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We are getting set up for the Welcome Reception [6-7:30 p.m.] tonight at MooneyMAX Hilton Garden Inn. If there is anyone that would like to register for the event do so right away! $250 for full conference including banquet. http://donmaxwell.com/mooneymax-2018/ $150 gives you full access on TH [seminars and lunch] or Friday Right Seat Ready! or MooneyMAX maintenance. We have 20 vendors, awesome door prizes from Lightspeed, King Schools, Concorde Battery and more. Come and join the fun. Oh yes, the new Mooney Girl's embroidered jackets are available for special order too! #MooneyZoom

Please join me this weekend for the California Capital Airshow at Mather. Friday evening is the night airshow. Saturday and Sunday are the US Air Force Thunderbirds and more. Static displays, vendors, kid zone and of course educational forums. My part in the fun will be Sunday morning for Exiting the Hold: Reaching your Aviation Goals [10:40 a.m. Education Forums]. My seminars tend to be lively, faced-paced and interactive. Thank you to King Schools for the door prize of an IFR course worth $279.00 Watch the NOTAMS for air space closure but come on! Tickets available: https://californiacapitalairshow.com Mooney driver Bob Achtel is the Fly-In Manager. He would love to see a whole bunch of Mooneys come enjoy the weekend. And who wouldn't want to learn how to perfect landings by Don Kaye! FORUMS SATURDAY 10 AM Nick Leonard, "Quick building your own airplane" 10:40 AM Harry Wander,MD, Senior AME, Col. US Army(RET) " Drugs & the PIC" 11:20 AM Don Kaye, Master CFII, "The Perfect Landing" SUNDAY 10 AM Renee Robinson, (FAA Administrator) "ADS-B Simplified" 10:40 Am Jolie Lucas, AOPA Editorial Board, "Exiting the Hold" 11:20 AM Wm. Shea, Former FAA Administrator, "California Aviation, Past,Present,Future".

If you would like to experience the magic of DMax in person, please register for MooneyMAX at Longview TX October 10-14. We will have a huge variety of speakers, all day maintenance seminars, all day Right Seat Ready! companion safety seminar, door prizes, great food, vendors and more. The MooneyMAX Round-up Conference and Workshops will take place October 10-14, 2018 at East Texas Regional Airport, Longview, Texas. This event is an educational event for the enthusiastic Mooney community and dedicated to enhancing safety, maintaining aircraft, and love of flying. The newly built Hilton Garden Hotel and Conference Center will be the host hotel of the Round-up Conference and Workshop with over 8,000 sq. ft. of flexible meeting and pre-function space. Exhibitors will be in the large 1,500 sq. ft. pre-function area, immediately outside all meeting rooms, and will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Oct 11th and 12th. To start off the conference you are cordially invited to the Opening Cocktail Party, Wednesday evening, October 10th. A full schedule of new exciting speakers with new educational topics is being lined up for Thursday, Oct. 11th and Friday, Oct. 12th. Buffet luncheon provided in the pre-function area for all participants. Workshops will be all day Friday, Oct. 12th and Saturday, Oct 13th: MooneyMAX Maintenance, Right Seat Ready©, and Mooney Caravan. Saturday will be a day of more aviation seminars, a tour of Mid America Flight Museum (all aircraft are currently flying aircraft). Saturday evening reception and dinner: Beautiful private Lake Cherokee, Cherokee Country Club. All workshops and seminars are included with registration: $250 per person. Special Saturday evening Keynote Speaker: Mr. Kenneth Bowersox, U.S. Naval Aviator (Ret.), Former NASA Astronaut and Shuttle Pilot Kenneth Bowersox served as the Interim Chair of the NASA Advisory Council from June 2016 to January 2017. He is a retired U.S. Naval Aviator, with over 19 years of experience at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Selected to the astronaut corps in 1987, he has flown five times on NASA’s Space Shuttle, serving as pilot, commander and mission specialist, and once on a Russian Soyuz, where he served as the flight engineer during descent. During his five orbital missions, Bowersox has logged over 211 days in space, including five and a half months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), where he was the mission commander of the 6th expedition. He was also a crew member for the first two Hubble Space Telescope repair flights and two United States Microgravity Laboratory flights. Subsequent to his mission aboard the ISS, Bowersox served as the director of the Johnson Space Center’s Flight Crew Operations Directorate, retiring from NASA and the U.S. Navy in December, 2006. After retirement, he remained involved with the U.S. space exploration program as a member of the standing review boards for ISS, Space Shuttle, and the Constellation Program. From 2009-2011, Bowersox was the Vice President of Astronaut Safety and Mission Assurance at SpaceX. Currently, Ken works as an independent technical consultant, advising clients on spacecraft design, proposal development, and providing independent assessment of technical programs. He joined the NASA Advisory Council in November 2013, and served as Chair of the Human Exploration and Operations Committee. HOST HOTEL 
Hilton Garden Inn and Event Center
 905 East Hawkins Parkway – Longview, TX 75605 Room Rate: $119.00 (includes cooked to order breakfast for two guests each day) For Online Reservations: Hilton Online Reservations For additional information related to the Hilton Garden Inn in Longview, TX: 903-212-3000 Register here, space is limited: http://donmaxwell.com/mooneymax-2018/

