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  1. Hank
    I guess that's why the factory put an extra guard on my gear switch . . . Push it to the right, then pull switch out and move it. No accidental gear movement in my C!
  2. Hank
    Its simple economics--as prices have skyrocketed, orders have decreased and the cost of inventory has gone up, so Lycoming's response is to reduce inventory rather than control costs.
  3. Hank
    Sport Pilots van fly at night with additional training, which we as Private Pilots have already received. Just as Sport Pilots can fly constant speed propellers and retractable gear with additional training, which we as Mooney Pilots have already received. But Basic Med is easy enough that I will keep doing it.
  4. Hank
    I fly a 6-pack without an HSI every time I get in my Mooney. I did make 2 or 3 flights in friends' planes with HSIs, nor knowing what I was looking at, it didn't make much difference.
  5. Hank
    I've been forgotten about on departure, but not on arrival. Nothing like being vectored toward a mountain you can't outclimb and never turned away or on course . . .
  6. Hank
    Yep, I just put one in last fall. On sale for $2100, and I forget the install, ~$300? It's two screws, three wires and the configuration. Then you need to do the ADSB flight around a VOR, 4 directions with prescribed climbs and descents so that the FAA can confirm that it works properly (95% or so).
  7. Hank
    The appear down there just once, and also in the banner at the top until you open the list.
  8. Hank
    Hey, @Zippy_Bird, check this:
  9. Hank
    Me, too, I just don't remember how I set it up. I do know that I dont want an email every time someone likes, quotes or responds to one of my posts.
  10. Hank
    @Zippy_Bird, I did my IFR training and checkride in my C, with no right-side brakes. I've since relocated, and done many IPCs and Flight Reviews with three instructors as they were available (at three local fields). It shouldn't be difficult to find a good CFII who will train you in the E. My G430W is a fine instrument, and many are available at low prices, plus install at an avionics shop (Garmin dealer required).
  11. Hank
    Two things are going on here: Increasing density means more air molecules per cubic foot to absorb heat. Increasing speed pushes more cubuc feet of air molecules past the engine to absorb heat.
  12. Hank
    I've read about several ATPs dieing midnight in the past few years, and others having heart attacks. These guys get a Class 1 medical with EKG every six months. How is ANY pilot supposed to know they have a problem if these guys don't? Of course, pax can't know . . . There can't be any change in liability or the airlines would force their people to do it, and they don't (that I'm aware of).
  13. Hank
    So it's been a while since I checked into the Panthera . . .
  14. Hank
    This is what I did, because I didn't like sitting in the pediatricians waiting room surrounded by sick children too young to understand the concept of covering your mouth when you cough . . . And he was usually running way behind, often more than an hour.
  15. Hank
    It should also not apply if you have Class III and just dont renew it for whatever reason. Just keep on flying, as long as Vs0 <= 59 KCAS
  16. Hank
    Last I heard, they were price competitive with new Ovations, and not Vintage Mooneys.
  17. Hank
    I'm not worrying about the effect(s) on my Mooney of new aircraft that still.need to be designed, approved, funded, built, tested, certificated, ordered by customers then put into production profitably.
  18. Hank
    No, our Mooneys will not magically become LSA aircraft, but Sport Pilots will be able to fly them with additional training (constant speed props and retractable landing gear) with no medical. They will be limited to two people an 10,000 msl, which covers most of my flying.
  19. Hank
    Yes, that's right. Our Mooneys will not become Light Sport Aircraft, but Sport Pilots will be able to fly them with additional training to raise and lower the gear. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2025/july/22/light-sport-rules-expand-dramatically?utm_source=epilot&utm_medium=email
  20. Hank
    No, that's a V, which comes after J, has ~300 hp and requires the HP Endorsement now. I got mine on a Biennial in a 182, which was easier to fly than my C, so I'm good if my bank account ever gets that big.
  21. Hank
    That's only needed for models K and up; M20 through M20J are 200 or less, the endorsement is for "more than 200 hp."
  22. Hank
    The clean stall speed of my C is 64 mph = 55.6 knots. Does this mean that I can not renew my BasicMed at some point, and keep on flying???
  23. Hank
    Taxiing our Mooneys and the Husky in question has less in common with taxiing a large transport jet than with riding across town in a taxi. Ain't no need to brake a Husky or a Mooney or a Decathlon very hard during taxi, except when stopping, and not that hard even then,
  24. Hank
    That's quite the haze layer just below you!
  25. Hank
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