation speaker, Judy Phelps (2011 CFI of the Year), followed by dancing under the stars to The San Luis Jazz Band featuring CalPilots Region 3 VP Mitch Latting. Shane Wallace, one of our local balloon pilots, will be providing a Twilight Balloon Glow as well. You will not want to miss this night! Saturday morning, October 19th, we will begin with our CalPilots Annual Meeting. All are invited and encouraged to attend. We follow the Annual Meeting with a wonderful presentation by George and John Kounis from Pilot Getaways Magazine. Jamie Becket is next in the line up. Following Jamie will be AOPA Vice President, Airport Advocacy, Bill Dunn. Finally, we are very proud to announce our keynote speaker, famed aviation educator and humorist Rod Machado. As part of Saturday's events, a raffle and silent auction will be held, offering terrific aviation products as well as other fun items. A complimentary concierge for hotel accommodations and car rentals reservations for California Dreamin' are provided through ACI San Luis Jet Center. The Jet Center is also providing free aircraft parking along with a generous fuel discount.Come join us for California Dreamin', our California Pilots Annual Meeting. This will be a fun and educational event for all. You will learn how you can help promote and protect your airport and have tons of fun in the process. So, come one, come all. Help us help you, please join us! Admission is Free! All welcome. Point Persons: Jolie and Mitch Register today at CalPilots.org

The time is approaching for one of the highlights for the Mooney Ambassadors: Join us at Lake Tahoe in 2013 for the 24th year celebration of America's High Altitude Air Show. The Mooney Ambassadors are the only type club that has specifically been invited by the event administration for the past several years. We had 22 airplanes in 2009, 14 in 2010, 24 in 2011 18 in 2012. how many are coming in 2013? Friday night dinner is a salute to Veterans who have served or are serving our country. Saturday is the big day, and we expect upwards of 11,000 visitors. There is an opportunity for six Mooney Ambassadors to take place in the air show by doing high-speed passes. Point Persons: Michael Golden and Jolie Lucas. Lakeside Inn. Typical rate: $179 for the Ambassadors Group rate $69 per night. Toll-free: 800-624-7980 Mention the Mooney Air Show 2013 rate Enterprise: $117 and change inclusive of all taxes and fees. Dropped at Mountain West on Friday morning. IF you want to fly in the airshow, I need your info right away. This is limited to six Mooneys and you will need to attend the air show briefing.

Welcome to MooneySpace. I would suggest joining MAPA [Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn] at www.Mooneypilots.com You will get the MAPA Log magazine and access to email forums. I also think it would be super cool for you to attend the MAPA Homecoming at Kerrville, TX [home of Mooney] April 10-12. You will get an up close look at nearly any Mooney model. Again, welcome to the Mooney family. The best airplane in the world in my opinion.

Jim may be interested in coming to MAPA. There is a photo pilot/Bonanza in Dallas area that he has worked with. He also will be at Sun and Fun. There are the costs of the photographer, pilot, plane and fuel. The average shoot costs between $1000-1500. We have 400 plus photos.

We planned the shoot at 130 kts. The photo plane was a V-tail Bonanza. We met at 3000 and in the process went up to about 9500. Jim took about 400 photos and several minutes of video. The photos that I posted here are just small files from Facebook. Again, this was such a wonderful experience. I am thinking about asking him about coming to MAPA in Kerrville on April 10-12. If there were enough interested owners we might be able to persuade him to come to KERV.

Hey Joe, Jim does travel for shoots. Just in case! I am not sure where our photos will end up, but I know that the video and photos will be in Boots on the Ground [documentary we are doing on Mooney]. It was thrilling and Mitch did an AWESOME job flying. I got to look out and see the beauty. Again, if you are interested let Jim know. He shoots for Flying, GA News, EAA, Sport Aviation, and more. He might be headed out to an event or shoot close to you.

I guess that I haven't seen what you are talking about until I followed the link. Mitch and I are just back from OSH and I personally spoke to three people that were seriously considering other makes of aircraft until they came to the Mooney forum, and Mooney booth. I had referred all three to Mooneyspace as a great place to ask questions and perhaps hook up with someone for a demo flight. I would hope that we can all support one another, and our brand. If you ask any two Mooney pilots their opinion on something I am sure you will get four opinions. But let's keep it focused on the positive aspects of flying the Mooney and also to welcome those into our Mooney-family. Jolie

As many of you can see, Mitch and I hired Jim Koepnick to shoot our Mooney Ovation at OSH. I just wanted to say this was a wonderful experience from start to finish. Bruce Moore was the pilot [he works for EAA and does freelance] and the photo plane was Patty Wagstaff's V-tail bonanza. If you ever have the idea to do air-to-air photo/video I would suggest and highly recommend Jim Koepnick. He is an award winning aviation photographer. He currently has four magazine covers if I remember correctly: GA News, Kit Plane, Sport Aviation and one more I can't remember. I think I have OSH-lag still. I think our photos look beautiful and it is something I will remember the rest of my life thanks to Jim. Jim Koepnick jimkoepnick@mac.com koepnickphotography.com 920-216-3870

August Fun for Mooney August 16-18 Rocky Mountain Airshow, Rocky Mountain Metro Airport, Broomfield, Colorado. The Ambassadors have been given some prime real estate this year! This is a wonderful three days of aviation excitement. With an annual attendance in the 60,000 range, we are sure to have lots of opportunities to talk with the public about General Aviation and our Mooney Airplane Company. This is our second year of displaying at RMA. Website: http://www.cosportaviation.org/?site_id=1533 Here is what is on tap for attendees: Airshows, Balloon Fest, Casino Night,Aircraft Judging Educational Forums and Workshops Aircraft Manufacturers & Aviation Vendors Adventure Zone - Kids Activities Discounted On-site lodging available at Hilltop Inn & Suites. Tent camping with your aircraft will not be available this year. Camping - If you plan to camp near your aircraft, please let us know so we can provide the necessary facilities. Call John Scott at 303-596-6139 or e-mail john.scott@cosportaviation.org. Point Person: Alan Higgins August 23-24th KTVL South Lake Tahoe, Lake in the Sky Airshow Join us at Lake Tahoe in 2013 for the 24th year celebration of America's High Altitude Air Show. The Mooney Ambassadors are the only type club that has specifically been invited by the event administration for the past several years. We had 22 airplanes in 2009, 14 in 2010, 24 in 2011 18 in 2012. how many are coming in 2013? Friday night dinner is a salute to Veterans who have served or are serving our country. Saturday is the big day, and we expect upwards of 11,000 visitors. There is an opportunity for six Mooney Ambassadors to take place in the air show by doing high-speed passes. We typically get a nice hotel rate and car rental rate for this event. Point Persons: Michael Golden and Jolie Lucas.

We were both in the Ovation. Mitch was left seat flying the formation . Probably 60 feet away. Experience of a lifetime

We had a wonderful time on the air-to-air shoot with Jim Koepnick. The photo plane was Patty Wagstaff's Bonanza. Jim is an award winning photographer and has four magazine covers this month. What an opportunity this was for us. Here is one of my favorite shots. Copyright 2013 koepnickphotography.com

Going to fly with Mitch in the Ovation for a photo shoot. Pretty exciting. Will try to post a few photos afterwards