Today is the day for Exiting the Hold: Reaching your aviation goals at #OSH18. I will be presenting at AOPA at 11:00. Come enjoy learning the six principles for getting unstuck in life AND a chance to win an IFR course from King Schools. Mooney International is having an event tonight for the Night Air Show. We are in Hangar D, aisle D, down at the end of the row. Last day for us, come say howdy.

We are in need of folks to help in the Mooney Girls/Ambassadors booth on Friday and Saturday at OSH. If you can help please let me know. On the job training provided! #MooneyZoom

Mooney Owners Forum is this morning at 10:00. MooneyTuesday Happy Hour will be at Hangar D, aisle D, space 4004 at 1:00 p.m. today. Come to the booth and you will be directed to the super secret location. See you there

I will when I am back to my plane on Sunday. The fuel selector plastic, the plastic around the flap/floor area off the top of my head.

I am interested in interior plastics. around fuel selector, interior pilot door, baggage compartment and the corner under the flap handle. Is there a Mooney Girls Discount price>> LOL

Well since it is a shared Mooney Ambassador/Mooney Girls booth you would still qualify

Hello to those heading to OSH, if you can help in the Mooney Girls/ Mooney Ambassadors booth please let me know. Happy to provide swag and training. Here are the particular times I need filled: Tuesday morning 9:30-11 -media interview Wednesday 12-2:30- media interview Thursday 9-12:30 Lightspeed Saturday 10-1 AOPA We are Hangar D, space 4004. Thank you!

Personally I think I did pretty darn good as a #3 last year! LOL.

The Monday night dinner is open to Caravan participants ONLY. Each Caravan participant would register with their lead, I believe. I know that reservation spots are getting tight.

Update: I found an announcer and a photographer for the Mooney Caravan arrival. But I will need help in the booth on TH/FR/Sat Thanks MooneyAmbassadors@charter.net is my email

So glad you are okay! That is the most important part.

Can't believe that I am already organizing and packing for my annual trip to OSH. I put together a schedule and thought it might be helpful to post. A couple of requests: 1) If you are going to be at OSH on Saturday morning and you would be willing to announce as the Mooney Caravan arrives [approx noon] please let me know. I can get you up on the announcer's stand and you will have a bird's eye view of the over 60 Mooneys landing in formation. 2) If you or your plus one, or your totally awesome teenagers are able to help in the Mooney Ambassadors/Girls booth in Hangar D please let me know. OTJ training provided and you will get some cool swag for the help. We will be in hangar D, which is the big hangar across from Mooney International.

