1964-M20E

Bathroom in your hangar definitely a plus. However, if your house and or garage is right there then maybe not so much. Just so long at there is one handy. I have to walk up to the club house for bathroom but the rent is real cheap. Trade-offs

Put insulation in when you build it otherwise you will have an easy bake oven most of the year in Dallas. Make sure you put a good vapor barrier under the slab this is a normal construction practice but just worth mentioning. If you are not using HVAC in the hangar put a big vent fan high on one wall to suck out heat during the summer. I would go with 22' eve height that way you can easily make a loft in the back and still get the Mooney under it. Not necessary a king air. Speaking of which make sure a King air or similar will fit that way when you eventually go to sell it you do not limit your prospective buyers. As for amenities , full bathroom with shower, pilot lounge. Extra garage door is great opposite the main door especially if you can drive to the back. Open the garage door with a remote drive in the hangar load plane and preflight all before you are on the ramp.

The only drawback is you will now need to use foggles when you ant to practice IMC flying.

Good point. My actual IMC time when getting my IR was probably the best. You cannot take the hood off and go home when you are in the soup and tired of shooting approaches. I do feel that you are still PIC even though the CFII may have filed the plan this get you into the system legally. Then you get into the whole safety pilot realm and required crew etc. However, the original question revolves around insurance. Again my personal thoughts and opinions are you are the owner, the insured and PIC then you are covered.

Just my thoughts and opinions. A CFII if acting independently may want to be listed on your insurance depending on his stage of life and assets and what insurance he carries on himself. Listing the CFII on your insurance should not change the rates much if any. He will probably have more flight time than you and he has more ratings. (when I did my IR the independent instructor didn't mention anything about it and I didn't either. I didn't even consider any of this.) You are the PIC so your insurance will cover you when flying. The CFII is passenger along for the ride and providing guidance and suggestions. Going though an established school this may not be an issue. However, I prefer independent CFIIs over schools. Start now and go hand fly procedures in VMC and without any view limiting devices. This will give you the confidence to trust the instruments and the ability to play with setting up the radios, GPS and power settings all while being able to easily control the plane by visual references. Then when you do get under the hood operating the radios and power settings are known. I suggest using a non towered airport at first again to minimize distractions while learning your plane. Don't forget to do you position reports. Many times unless you find someone like @mike_elliott you will be teaching the CFII how to fly your plane while he teaches you how to fly in IMC. Unless you are doing something really unsafe or strange the CFII should only be making minor suggestions on how you fly the plane during you IR. He is there to train you for your IR. Do not use the AP in the plane during your IR training. Know how to use it but do not. This will benefit you greatly in the future.

The wing spar between the fuselages has to be massive.

Hey but I put it in the correct spot miscellaneous aviation. and I didn't see the other one

Time for a helicopter or a sea plane.

Stick with the earlier email stating the fee was waived or non existent ignore them further and boast to everyone you know on any site Airnav, Flight aware etc. stay away from KERI if at all possible.

Like in the Sammy Kershaw song " Let's talk about anything, anything in this world But politics, religion and her " Everyone is entitled to their opinion the trick is knowing when and where to speak you mind loudly and clearly and when to whisper.

No I didn't expect to see a replacement for my Lycoming from Continental. All I see on the Continental Prime site is a 180HP fixed pitch version. What is the cost on these engines? Would be nice if they offered more information without having to give them your first born. Now second born yeah that would work. https://www.continentalmotors.aero/Prime/Prime_Certified_Engines/ https://www.continentalmotors.aero/uploadedFiles/Content/Prime_Engine/Continental-specsheet-Prime-370-Engine-Series-Sale-Sheet-WEB.pdf https://www.continentalmotors.aero/Prime/Continental_Prime_Certified_370_Engines.aspx

There is a place in the North East that still repairs Narco radios I sent him mine a few years back. Probably the cheapest route but then you have the SL30 or it's newer replacement as well. There seems to be several manufacturers out on the market right now.

I can understand Signature's point and it is evident in the prices they charge for 100LL. Also I'm sure it does take more time for them to pump 1000 gallons than it does to pump 40 or 50 gallons in our planes. Furthermore, once they have X linemen on site their cost is fixed no matter if he is pumping 40 gallons of 100LL or 1000 gallons of jet A especially if the linemen are sitting down waiting for the next plane. However, when they are the only FBO on the airport it would be nice if they at least offered a convenient reasonably priced self serve alternative so we are not imposing on their Jet A market and a tie down spot away from the main door. While it is nice to be right up front and the red carpet rolled out for you and a lineman standing there with a cold bottle of water but I do not need that.

Nice looking G5 panel. As for the center post nothing touch up the paint as necessary and move on.

I measured mine and PHT made it up for me.

cool I'm in the first 5 minutes.

Had a good time bugged out yesterday WX in new Orleans didn't look good for today. KLAL still IFR this morning getting out would be a pain. Found this cute girl hanging out by sunset grill with her human.

All the material can be downloaded from the FAA site as well.

Yes repair the offending cylinder or cylinders and move on. While the cylinder is off the A&P should look closely at your cam since it is visible at that time. The way these engines are designed you can do one or all cylinders at a time.

Welcome aboard. How hard can it be? Not hard but time consuming and tedious. Keep in mind like others have said you will need an A&P / IA looking over your shoulder. You seem to have the mechanical skills needed to do the project. However, make sure the air frame itself is good i.e. no death sentence corrosion. Also the wings of a Mooney don't just come off like a Cessna. The Mooney wing is a one piece wing so transportation of a complete airplane on the ground is very challenging. Hopefully your warehouse is close to an airport. The order that I would proceed is : Airframe - repair, clean, polish paint get controls all working correctly Engine - overhaul / upgrade to 200HP IO360 etc. get firewall forward ready to fly and all engine controls, and accessories on engine Avionics - bare minimum at first to get it in the air and make sure everything else is working fine. (basic 6 pack flight instruments, basic factory engine gauges, 1 NAV/COM and transponder.) Plan you avionics to suit your mission of how you intend to use the plane and while laying out the panel anticipate possibly what someone else or you might want i.e. GPS, engine monitor etc. Good luck and keep us posted. Also read the many threads of others bringing planes back form the graveyard. Lean from their mistakes.

Unfortunately the issues with Boeing 737 MAX may have a ripple effect to new AP for our planes.

Cool Need your cell number so we can coordinate specific rides sort of like uber

How about mount 3 under each wing of the Mooney?

well I'm camping hopefully not too wet Friday and Saturday afternoon evenings. Right now they talking scattered TS so should not be too bad.

my son bent one for me as well. You need one? I have one somewhere around here.