HRM
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Forever?
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I've had that fruit since 1984. Thank goodness I also bought stock in it--helping to fuel the aviation habit into retirement .
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Thank you.
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Yeah, renegade A&P bad, renegade IA good
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Sister to the Ercoupe! What a beautiful little bird. Big plus is that you can fly with the hatch back IIRC.
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Clarence is dead on here. My 50+ year old E has a GAMI spread of 0.1. How do I know? I upload data after every flight from my EI MVP-50 to Mike Busch's Savvyanalysis site (free). His software will calculate GAMI spread for you. IIRC, he told me that most IO-360's don't need GAMI's. Disclaimer: he let's you upload, store and analyze your flight data for free because he uses it in his own engine research. Win-win as far as I am concerned, but if you are a conspiracy theory or privacy nut you may not want to participate .
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Possibly Boyd Maddox @KAXH.
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Ouch! Again the opposite of 'plane porn' unless you want to call this BDSM. Sorry for your loss.
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I think this is where the 'proximity to a major airport' on the original poster's list comes in. Our daughter and grandson live on the upper west side of Manhattan and our son on the upper east. Short trip via Juno to LGA and ILM has multiple nonstop daily flights there. Then there is Wrightsville Beach which will draw them in our direction when they want to get away from the madness.
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Meant to add that the tape is also a barrier to Linemen. During their training they are indoctrinated with respect for the color blue. I like to personally monitor the fueling process and I prefer to be the only one to touch the caps. I also like to be fueled just before leaving, the FBOs like to fuel you up right away, but if your Mooney sits on the line for a day or two you lose a lot of fuel out the expansion port! Good tipping is just good pilot behavior--the line guys will completely ignore your fueling idiosyncrasies after a good tip.
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Frankly, Southeast Texas is worse. My MO is to go down to the hangar NLT 7 AM and be back on the ground by 9 AM.
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In Florida, it boils down to breezes. The coast gets the breezes (and also the brunt of the hurricanes). Orlando is fairly pleasant because it is very green and has a lot of lakes. As you age, and we are talking retirement here, you do not want the sun, which is very unfriendly to aging skin. Then there is the summer flying, which amounts to being baked in a steam oven until you can get into the air and face-to-face with the thunderstorms
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iPad Mini4 vs bigger or wait for a the mini 5
HRM replied to Seth's topic in Avionics/Panel Discussion
Frankly, I think Apple's plan is to converge the iPhone with the mini; i.e., replace the mini with a big iPhone. Technically, my Mini with the cellular option is a phone. I would like a faster mini in the same format and a thinner, lighter and smaller phone. That said, Apple is not catering to me but it's own market analysis, which is not only extensive but far seeing. Apple comes up with things that people don't know they want until after they have them. I had to laugh at the outrage that occurred when Apple removed the headphone jack. Now no one speaks of it anymore. -
I keep a roll of this in my E. Couple of strips over each fuel cap when forced to tether outside and no worries of water incursion. Of course, cabin leaks are a different matter
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The aesthetics are through the roof, just modernizes the bird in a great way.
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Indeed! They never squeeze it too hard.
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The mouse that roared...
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Your definition of 'Large Major Airport' ILM is not O'hare, Bush or even CLT, but it does hit the major hubs fairly well with directs to LGA (important for my wife and I since both our kids are in Manhattan). The other thing is that it is growing and it is named "Wilmington International Airport".
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I went from 46 to 34 and the best thing I noticed was getting rid of this: Oh, and the 5 extra gallons of avgas.
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Sorry to hear this and I will say the 'nod' (as I have known it) was taught to me by the PO of my E. He was selling her because even with the nod he had shoulder issues, so there is a threshold where you pretty much have to go electric or fold your wings as he did. I had rotator cuff surgery in my right shoulder about ten years ago and the nod has allowed me to put less strain on it, but I could see how a fresh injury could be aggravated regardless of what I did. Pay no attention to the comments from the young bucks here ( @TheTurtle , @skydvrboy), their day will come
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Absolutely! Go find the youngest, greenest, ATP-bound, time-building local FBO CFI/I you can. Don't get one that knows Mooney's--no fun in that. Good grief already...this is not rocket science. Oh, and when you 'do the nod' you can do it with two fingers (a bit awkward though)
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Yep. I have done it so often that I reach down, unlock it, then do the nod while pulling down and rotating my hand around to push it into the floor catch. I don't even look anymore. Altitude wise I can't say, but I do it fairly soon after take-off and I've cleaned her up for climb.
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Wilmington, NC meets all that. Wifey and I will be moving there in about a year and a half. Add to your list great beach access and offshore diving.
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That's how it is done. Gear raise is near effortless and once you get the hang of it you look forward to it! Sort of like the old Unix saw: it's not a bug, it's a feature. You do need to twist your hand as the bar goes down, but fluidity with that comes with practice. Also, one fluid motion and hardly requiring more than normal nerd-level coordination. Lastly, great fun with young, never been in a Mooney, smart-alecky CFIs.
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I believe you have to have a business account with them, but that may be easy to obtain. IIRC, they were $80 apiece. Be aware that Lord anything varies up and down like a commodity, which when you think about it, they are.
