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If you don't need more than two seats, and frankly, most of us don't, Vans are a great option.

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I am flying my 21st airplane now, an RV8A. I have done a pre-buy on maybe ¼ of them. For the most part, I "prebuy" the seller. If I trust them, I trust their airplane. If I'm not familiar with a type or have a "meh" opinion of the seller, there is a greater chance I'll do a pre-buy. If I don't trust the seller, regardless of how good things look otherwise, I'll walk away early in the process. That said, I don't believe I've ever had a prebuy of greater than four hours done. I review the logs as the first step in the process, and a half day will turn up any deal breakers. AN ANNUAL INSPECTION DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR A PREBUY! They are different things for different reasons.

Mooneys are too small for a full-sized iPad.

Done

I just saw this in the transient parking during my run today. If the owner is on MS, I have a better parking space for you if you like.

I recently paid less than that for a very nice SR20 G2. I'm an LOP guy and see 145 KTAS on 8.5-9.0 GPH which falls a bit short of his 160 kt requirement.

Come out to Tucson/Las Vegas and try it for yourself in my airplane

Last summer I had the Electroair push button installed in my Cirrus. It is great! http://www.electroair.net/switchPanel.html

You want a CFI with a lot of Mooney time. This isn't when you choose the flight school CFI with a ton of 172 time and not much else. I recommend at least 500 hours of Mooney time, 1,000 is better.

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WOW. This looks quite a bit different than when I last flew it!

A few years ago the guy in the hangar next to me had one. They are definitely a niche airplane but if it fits your needs, it is very nice. The conversions have been done for probably two decades or so.

This is overly simplistic and not even remotely true, but it is off-topic so I will not comment further.

Also no cowl flaps on the Cirri and 310s.