Hank

That's what I miss doing!! So few options around here . . . . Then again, I probably couldn't eat that size breakfast anymore . . . .

Glad the flights went well and the weather missed you. Great pictures, my wife likes your "vase." War Eagle!!

I can't speak for Anthony, but I'm sure @DanM20C is proud of you for including CO monitors in the discussion! Go Sensorcon!

At my last base [just moved the plane in June], I was excited when anyone flew in and doubled the population of airplanes at my field . . . .

Yep, you're right. No one can paint like your paint shop, and your Mooney is the best job they ever did, at the lowest price ever offered. What matters is that Gary is pimping his ride, doing it the way he wants. Your vote was proportioned into his plans dollar for dollar with your investment, or not at all. Part of what makes the world interesting and fun is that we aren't all alike. How dull would it be to all fly the exact same planes, with the exact same paint jobs, because we all like the exact same things? Go rain on somebody else's parade! @Planegary, please post pictures of the completed job! We aren't all as arrogant as Byron, and I like seeing planes with pretty, new paint. Although I'm dreading the eventual need to do mine, just because I'm frugal and painters are not inexpensive . . . .

So take her with you! So, it's easy . . . .

Like others said, watch the oxygen and time at altitude. But also, look out for get-home-itis. It's a real killer. That's where an Instrument Rating can help, but even IFR flights are susceptible and have been brought down by a case of it.

I would guess that leaving partial flaps down would be more common. But really, neither are surprising . . . . We're all human. I think I may have done both at different times . . . .

I load pictures here from my phone all the time . . . . Just below on the left where it says "Click here to choose files"

Such dainty glasses, too! Gotta love Octoberfest . . .

We understand, Clarence. There just aren't many 8-cylinder airplanes . . .

. . . said the Dentist to his patient.

The turbonormalized A36 that I have several hours in, along with a gusty crosswind landing before I hit 200 hours, flew well. The autolean feature was nice, the climb was great, but the fuel flow was significantly higher than my C, enough so that it would have been difficult for me to maintain proficiency much less train intensively for IFR. Kind of like when I drove a friend's new Mercedes V12 coupe ~2012; it was much nicer than my XJS V12 convertible, but not something I could realisticly expect to own & operate. My friends load a lot of stuff through their big barn doors, but I'm pretty good at packing my short body, too. Need to find pictures. When I flew relief after Hurricane Florence, I arrived at RDU in just over 2 hours plus about 20 minutes vectoring for spacing to land. Planning my first trip without refueling, I was the only single I saw on the page-and-a-half list with more than 350 lbs available (with half tanks and just me, I had > 600 lb useful load). Being a short body, I ran out of cubic feet well before useful load, but I took everytbing that I could fit, including unpacking boxes and putting things in gaps. It's all about what plane fits your pocketbook and your needs.

They should be calibrated every two years, lest they drift. The Mooney Summit has a set of calibration equipment. For model comparison, I'm about to look at lazy @mike_elliott's list, since mine disappeared during this year's stupid extended annual and hangar move . . . I used to have the cheqp one. Thanks, Mike! You're less lazy than many.

Thanks, Steve. Many of us are waiting for the Vintage Mooneys to be approved, and afe hoping that BK maintains the original pricing intent. Waiting with bated breath and some worry . . . .

Some planes have no electrical system. Some of us have transponders but will not have ADS-B. We all need to watch out the windows all of the time.

It's hard to compare 210 hp to 285 hp and expect similar cruise speeds and climb rates. What is the Bo's cruise speed at 10,000, 2500 and 9 gph? What is its climb rate at 210 hp?

They are already sending out emails and trying to set up supply bases and distribution. Great folks!

Looks like a good time! Glad to hear you are going back next July.

A whole bunch over the years . . .

This is my C on a short lunch run. As I said, yellow is 175-200 mph. And no, it's not because my ASI is painted wrong. All vintage Mooneys just aren't the same!

Honestly, 500 fpm descent is usually 170 mph in my C, still below the yellow arc [175-200 mph]. I've only hit 185 the one time . . .

Hopefully someone will take up @Seth on his offer, assuming that Dorian doesn't go there after Florida . . . . . Denver is a bit out of the way, but some people fly high, fast and far anyway . . . .

Personal preferences are what got us all into Mooneys . . . While 9mm's are as common as dirt, with parts and ammo available seemingly on the street corner, I don't consider them a "real" weapon--too easy to bounce off a car window. My .41 magnum will not only penetrate the window, it will penetrate the engine block from the front or the back. When I bought it [with 6½" barrel and adjustable sights], it was legal for hunting deer. But alas, the laws have changed and I don't think any handguns are legal for that any more. That's why I bought a crossbow, but used it so infrequently that I sold it.

I can punch it into my G430W, but it's so much easier just to count on my fingers, double it and add a couple . . . Pattern is 1700, so 2½; 3½; 4½; 5½; 6½; 7½; 8½; that's 7 x 2 =14, so newby started down at 17-18, now around 16 minutes out. Yes, I keep ETE on the main screen [WPT, BRG,DIS,ETE] so it's easy to do at any time.