HopePilot

The music is so dramatic it's like the fate of the world rests on our coming...so I guess, I'll try to be there. Legal Disclaimer: Weather and nerves pending. HopePilot requires 15000 feet to land, which is why he is based at Edwards AFB. Be prepared to set up the arresting cable for our arrival.

I see you mentioned my "Guess How Long To Get A Rocker Switch" thread. Guess what? I'm still waiting! That's not a joke...I'm serious!

Please post the drawings if you get them...

If anyone builds this mod, consider me in.

Thanks Mitch. I'm heading there in the next couple of days anyway. I've decided to switch to Philips XC and Camguard.

Where's the least expensive place to buy Camguard? The price has been the only thing keeping me from trying it.

Which oil do you use camguard with? I am not sure if it would be too much to blend Aeroshell 100 Plus, which already has additives. I'm not sure if I should go back to regular Aeroshell 100 and just add camguard.

Appreciate it thinwing.

I'm picking up supplies for my upcoming annual. I was thinking of switching to the Clear View CV1J4 air filter for my 1983 J. Any thoughts. Also, do I need one or two? Thanks!

I predict that it will have voice recognition capabilities. This is based on the new audio panel they just announced.

In case anyone has missed the deal that Powerflow has going right now: http://www.generalaviationnews.com/2011/03/01/power-flow-debuts-progressive-rebates-for-mooney-owners/

A phoenix is the perfect logo for Mooney considering how many times it's come back from the dead.

I have an annual coming up in a month. Would you recommend getting some of these: http://www.ddaircraft.com/sskits.cfm or is there a more flush replacement?

I did twenty hours in a FRASCA simulator, before starting in the plane, and found it way more challenging. The first approach I did in a real plane was perfect with zero dots of deflection. I think that must have been from the simulator which teaches you not to over control. The simulator definitely has a learning curve. With the sim time we had remaining, we did every possible instrument failure and even simulated the JFK JR. accident. Failures in a sim are more realistic because you can't see your instructor covering a gauge or pulling a CB.

Flew to San Diego today for the 100 Years of Naval Aviation. Flying through Los Angeles and San Diego airspace can be interesting. Even though I did the flight VFR, my IFR training came in handy as the controllers often assign IFR-like instructions. As I was given directions to turn to exact headings and altitudes, navigational fixes, etc., to avoid traffic, I was glad that IFR training had put me ahead of the plane enough to oblige the controllers while traveling in and out of Class Bravo airspace. Keep at it everyone!

To those of you who are working on your IFR, I just really want to encourage you and say keep at it! Mooneys are the perfect IFR platform and you will only love your plane more. I use IFR all the time and not just for instrument weather. It comes in handy in complex airspace and those all too common VIP TFRs we get here in L.A. I've started my commercial, and I really believe the important thing is that we all keep training; forever. We should try to have a reputation for being better trained than the "Brand C" guys. People will be more likely to want to fly Mooneys, if they feel that it's the plane of "real" pilots.

Yes, I totally remember this now, but in my sick-induced fog I had forgotten. I also just told my aide to, "have a great weekend," and it was Wednesday, so go figure.

It says 14v, but will this work for a 12v 201?

I have one I've only used a few times that I'm about to sell. Maybe it's me, but I can't figure out how to make it work. I keep seeing "ghosts" of my own transponders. I'm thinking of going ADS-B.

Congrats. My advice is to start your instrument rating immediately.

Naturally, this one would probably be decided by the terms of the challenge: http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?t=70988

Well, my plane's name was "Victor" for a couple months until we realized it was a girl! Now, she's Victoria, or "Vicki" for short. It was a simple mistake...I hadn't cleaned under the belly yet.

Thanks! I better cancel the Sunspot 36 LED we ordered. It ships soon.

Is the light in a Mooney 201 PAR36 or PAR 46? I think I've confused myself.

I have gray, but my dream would be to have windows with a polarized filter that makes all the colors "pop" when people look through them.