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OK, I figured it out and uploaded 1969 M22 Owners manual in the Downloads sections. Regards,

John, I sent you and PM. Regards,

Actually they are not. They are subcontracted by different airports around the country to collect their landing fees, nothing else. To me it's irrelevant if letter with bill comes from them or airport i landed at. I only got a bill recently for being at Santa Monica (KSMO) which i know it has nominal fee and I was expecting it. I believe the fee was for Take-off (?) which I found strange but I would need to check. Problem for some people, I suspect for is using ADS-B data for collecting but to me it's irrelevant. It similar as collecting toll on some roads here using cameras. Believe me, it's much better and efficient then stopping and dropping quarters in the baskets. And you can't get ambushed like Sonny in Godfather...

The way I get to AFD is to type the Airport identifier in search field and select it to get a "general" info on the airport. There's 7 tabs on top to select and one is AF/D.

It seems these guys are doing it and selling DIY kit: https://www.kx155display.com/ It looks like they have original plasma-gas display (I thought it was unobtanium) and new OLED displays. I have no experience with this shop but would love to hear the pirep as I have a KX165 in my plane...

Scott, Very true but all modern designs are these days machined with specified tolerances of +.005" (or so) but in realty accuracy if the machined surface is even better. Sheet metal parts, even today, are typically +/.030" and would have a "pull-up" when riveted during the assembly. I would never use a design gap for that wing and as you know, I do that for living. There's no doubt that fabrication of the wing with not faying surface seal or wet riveting was cheaper but ultimately cost owners more in maintenance effort and sealing the tanks eventually needs to be done from the scratch. Unfortunate! On the other hand, I bet no one at Mooney expected that my plane would be flying almost 60 since the first flight so there's that.

Not really true. There shouldn't be a precise gap on sheet metal parts, mechanic would normally apply the sealant on the surfaces (rib flanges, skins, etc) and wet rivet it during the installation. The squeezed out sealant is (while is still "wet") allowed to be formed to the fillet seal or/and additional sealant can be applied for that. It is normally a manual process with no specially equipment. All major OEMs (BIG and small) are doing it this way and I saw it numerous times, so why Mooney wouldn't be able to do so is beyond me...

Is it just me or the original thread just got deleted again?

I had to post this one!

Really, no ashtray on the J? Where do you guys put loose screws that you find?

Well, who says pigs can't fly!

Ouch, We might just use MEK as a fuel; similar results on the paint...

must be confused?? I never understood why some people think it's backwards when in reality is swept forward.

What? Like horses head in the bed?

Speaking of San Francisco Bay area airports: We used a San Carlos KSQL for our trips to San Francisco and found it has reasonable price for fuel and tie down. Is there a 100LL available now? It seems Airnav.com doesn't show the price for some reason.

I agree with Rags15e above. I had similar symptoms on my F that turned out to be high resistance Champion Spark plugs. Since then I was buying Tempest. Of course, new engine couple of years ago came with Champs...

I think Bendix rebuilt kits are very difficult to find new, at least they were few years ago when I was looking. I was lucky as an MS member had one for sale for a great price. I rebuilt my swithc and have had no issues whatsoever. You might want to search Ebay or other Parts sales (BCA used to have them) if one pops up. Good luck.

Aircraft Spruce has a number of replacement lenses. one might fit: https://www.aircraftspruce.com/categories/aircraft_parts/ap/menus/el/strobes_zreplacement.html

Apart from getting KI 211 replacement, I think choice is adding the combination of a KI-209 Glideslope Indicator and KN-75 Glideslope Receiver. KN-75 are quite inexpensive but you would need to do rewiring for it. Good luck.

Is the company Bellofram? I might be interested in spare diaphragm. Keep in mind the step servo is different size then flight controls servos and harder to find the rubber boot.

Not side by side photo but drawing from OM: .

I think they he's referring to this intake air duct:

I don't think Mooney list materiel anywhere in IPC, only on their drawings and parts list that are not valuable to us. For this type of application we would use 2024 T3 or T4 clad sheet. 7075 T6 is really higher strength alloy not needed here, however I used it on my panel as the manufacturer didn't offer Al 2024 at the time.

I had to look it up... It seems like a good community airport with long runway. Few years back I spent year and half working at Gulfstream and flew few times with friend who based his RV9 at Hodges. We even flew to Barbour island (another pilot had a house there) which is very close to Eagle Neck. I don't remember seeing it but we must have flown over it. I hope you sort out you plane, it really looks beautiful. Good luck.