Parker_Woodruff

Cheaper? Sure...at what subsidy level? So it's not cheaper when we're all paying for it I've followed this whole thing for several years. There seems to be no clear direction with the project or with what the FAA wants to do on the deal. Avgas keeps getting made. And we keep chasing this idea of fragmenting GA fuel between "high performance" planes and everything else. Why even make this product when they know it's not the single replacement solution we need? Because with grants and subsidies, anything is possible! We need an economy of scale. Not a boutique fuel within a boutique industry. As I understand it, GAMI has a real potential product that can work in any existing GA engine and isn't taking subsidies. Hopefully their plan of staying outside the FAA mess works. http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/September/08/FAA-selects-four-unleaded-fuels-for-testing

Here's what I have for my iPhone / iPad. Great when the plane doesn't have a 12V outlet. http://www.amazon.com/HyperJuice-7200mAh-External-Battery-iPhone/dp/B005PL6OW2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437668645&sr=8-1&keywords=hyperjuice+mini

I would fly down to VDF and have Joe at Hawk Aircraft Painting do your paint job. You can see my photo gallery. Ask him to use the "mask" that he can order from a guy he knows. Makes the paint job super precise http://mooneyspace.com/gallery/album/13633-n252bh-paint/

Re-screening of the airspeed indicator and new POH paperwork was what was required when I did this to my 1990 M20J-AT. Quite a nice upgrade. Watch density altitude at the higher weight and plan departures accordingly.

I've never had long lines behind 737 even in rush hour and the KDAL controllers seem to get IFR releases quicker than ADS.

I don't think they charge that with a modest fuel purchase. Call beforehand of course. But my friend recently arrived in his J-3 and topped off the plane. That was good enough. Gas at $5.95 or less with Airboss...would definitely buy the gas and avoid that charge.

Business Jet Center at DAL is actually quite GA friendly. Used them many times in my Mooney and some random Cessnas. Even get faster departures from there than Addison. Fuel is cheaper than ADS as well. And the line service is fast. Request Takeoff/Landing from 13L/31R to avoid having to taxi past the airline terminal.

G-Force at CAK

I reserved a tail number once (it's a rare one where it's three numerical digits only). I got it just in case I ever bought a plane that had a bad tail number or if I wanted something different on a repaint. A guy wrote me a letter saying he really wanted that number for his homebuilt airplane. I sold it to him for $100 to pay for my time and the expense of reserving another number I liked. For anything else, I'd probably sell a tail number for a new paint job.

I'm not surprised with your second year quote. That is right in line. I am surprised at how cheap your first year was with no RG time and no MM time. I've been a broker and am now an underwriter.

Congrats!!

Tempest fine wires gave me quite a nice reduction in EGT & TIT on my M20K. I also lost the occasional misfire at altitude that occurred with the Champions. Best thing I did to my airplane for the $

If it is worth something, it goes FedEx for me.

Great ideas, Scott, but unfortunately the plane in question has had almost everything you're discussing done to it, including the MT prop.

You should get your seaplane rating while you're up there. A couple good schools to choose from.

I'm pretty sure that storm just parked itself over my house last night.

This weather has been awful. I forget what a sunny day is.

Some of this stuff was being talked about a year ago. And it finally made it out into the mainstream press

Congrats!

Send it to Don Maxwell at GGG

Sending you a PM. My availability is a bit patchy, but I'll see if we can work something out. I used to own a 1987 M20K

Sending you a second PM here shortly. Small chance I can make it work. Doubtful. We could go to Texas, drop me off in Dallas, then you fly home solo.

Hmmm. That's 162 pounds. Seems a bit much for the mods you listed. I wonder what actual scales would say today.

What numbers are we talking about?

There isn't really any difference how you fly the plane with or without the intercooler. You'll just notice cooler temps