Hank

Yes they are. I was at Sun n Fun when the tornadoes hit, there was neither damage to the tie down rings or my ropes, and my plane did not move. The plane beside me broke two of three tie downs and hit the plane on its other side.

Take your reading glasses to your local hardware / big box / industrial supply store. Find a set of "visitors safety glasses" that fit over them comfortably, should be ~$5-$6. Drive to the airport, grab a marker and sit in your plane with both pair of glasses on. Use the marker to trace the panel outline onto the outside of the safety glasses. Then go home. Put masking tape on the inside of the safety glasses below the marked line. Gently sandblast the inside of the safety glasses on all surfaces not taped over. Don't have a sandblaster? Use the one at work like I did (twice--student 172 set with silicone oxide, later Mooney set with glass beads). Or ask a friend, or visit a local machine shop, or the guy who works on your car, fixes your tractor, the farmer down the road . . . Or use some sandpaper by hand, anything 60-400 grit should work, but put them on to make sure you are done before removing the tape. Texturing the inside is much better than the foggles in the store with texture on the outside, because when not if you drop them, the scratches won't change the texture and blind you when turning across the sun. When I'm through wearing mine, I've been known to toss them into the back seat; when I had electrical failure flying with CFII, I literally threw them over my shoulder to concentrate on the problem. They usually live in a Crown Royal bag within arm's reach, that my wife turned inside out and resewed to a shorter length so I don't have to feel around for them.

Buy both wingtip lights, swap the lenses. Unless they are colored LEDs . . .

It looks concave to me, as if something hit it (but not the floor).

Sometimes it can be the manner in which you deliver the news . . . .

One other thing to consider is the position of your prop knob. Pull it all the way back, it makes a big difference, more for those of us with the extra blade.

Once a Mooniac, always a Mooniac! Hope to see your new ride in person one day!

It certainly looks like the antenna is too long to fit inside the wingtips . . . But they have a taillight ABS-B Out unit, too.

Or don't close tight.

Check in the Downloads section of our homepage, there may be a 65 C there. Seems there's at least one 1965 model book.

Distractions happen. We're all human.

When I lived in snow country, thankfully I had a hangar. But the climb rate solo at -13°C is great! My first summer back here with my plane, I thought the engine was dying, bur it was just DA, high temps (>32°C, 80+% humidity). But it's a trade I'll gladly make to never shovel my driveway again.

Safety wire wouldn't have helped me, the handle cracked through the two roll pin holes . . . Finding a replacement was challenging.

Even those of us who LIVE "downsouth" enjoy flyin lunches . . . down South!

Someone posted plans here for a little gas heater in a small toolbox. Looks easy and inexpensive to build. Being inside a plastic box, it didn't get too hot itself. Search is your friend!

I just divide the distance by 140 and tell her the time "+/- the wind." After a few flights, she'll understand. Better to let her sleep, though.

Fly one tank empty, at least until the engine stumbles. You don't want your JPI to include unusable fuel. Then there's no need to drain anything on the ground.

I keep a toolkit in the back, but it was easier to be rescued than to climb over the seats and get it. There's also a Swiss Army knife in the seat pocket under my knees.

I can watch RPM and MP together, those big dials are right above each other. Now if I had to watch for little LCD numbers to change, it would be different . . . . I manage to get by with two pulls most times, one if it was just a quick stop for fuel or a passenger. When it's really cold out, especially if I haven't flown recently, the response will be very sluggish on the first pull, so I pull again to get fresh, warm oil in the hub and a normal response.

Yep, I've had the door handle break at the roll pin. After landing with a total electrical failure, so I couldn't call for help. Fortunately the only other person at the airport noticed me waving my hat out the storm window and opened the door to let my CFII and I out.

Paint your plane any way you want. If someone realizes that your 64 model has a 63 paint job, tell them it was built in late 63 . . . . To justify the first part above, look up @orangemtl and his paint job, even if he has sold the plane and moved on.

I do a standard runup every time I start the engine.

Next time I see one, I'll let you know. But living in AL now, I no longer fly WV-NC or WV-GA, so get little VA weather. Definitely not TAF, they are far too short; I'm thinking DUATS-style weather drowning.

Many of them . . . Especially when weather is moving into or across southern (Virgina / Volcanic Ash).

That sounds likely. Whenever a location in Virginia is mentioned, it's always presented as (Virginia / Volcanic Ash) . . .