1964-M20E

Yeah that 's because the clock was connected to the big fan up front. Now we have much better rubber bands.

Some are slow. Some are thorough. Some are neither. When I was getting my helicopter the CFI, a good friend of mine, was always wanting to run through the checklist fast he had it memorized. I told him I know I may go through the check list slow but when I a m flying a different aircraft that I do not fly often I take my time and if I burn little more fuel and an extra 0.1 on the Hobbs so be it. I am faster with my plane and that is because I have many hours in it. Usually about 15 minutes from opening the hangar to ready for take off. I will drive to my destination if I am in that much of a hurry. Sometimes I realize when I go too fast I do miss something. Usually nothing critical but missed. I have noticed some who will sit on the ramp engine running for what seems like an eternity. To each his own.

George's sound is good but you need to listen to Johnny Paycheck for the better earlier version.

Agreed you made a good choice if you felt you were getting fatigued. No I do not have a maximum. The longest I have flown in a single day has been about 9 hours. Lots of other factors fall into place: where are you going? when you need to be there? (if the need to be there is that important leave a day earlier) what is the weather? time of day you get started? when the last flight will end? are you gong to a familiar airport? any other factor important to you

I have been to the museum and eaten at the restaurant but I haven't flown in.

you can always blame a padded fight time on a better tailwind.

I would love to see an STC for a 200HP on all C to J models but I'm not holding my breath. Placing a 200HP turbocharged/supercharged engine on the front that can burn Jet A or diesel would be good. However even for experimental I believe the FWF is north of $65k and would probably $75k+ for certified and that would be equal to or greater than the value of many pre-J models and fast approaching the value of many older J models. You would need to save a lot of fuel to pay for the difference between an overhaul on an IO360 and a Delta Hawk. Even at 2 gallon per hour savings over 2000 hours to TBO this is $20k savings in fuel. Now (warning this is pipe dream) if they could get the FWF price in the $40k range then I think you would see some interest in all markets M, P ,& C especially if you could get most of the models up to 200HP.

Congrats on the plane I remember my first solo flight in my E model after being a new airplane owner. It was only a 1 hour XC and before take off my leg was shaking like thumper. Once I pushed th throttle forward my leg stopped shaking and all was good from then on.

Placement of a temperature probe and the temperature it measures, in this case an EGT probe, is sensitive to its location. Move it up or down the temp will change with the exact same engine settings. Move the probe around from say a 1o'clock position to a 3 o'clock position in the tube the temperature measured will change. How much change that is unknown to me. One day I would like to temporarily place 12 EGT probes in the same tube at different heights and locations to record the temperature differences in temperature on a single cylinder just to see how much the temperatures can vary due to probe location.

yes summit was wonderful. A big thanks to the board who puts the summit on. y'all did a great job again.

We just went over this at the summit. Next year we should have an hour session on just this.

Arghhh for ye scawolags who will wake up late

Aye it be a good morning at the summit

Well I'll see what happens when my renewal comes next April May time frame. As for hull coverage where do you stop? You stop at the point you are wiling to take the risk to repair or replace the plane yourself. I would live to get a helicopter but the hull coverage is 5 to 6 times the cost of liability coverage. So when I feel I can take the risk on the hull I'll get one and just carry liability.

I'll see y'all there. I may arrive Thursday evening.

Well I have multiple cards and have had to use them before for similar reasons. I also have several hundred in cash for those rare times when a card just won't do. However, when the field is deserted but for you and the self serve pump and it wont take your card I guess you are doing some very strategic planning to get to another field with a human that can take cash money or the card for fuel. Then you can always spend the night in the plane or uber to the nearest lodging opportunity. Oh yeah some places don't have Uber either. Fly to enough places and sooner or later you will find that place above. Plan your fuel wisely my friend.

Neat video and looks like fun.. However, I feel the need for rotors. Helicopter baby.

Interesting: I've always wondered why I could replace a tire and tube but could not undo 4 nuts and one wire connection to change a starter?? I agree that there are many times when replacing parts with like for like falls within in the realm of the owner operator and" preventive maintenance". On the other hand there are many very well qualified and licensed fairies tinkering about. Maybe that is why my plane is named Tink.

right, wrong, good, bad mine sits on the back seat. I guess I could mount it on the floor just in front of the back seat.

aircraft equip BDLY surveillance equip E right wrong or indifferent. the rest of the ICAO blanks I just select what looks right and move on.

I hope all who experience Dorian fair well. I'm glad to see it staying more in the Atlantic at least for now. One thing for sure it is not over yet and the horizontally challenged lady has not sung yet. On a brighter note I think I'll go to JKA today.

Well heck I fur sure say we should just keep the old flight plan system when flying here in the good ole US of A. Seriously I do think for flights inside the US (international is different) we should be able to continue to use the standard flight plan that has been in use for many years, but that plane has already taken off. I tried ICAO plans a while back and had issues. I went back to the ICAO plans in the last few weeks especially when using Leidos on my phone it forced me to go ICAO. Seems issues have gone asway especially leaving or going to an airport that dis not start with a K.

Like the commercial showing the difference between first time parents and 3rd kid parents. before buying a plane, multiple spreadsheets, countless what if scenarios, check the bank account balance, checking for free unallocated cash reserves in weekly pay etc. 2 years after buying a plane and you survived your first annual, insurance and hangar rent is paid for another year WTF let's go fly it only cost fuel Evaluate if you can afford $8k to $15k a year of discretionary spending after the capital investment for the plane itself. If the answer is yes then find the right plane and buy it Now fly it like you stole it and don't worry about what is cost within reason.

@DJ67 Send me a PM to remind me I think I might have most of what you are looing for. The displays are still available if you have any digits that are not lighting up. Digi key ahs 25 available. They are not that expensive and easy to change. For the NCS 812 The Vishay-Dale number is PD-020D025-7 It also know as 50775-1 http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/PD020D02507S51/541-1414-ND/2813335 For the MK-12D The Vishay-Dale number is PD-020D025-5 It also know as 50401-1 http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/PD020D02505S51/541-1413-ND/2813334 Double check the part number but I believe these to be correct.

That really is not that expensive relatively speaking but it is a lot for something you only use a few times in the life of owning a Mooney. However, the first part of that statement may get kicked out of the CB club.