MooneyMitch

Paul Loewen told me the enclosure did nothing to help with cooling or performance. It is strictly aesthetics.

I joined in 2009. We’ve shared so much information. We’ve seen some come and go….. I miss many, including our now only occasional visitor, Anthony! I still refer to Mooneyspace as my morning cup of coffee (even though I don’t drink coffee.. lol). I reach for MS habitually each morning. Such a vast knowledge location here for new and old owners, and wanna be’s too. For anyone for that matter. Folks here are so willing to help others. A day without MS is like a day without sunshine ( I stole that phrase). Thank you to Greg for MS! May we continue for many years to come.

I see some dust on your spinner....................you might want to take care of that!!

Possibly the word "patch" implies a small area to be dealt with. Greg is excellent at patching beyond a small area. He's excellent!

My experience a few years ago with Robert and the good folks at Aero Accesssoires....................and my opinion and suggestion................. during 500 hr IRAN, ask the shop to replace the condensers too! I learned from Robert that the condensers are NOT part of the 500 hr part replacement. They give them a visual only inspection. How I learned this.................... recent 500 hr serviced Aero Accessories mags installed with approximately 30 hours of operation, right mag failed in flight. Robert discovered the condenser had failed.

Ditto

I sent 3 Mooneys through ArtCraft! The first one was 2009, still looks beautiful! The other 2 also continue to be beautiful! I highly recommend ArtCraft!

That’s a riot!! Except they forgot to add gear up or flap retract topic

No matter how great your flight went, seems your passengers judge the flight on how smooth your landing was!!

Possibly I used the wrong word.............exhaust flange. On my former Lycoming O-360 and IO-360, the exhaust headers from the cylinders were attached to the muffler tubes with 3 hole flanges [header and muffler], 3 bolts [such as the one shown in the photo], 3 tension springs, spacer washers and nuts w/cotter pins. As I look at the bolt photo further, yes, I agree the bolt does look too large to be one of the bolts for the exhaust joints.

Possibly an exhaust flange bolt.

Speaking of cool Mooney stuff..................I remember some very wonderful Mooney dinners at the Cowboy Steakhouse during Homecoming!

..............and I found this stuff on Ebay several years ago. Certainly not as special as the cool things from @Mcstealth papa ! , but fun regardless.

Great information! You Dad was part of one of the best Mooney manufacturing eras ! Thank you for sharing this.

Great to see your factory photos….. so sad at the same time. So many memories and so much history!!