Mooney is a mini-Golden retriever. When he was a baby I used the Mutt Muffs. But then as he got older I just stopped using them. It isn't that loud in the cockpit and he doesn't seem to be fazed by any of it. I put him on the wing walk, tell him to get in his seat and off he goes. He has about 400 hours with me in the plane.

One of my friends said I hit the wall on turn three! LOL. It was bumpy and a lot of turning!

Had a great test flight today after overhaul. The engine just sounded so beefy. It didn't miss, or cough or anything. Thirty minutes of 147 kts [75% power] around Santa Maria Airport. It has been a long process but it was great to be back in the air. Of course Mooney Lucas Aviation Puppy was bouncing along with me in the turbulent skies. Here are a few photos. Gonna fly it quite a bit before my 7/18 departure for #OSH18

The Mooney Summit is something that we have participated in for three years. It is a wonderful venue and such a value to our community. However, all the speakers do so at their own expense. Donating a one hour seminar is very different than donating an entire day of teaching plus airfare from CA and TX. The structure of the Summit does not allow for us to be paid for our services. Again, I adore the Summit and am so happy to have participated. But RSR is a nationally known seminar, that toured the country with AOPA last year. We just cannot donate that level of services to an organization. Hope this makes sense.

Unfortunately not. We are working on an East Coast offering though.

Yup, but I wanted Right Seat Ready! posted in the title. Thanks

All Mooney People! Mark your calendars! MooneyMax Conference and Clinics When: October 10 - 14. 2018 Where: Longview, Texas (KGGG) New Hilton Garden Inn and Event Center, 905 East Hawkins Parkway, Longview, TX 75605 Events: MooneyMax Maintenance Seminar Don & Paul Maxwell and our staff Right Seat Ready with Jan Maxwell & Jolie Lucas Mooney Caravan Formation Clinic A fresh new list of seminar Speakers & Vendors Tour of Mid America Aviation Museum tour Saturday Night Banquet at The Lake Cherokee Country Club Banquet Speakers The REAL Space Cowboys that are Mooney owners Web Site and online registration should be open this weekend. I wanted to call it the Mooney Roundup but SHE [Jan] said "No!" My contact is dmaxwell@donmaxwell.com Ph. 903-643-9902 Please call with any questions. Thank you, Don Maxwell

This annual event is a hoot. Airplane-only campground. Our Moo camp usually has 5-7 enjoying the fun. Campground has power and hot showers. Our Ambassador display has the world-famous Moo Pool and one or two Mooneys on display. This back country airport in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas is just so wonderful. https://fathersdayflyin.org/ If you can come join us, that is great. I know that I will need volunteers to help set up, man the booth and tear down. There is a burger fry on Friday night, tri-tip dinner on Saturday, and of course all the great airport day events on Saturday and Sunday. It is a short walk in to town. Columbia is a national park which has a great pedestrian zone which is as it was in the 1840s during the gold rush. This weekend is totally kid-friendly. Let's get together and celebrate friendship and our airplanes.

Oceano Airport Celebration starts one week from today with our Burger Fry and Dance Friday, May 11th from 5:30-10 $10 Dance to Leo and the Boyz. Saturday May 12th is our airport day and salute to veterans. We are collecting items for military care packages. Our breakfast and lunch support charitable groups. Veterans/Active duty/First responder eat for free on Saturday. AWOS is up 118.375. Webcams are up at www.OceanoAirport.com Free admission Saturday, family friendly, lodging discount thanks to Pacific Plaza Resort, fuel discount thanks to Oceano Fuel. We have awesome raffle prizes. Live music, aircraft displays, camping on our field. What more can you ask for? I need a dance partner for Friday night---just sayin'. See you Friday May 11th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hONWCr_4hkg

So thrilled to have been asked to be on the PreFlight Show on LiveAirShowTV at #SNF18 I will be on Saturday the 14th at 9:30 a.m. ET. Here is the link in case you would like to check it out. https://livestream.com/Liveairshowtv/SunnFun2018-SATURDAY