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Very true. I went Avidyne. When the GNS 530/430 were all the rage, the biggest concern was that you could not enter an airway from point A to point B. You had to enter every single waypoint. When getting a clearance change, it was a handful sometimes for single pilot IFR to enter an amended clearance. That being said, the CNX 80 had a different keystroke format vs Garmin, but those that used them loved them. It was real competitor to the GNS radios. Who knows, maybe Garmin bought them to get the CNX patented technology once they owned it, and used it in the GTN series which turned out to be a home run.

That was the Apollo CNX 80. It was an excellent box. Garmin bought the manufacturing rights and renamed it the 480, if my memory serves me right. A few years later, Garmin discontinued it

Jeff is the greatest. Extremly knowledgeable when it comes to Mooneys. He used to take care of a Bravo I had at KOWD.

I took delivery of my Acclaim, 31-0030 at Mooney's delivery center the same time the original owner was taking delivery of this plane, 31-0031. As I remember, there was a lot of discussion on this plane related to the W&B, and the limited useful load. This was the first, and I believe the last Acclaim to leave the factory with TKS and AC.

I may be able to help you. I have an open T-Hangar at KTAN, which is approx 20 miles south of KOWD. Contact me privately and I will be happy to discuss

Thought they were gone. They’re not

Funny, I'm not getting anymore spam at all.

Thank-You Craig for all you do. It is very much appreciated.

For anyone interested, I Just got notified today that Air Power has shipped my V-Band Clamp - Part #670105 Their website shows there are now 20 in inventory.

Not getting old sucks worse

Agreed. I had the same questions and my attorney told me that usually any thing can be unraveled. Just get good insurance, and plenty of it! It's the best thing you can do to shield you from liability.

Thank-You William. When the surefly is working, do you notice an improvement in performance? I'm due for the 500hr IRAN, am considering a surefly

Welcome to MS. You're going to like it here.

Hi Chaz, Welcome to MS. Hang around and you will learn a lot. To answer your question, a 262 conversion is an upgrade for a 231 to hang a TSIO-360-MB on it, among other things to somewhat convert it to 252 specs. There are still differences, but the main part of the conversion is the engine. I see you are already there. The upgrade available for your plane, already a 252, is an Encore upgrade which uses the TSIO-360-SB engine, as well as a gross weight increase.

The same thing used happened to me. I found that if I ran the low boost fuel pump it would hold an idle. My mechanic set up the fuel system and that solved the problem.

Dave (BIG DADDY) was larger than life! He will be missed. RIP

Beautiful Job! Love the paint. Looking forward to your future YouTube uploads

Had a memorable incident back in the 90's: I was working on my PPL, and was flying with my instructor one day. I was based in KOWD, and we decided to fly the VFR corridor down the Hudson River in New York. We started by flying direct KOWD, KHPN where we picked up Flight Following and proceeded down the Hudson, cleared at 1500'msl. Great ride, great scenery. Our intentions were to circle the Statue of Liberty, and then break it off, and fly direct back to KOWD, but for some reason we broke it off early. I called Approach, and was given a heading back to KOWD. This is where it got interesting. I acknowledged the heading, read it back, and proceeded as directed. Flying along things didn't seem right to me because we were getting very close to landing traffic at KLGA (LaGuardia). I asked my CFI if he thought we were OK and he assured me that we were on our assigned heading and we both agreed as to what we heard the controller give us for a heading ; not to worry. I was beyond worrying and would describe it more as a mild panic. I told my CFI I was going to verify with the approach controller, and as I placed my finger on the transmit button, I heard a VERY PANICKED approach controller screaming at me, questioning what I was doing, followed by "TURN LEFT IMMEDIATELY TO HEADING XYZ". Once turned I told him it didn't look right to me either and I was in the process of calling him to verify as he was calling me. This was followed by a minute of silence, and then I was handed off to another controller who was not happy at all. She assigned me another heading and directed me to maintain present altitude followed by "DO NOT DEVIATE" As we flew the new heading, we realized it took us right over Central Park at 1500'agl. This was great! Turned out to be the best sightseeing tour I ever had to this day. Once we were cleared and out of the way, she cut us loose. Not happy at all. I never heard anything about that, but I'm sure the tape was played back which cleared us of any deviations.

It depends where you live. There are different rules in different states. There is no sales tax on planes, parts, Avionics, etc.in Massachusetts. However, It's "Taxachusetts" for everything else

Looking at this plane, he may easily have 300k tied up in it. He just doesn't know aviation calculus yet. Hard lesson coming!

In addition to engine hours, TBO also includes calendar years, 12 yrs. is very common. You do not see anybody doing overhauls on time in service though

Given the height of the winch mount, along with a 1 ton capacity, I don’t think you will have a problem. 3” or 4” caster wheels would be great. Sign me up if you intend to sell them!

I was. Would have made a great picture. Unfortunately, I had to fly commercial for this one - Not fun

Will Do. Thank-You. We had a great time. I'll let Mae know. Looking forward to the next one. Tell Turbo hello for me!!

I agree with everything said. It is always nice to get together with other Mooney owners and listen to those with a wealth of Mooney knowledge. Many thanks to the Maxwells, Rich, and Jolie for all their efforts and work to make this year another success! Can't wait until the next one! Artie Dowd