mooney231

Quote: craigsteffen Ah! That explains it. I don't think I've ever flown anything that new-fangled. :-D All of my club planes are 1970-ish or older. How are they packaged? Are they a skinny half-width document that fits in the glove box?

Quote: craigsteffen "Aircraft Flight Manual"? Is that the same as the "Pilot's Operating Handbook"? I know that I've seen it implied in the regs that there's supposed to be a single, official manual that goes with every individual airplane and is kept updated. However, most of the airplanes I've flown, rental and flying clubs, don't have one because any manual gets lost frequently. They generally have one that's close to the model of airplane that it is and that's it. Also...when did those rules go into effect? Were they in effect, say, in 1968? (I'm interested in a 1967 or 68 M-20F.) And particularly given the latest news from the Mooney factory, would it be possible at all to get an updated manual, particularly for one of the older planes? Mooney231, I'm not trying to shoot what you said down. I agree with you, but every time I ask about such manuals, most people don't know what I'm talking about.

The question is can you do that legally with one VOR receiver. The correct answer in the test is yes. Now personally, I wouldn't want to for any critical intersection.

An instrument rating and appropriate equipment is required for Special VFR from sunset to sunrise. 14 CFR 91.157 (4) Except for helicopters, between sunrise and sunset (or in Alaska, when the sun is 6 degrees or more below the horizon) unless

Quote: jlunseth I heard so much about stall issues that I had a CFI fly with me to practice my first few stalls in my K, I expected all kinds of bad things. It was a total non-event. The tendency to drop a wing is much less than in a Cessna, and I thought, even less than in the Warriors I had been used to. Long bodies may be different, those are the planes about which there are some articles about adverse stall conditions.

Quote: Parker_Woodruff Stalls in this aircraft are nothing to be afraid of, and you will have ample warning of one impending. Any CFI who says "Never do stalls in a Mooney" is not one who needs to be giving your insurance checkout.

Ashe, I am a CFI in the area with Mooney experience. I'll send you a PM. Best, Jason