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That looks good. Much better than my little built-in flat light.

I hit mine with Tru Flow every now and again. Keeps them from getting difficult to move, and weeps down into the o-ring a bit, too. Blue fluorosilicone lasts longer, but a bit of lube won't hurt them.

Some people read the manufactured year as the model year, despite the J being introduced in the 1977 model year.

Bbb-bbb-rrrrrrr-rrrr!!! Lift is good in cold weather, but preflight and taxi out suck!! Fortunately I no longer have to deal with that very much. Although Christmas before last, it was innthe teens when I took off, and a whopping 20°F with wind in the teens at my destination. Thankfully it didn't last very long. But even when the temp is 96°, and it's much hotter on the runway, it is often comfortably cool at 7500 and up; my wife has sweated out departures with me, then turned on the heat in cruise. And yes, I always turn it back off during descent!

Altitude is great! But eventually you have to come back down . . . .

Buy your glasses from Zenni Optical online, you will care a whole lot less. I've been a very satisfied customer since 2014. Mu current glasses (single vision, titanium frames, Transitions for sunglasses outdoors) cost $90. I haven't pursued reimbursement from insurance . . .

This is why I buy Air Stop tubes. I probably add air once or twice a year.

I don't like foam ear olugs--they're hit in the summer, hard in the winter, and if you roll too much taper they ooze out if your ear. Fortunately Halos ship with several different silicone tips, and I really like one of them. They last for years, and replacements are $3/pair. My wife didn't want an in-ear headset, sticking with Dacid Clark 13.4's until I bought a set of Halos for her to try, because I could resell then easily. Only took 20 minutes to change her mind. "Try it, you'll like it."

@GeeBee, I had laser surgery (not on my eyes) last fall. It was easy, doctor said it was more accurate, and recovery was a breeze.

I'm so glad your long-distance diagnostics are so much better than the IA who worked on my plane. Next time I have a problem, I'll call you instead. You seem like you need a trip to Sweet Home Alabama!

@A64Pilot, that's been my experience with the folding doors, too. Six or seven panels to each side, fold up a little over a foot thick, with a chain to latch open if it's windy. Mine were unpainted fiberglass, which let in light during the day, and my headlights shone through at night. Now that im behind a folding metal (Schweitzer?) door, I miss the translucence.

My current IA found that my 2-year-old ignition harness was about to fall apart at annual. So he checked other local planes and found two more. Kelly is close, so they sent people over to check them, and we all got new harnesses; they made some changes in their production operations, too. A year later, he had to replace one of the new plug leads. Absolutely not Mooney specific, but it could have been exciting if my ignition harness had come apart in IMC. The one bad lead cost me a long weekend at the beach, because the plane just wouldn't climb.

Looks similar but different. Smaller, anc completely below the cowl.

Buy your hours with integral firesleeves. It's less expensive than adding separate firesleeves at install. That's what I did. I called a hose shop, then LASAR--turned out I had called LASAR's shop, but a friend gave me the number. Looks like it's listed above.

I've known people to remove one lens from their glasses so they can see out of both eyes between surgeries. So you can look a little funny for a few days, or you can throw them away and see funny for a few days.

My takeoff are much shorter than your videos that I've seen. Guess I need to upload one somewhere for comparison . . .

OMG!! I forgot to add any pictures!

That's why I've never owned one. Burgundy isn't red, right? I've had three of those . . . .

My C has been a little slow lately, but nothing has changed. It was especially noticeable on descent--500 fpm used to push me right to 165 mph, but the last year or so it has been below 160 mph, sometimes just 155. Well, I had the plane washed, waxed, polished and buffed . . . . Today, a simple 500 fpm descent from 3000 msl in bumpy air was 165-170 mph! (My yellow is 175-200 mph.) I even cruised at 23" / 2300 at 3000 msl at 150 mph. Lately I've mostly just done the leading edges of both wings and tail, and the cowling back to the pillars by the windshield. Paint will add weight, may affect CG, and requires rebalancing control surfaces. A good clean, wax and polish doesn't. My Mooney is slippery again! Shoulda hear the air whistling by. My lesson: clean the whole plane more often, not just the leading edges . . . . It's the best speed mod around.

But it sure is hard to find someone to rebuild one or make new pieces!!

Halos and other visual phenomena sometimes occur with IOLs. The key is to ignore them, as concentrating on the illusions will make your brain perceive them forever. I've been out of IOL manufacturing for a decade now, so am not up to speed on the different makes and models, just know that new versions are introduced frequently. Avoid getting a lens on the bleeding edge of technology. I worked for Alcon, and back then the progressive lenses had up to 13 different zones. Check with your surgeon, as there were two classes of people that were generally not good matches with progressive lenses: pilots and engineers (I'm both!). This is due to high expectations, but like with an airplane, there are tradeoffs--multifocal lenses do not produce as crisp of an image as monofocal lenses. But I've yet to talk to anyone who does not enjoy the tremendous improvement to their sight, which happens instantaneously when the new lens is put in.

I see them now, with something in between. Should be very visible right in front of you!

Depends on what us being used to town, and the length of the towbar. The longer the towbar, the more torque it creates when turning, and the easier it is to cause damage. Like what @N201MKTurbo posted above, likely done with a large tractor and a long towbar.

No one needs data anymore, that only comes from useless, overpriced studies that no one understands except maybe the authors. Avgas contains lead, and that's bad for the children, so it must go away! Lead, plastic bags, (functional) plastic straws, even cars that burn gasoline--all must go away, so that everyone suffers the same inconveniences. If it's pleasant, fun or useful, it must be replaced with "stuff" that will only be invented under pressure, and brought hurriedly to market without useless studies that shows that the new alternatives work at all, or that they are any better for the environment, the children or the economy.

No, our carbureted Mooneys do not have primers. So I run the pump to maximize fuel pressure, and every pump of the throttle fuel pressure drops some, and the pause lets the fuel vaporize. Colder temp requires longer time to vaporize. This is how I learned. Maybe keeping the fuel pump running while starting would increase likelihood of flooding? Now you're gonna make me read the Owners Manual.