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If you want to see a 100 Mooneys, meet a lot of fine people, and learn about all M-20 models, you can do no better than the Mooney Summit in Panama City. Don't miss it.

Turbo normalized Bo with tip tanks and A/C would be very interesting.....

.....and install A/C

Bruce...it's a kick in the gut to sell that beauty. I'm about a year away, health wise, from jumping on it.

Talk to Dave. He could probably use some help.

Make me want to relocate to the People's Republic of California

Last month's fly-in to Sebring had truly bad weather, and only 1 Mooney showed up, flown by brave pilot, Jake Kertz. Ruth and Dave were in Michigan in the Lake at a Splash-In. Our next event will be tomorrow, Saturday July 8, at Williston (X60), at the Pyper Kub Cafe at 11:30. All events start at 11:30. Future Schedule July 8, Williston (X60) August 12, Lake Wales (X07) September 9, Lakeland (LAL) October 14, Flagler (FIN) November 11, Vero Beach (VRB) December 9, Punta Gorda (PGD) Sorry for the late notice. Hope to see you soon,

PSA is one indicator, DRE is another, and seemingly one flyboy enjoys . But neither one is very good. There are lots of guys coming down with PCa in their early 50's, so I suggest not being complacent about it. The earlier it's caught the better, and there are far too many 'what-me-worry' GP's and old school urologists out there, not doing us any favors. Better than a basic PSA blood test, insist on a new PNI blood test, that yields PSA, free PSA, a marker for PCa activity and a formula to provide a score of the likelihood of a biopsy finding PCa (prostate cancer). If your doc refuses, or doesn't know what it is...find a new doc. Almost 300,000 cases of PCa are discovered every year, and almost 28,000 men die of it every year. And unlike most engine problems, there are usually no symptoms until it's very serious. The number of us getting bad news in our 50's is increasing exponentially. Good luck with thinking/wishing all is well down there......

No 'hard feelings', but at the very bottom of my feel good list. Whatever makes YOU feel good is OK, but any safety or insurance reasons aren't reasonable justifications IMO.

Our last event was on a rainy day with thunderstorms forecast so it's understandable that we had a light turnout. One brave Mooney and several cars brought 8 people together at Flagler. Our next event will be this Saturday, June 10, at Sebring. Hopefully it will be a sunny FL day, and the ramp will be full of Mooneys. Ruth and Dave are planning to be in Michigan with their seaplane, so will someone else please e-mail him a list of who shows up at the event. All events start at 11:30. Future Schedule: June 10, Sebring (SEF) July 8, Williston (X60) August 12, Lake Wales (X07) September 9, Lakeland (LAL) October 14, Flagler (FIN) November 11, Vero Beach (VRB) December 9, Punta Gorda (PGD) Dave requests that you e-mail him by Thursday night to let him know if you are planning to make it. He then calls the restaurant with a approximate head count. No one is obligated to come if they told him they are coming and can’t make it for whatever reason. Sebring is a cool airport, so come on out!

Oh great....middle of the night and you got me hungry Thanks!

Talk planes, oggle planes, tell lies, eat, tell more tall stories, make new friends, oggle more planes, go to the bathroom, and fly away.... Come on out. You'll have a fine time!

Like NONE.... I met him three times. The best combat fighter pilot leader ever.

Last months fly-in was held in great VFR weather. 6 Mooney's brought 9 people to New Smyrna Beach for lunch at the Lost Lagoon. Our next event is this Saturday, May 13, at Flagler (KFIN). All events start at 11:30. FUTURE SCHEDULLE: May 13, Flagler (FIN) June 10, Sebring (SEF) July 8, Williston (X60) August 12, Lake Wales (X07) September 9, Lakeland (LAL) October 14, Flagler (FIN) November 11, Vero Beach (VRB) December 9, Punta Gorda (PGD) Please e-mail Dave at (daveanruth@aol.com) by Thursday night to let him know if you plan on attending. He then lets the restaurant know the approximate head count. Of course no one is obligated to come if they told him they were attending, but then couldn't make it. If anyone needs a Mooney Aero-Tow electrical Tow Bar, please PM me, Gary, (fantom). I also have Exxon Elite oil, a case of Cam Guard, new wing landing light lenses and wing tip lenses, and lots of other stuff. Let me know.

Yank neither my chain, nor my prop....please. One way abound it:

.....And probably has few, if any, approvals for all his less than standard mods.

Bill Turley at Aircraft Engineering, in Bartow, knows GA, is quite experienced, and is honest. Not always easy to find down here.

....and no chance for even one paragraph ;-(

Alan....are you sure you can handle a Rocket?

I fully understand and agree with your sentiments, Bennett. Please let me know when you're ready. I miss my J more every day. Assuming my surgery goes as well as I suspect it will, I'll be in the market around July, 2018.

I'm scheduled for a RALP at Johns Hopkins in June.

True, and thank you for bring it up (pun intended). If you pee often, get up 3 times or more at night to urinate, or have other signs of LUTS, you have BPH. We all have it when we get into our 50's. Many of the medications given for it are not on the FAA approved list, have nasty side effects, and don't work very well anyhow. UroLift is one of a handful of unproven aids, a TURP (Roto-Rooter of the prostate) is not for the faint of heart, even as urologists call it 'the gold standard'. If your symptoms persist, consider a 3T MRI and a fusion guided biopsy. That, at least, has the best chance of telling you what's going on. If it's prostate cancer, which about one in six of us will get, you're looking down a whole new rabbit hole. Don't believe the uninformed "what-me-worry" advise from people about prostate cancer, even MD's. At that point, flying will be the least of your concerns, and you should start doing lots of homework. The science of urology is ever changing, and the more they learn, the more they realize they don't know. Prostate cancer kills almost 30,000 men a year! I know from whence I speak. Fly healthy out there!

This is very far from accurate....except for the Navy, possibly Training could be dangerous, we were in a hurry to save the world afterall , but training accidents paled when compared to combat! B-26's in Tampa Bay were a problem, until the AAF figured out how the fly them (more experienced pilots). Total American Air Force losses worldwide during World War II: 27,694 aircraft, including 8,314 heavy bombers, 1,623 medium and light bombers, and 8,481 fighters as destroyed in combat. The 8th Air Force alone, over Europe, lost more men KIA, than the Marines did throughout the war. America lost about 405,000 men, almost 300,000 in combat, of which about 35,000 were Army Air Force. Now back to Mooney stuff.............

Embraer - OK, but Airbus - not for me. If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going.