skyking

Scott: That loose oil tube is a pain in the butt for me too. Its always loosening up.

You cant see it here but the German pilot is seen bailing out of the plane and survived.

There we go. Thats the Krenzler. Signed by both pilots! Artist proof number 3. I also have a Clark and a Delany. Check out Krenzler online. Expensive but amazing colors. Mine is about 24" X 36" All his art is based on actual events and they are signed by the pilots depicted in the battles.

Ok Thanks. I will give it a go.

parker: How do you attache a photo. i have a beatiful Len Krenzler but dont know how to attach it.

Nothing against any reputable shop such as Ron's but i would never let the current shop do the pre-buy. Always have a fresh set of eyes look it over. So in my humble opinion always do a pre-buy.

I am with the group on this one. I had an engine make it to almost 3000 hours once. As long as it passes the annual for compression etc i say fly it. Fantom put it best...the engine will tell you when its time to empty out the ol' wallet.

i have a full set of wing, tail and cabin covers if anybody wants to buy them. They are off my "A" model but they are adjustable and custom made to fit Mooneys. i paid $1500 bucks will sell for $750.

I am currently shopping for a 5 place and there are 5 seat Ovations out there. It was a factory option apparently. I had never heard of it either.

I will gladly trade your bug for the mouse i had to drag out of my plane last week!!!!!!

Mike: ROTFLMAO

i now have 4 sticky mouse traps surrounding each wheel and 8 traps in the plane! i dont intend to go through this again. Thanks for all the posts...and suggestions.

and.... you have a deer tied down on the cowling!

Went over to the airport today and we caught the little devil. After tearing out all the rear area we found a nest the size of a dodgeball under the seat. All the insulation and rubber soundproofing between the rear seat and the gas tank is ripped to pieces. Those of you who know me know i have dial up as i live in the middle of nowhere but i will post pics of the damage. Tyler also found out where he got in and it was on the left side gear well. Total damage is about a grand ( including a good cleaning to get rid of any mouse pee!) so i got off easy.

OR75. the plane was only sitting for one week! Mitch: Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, it has just been a very trying 6 months.

squirrel: Thats the part that has me really scared but my mechanic tells me that due to the wood sealer etc they dont like it. i hope he is right. i will know more when he has the interior out but i am totaly bummed out and depressed. My toys have taken a beating this year. My trailer was stolen, my Triumph spitfire was hit and now this!

Mitch: thanks. Hopefully i have found the issue soon enough. Tyler at rightwing is tearing the interior out today and i have mouseboards all over the plane and around the wheels to hopefully catch them.

Has anybody here ever had the heartache of mice in your plane? I went to go flying last Sunday and after only a week of sitting the amount of damage was amazing. My poor little plane is now at Rightwing aviation getting everything torn out to see if any of the wiring or cables were chewed. The interior is a mess. i cant even figure out how the little buggers even got into the plane. If you have had this happen to you what was the damage ? interior only or did they get to the cables etc and did you ever figure out how they got into the plane? In 30 years of aircraft ownership i have never had this happen.

I am in the tell me camp. If somebody noticed something wrong with my plane i would be very , very grateful somebody told me. I dont want to be at 10,000 feet and find out the hard way.

M016576 if i had that kind of cash i wouldnt be on here complaining!! LOL if i sell Missy i can afford to kick in the extra bucks other than that its time to try and negotiate with somebody on renting for long trips.