Hank

Cool! We need more Mooneys in LA!! And it's a pretty one . . . .

That's what they said during the Part 23 rewrite before they dropped the idea.

I can't help you get over the mountains east of where you are, but I can verify there's no trouble reaching here from KBIL, even in a C. When I went there, I was based in WV, but just went ~20nm east of BIL then turned direct on course. I've seen northern routes described that will dump you out near BIL. Or go south and cross through ABQ and ELP. It seems to me that KCOS is quite a detour, and besides the additional flying time it will bring some rocky challenges. Just avoid the cumulogranite and you'll be OK.

I bought mine from someone else at my home base, who had stumbled onto a great deal on an A36. What became my C was already mostly fixed up to be his retirement ride.

Just another benefit to the wind up clock. The red hands don't move, there's nothing to reset or record. Change once an hour, burn the last 30 minutes in each tank when needed for a long trip (not often for me).

Before cranking, run fuel pump to peak pressure. Move Throttle closed, Mixture to ICO, turn pump off. The FP needle shouldn't move for a minute or two, then only bleed down slowly. If it starts moving soon, or moves fast enough to see the needle move, your mechanical pump / diaphragm may be failing.

That's convenient! My belly panel is over 6' long.

Thanks, but I'd rather not drain water inside the cockpit . . . Under the wing and just behind it are much better places!

@jamesm, its easy with our Cs. Assuming full tanks, fly one hour, switch to other tank; fly second hour, switch back to 1st tank. You're now good for ~1:20-1:30 til exhaustion, then 1:30-1:45 more on the tank you didn't do the initial climb to altitude on. I've taken my C 4:45 twice, and filled up with 41-42 gal both times. But I was ready to stand up and walk around before I began the descent both times! NOTE: I use the red hands on my wind-up yoke clock to time fuel changes. P.S.--learn your plane. After 12 years, I still guess what it will take for me to fill up every time, and am always close. Don't let the engine cough or stop without warning your passengers first, they get unhappy when the nose pitches down rather quickly by itself!

Beautiful flight, Scott. But I was expecting to see some of the crowd of descendants.

I thought the belly pans were one-piece. Mine is, but it's a short-body. Shouldn't be but about a foot's difference, maybe 18".

Bugs are bugs. Go for it . . . . .

You should call it Whiskey. "WTF"!!

I want the air tubing above the ceiling, leading to.the front overhead vents. My back seat has good flow, but the cable installed during WAAS update messed up airflow to the front. Flying this morning, 0915-1030, was quite warm down low . . . . Let me know when you start taking out the interior. I can probably recognize the parts in a photo.

That explains the confusion. I figured you'd been in NC long enough to understand. I once has a toolmaker from Upland SC named Randall, but he had "Boo Boo" on his uniforms. Old Southern tradition, predating the recent hostilities.

I'm just a Southern boy, Bob. Grandpa was Dick, Dad is Butch, I'm Hank--all three from the same name; no D, C, K, B, U, T, H, N or K required . . . . But sometimes it is fun having "III" appended to your name, like all the junk mail that starts off "Dear Mr. Iii"! That's my clue to toss it in the burn pile.

Beautiful plane! Nice looking awards, too.

My "real" name shows up only on papers involving the government. Yell it in a roomful of people, you won't get my attention. Yell "Hank" and I'll answer. Note: my real name has one N, but no H, A or K between all three names . . . . .

Selfie?

Don't know about making the back taller, but several people here added headrests from their local junkyard; seems a particular Toyota model has the correct spacing between support rods, and they drop right into seats that have not previously had headrests.

Nice! Here's hoping it will work with my Halos . . . .

You should be good for a decade or more if she's only two. The problem is short-term, as toys are very large at this stage but will soon shrink. Back seat legroom won't be an issue until she's in high school or later, unless she grows tall like her father.

No one riding free in my backseat has ever complained . . . .

And how many of their passengers who were along on that last ride ever got into another small plane . . . .

Please let us know what you hear / find out. Halon is pricey, expires and is getting hard to find.