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I would think that's abnormal. Stuff happens. I've had dozens of E-mails over the years and a few phone calls with Jimmy, all answered in a timely manner.

He's much more responsive to E-Mail as he's often not in the office bringing airplanes to his office, delivering them, etc.

Most Mooneys are M20s but not all. There is the M10, M18, and M22.

Sounds good.

My next airplane will be experimental. Unless you absolutely have to have something that only a certified airplane will do, it only makes sense nowadays. The below discussion fits my needs. First question: Do you need four seats? Really? Note that the question is “need,” not “want” or “would be kind of nice.” Suppose the honest answer is no. You’ve thought back over the last couple of years of flying time and realize that it’s very rare to have anybody in the back seat of the Cessna. For the vast majority of your flying, two seats would be sufficient. https://www.vansaircraft.com/which-rv-is-right-for-me

I rarely cancel a flight due to heat, but then again I rarely schedule it in the first place when that's an issue. I do close to zero hours between June/July/August combined.

A lot of my annuals are done with nothing other than the annual itself as I have squawks addressed immediately during the year as they arise. I agree with the rest of the post quoted above, though. Even one INOP item gets my attention and I question the owner's maintenance regimen.

Why?

One of my biggest concerns is getting the right seat passenger out quickly in an emergency. I don't believe I would have done that flight.

Happy to accept offers . . .

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Except the engines in my airplanes have run the gamut. I've had small four-cylinder Lycomings to large six-cylinder Continentals. Normally aspirated, turbo normalized, and turbocharged. Fixed wastegates, manual wastegates, automatic wastegates. I've had airplanes that were 4 years old and 60+ years old. Singles and twins. Engines that were freshly overhauled and those well over TBO. Your 8-12 y/o children comparison is entirely irrelevant and inaccurate.

I don't understand this. I've owned airplanes for 20 years and 2,500 hours. What's magical about owning the same airplane versus a number of them with respect to maintenance? If anything, I would expect to not see as many maintenance events by owning just one airplane.

The biggest maintenance item I've done on a Continental 550 was to replace the started adapter on one.

I have owned many different airplanes over the years with many different engines and I have to say the Continental IO-550 is probably the best engine I've owned. It is much smoother and runs better LOP than a big-bore Lycoming. I have never replaced a single cylinder on any engine I've owned. Maybe I just treat them right. In a six-cylinder, give me a Continental. In a four-cylinder, give me a Lycoming.

Or a Bonanza

I used to do a lot of Angel Flights in my turbo F. https://www.tucsonlocalmedia.com/el_sol/article_7c7b2d14-6fa6-53b7-aacb-c9c45e20e7d6.html

I live at an Airpark so that makes getting into the air frequently easier.

I think I would. Looking at my last 6 months of flights, I have done 30 flights of less than 30 minutes each. Those could be 45-60 minutes just exploring low and slow around the area.

That's certainly an option too.

I'm seriously considering something like that. I have a tailwheel endorsement but am far from competent right now. I was thinking maybe a Super Decathlon/Citabria/Champ as something that's somewhat gentle and still fun.

Yes. I've been flying since 1994. She has flown with me less than 10 times. I've always had a business use for airplanes though and averaged anywhere from 120-150 hours per year . . . until recently.

My wife doesn't fly with me so overnights aren't the best option.

I've cut back on my business travel but so far have kept plenty busy closer to home with work so I don't yet have any extra time. Maybe over the next five years.

That they do. It is essentially Ovation 3 performance at half or less of the purchase price. I typically see an initial climb out of 1,800 fpm and still see 1,200 fpm at 10,000 ft. Normal cruise is 175-177 KTAS on 13 GPH.