Swissmooney

Thank you for all the advice I think some suggestions will not work due to the missig IR connectivity required for downloading And I have read the instructions on how to load the GEM-COM....and after 3 pages I gave up...it reminds me of ASCII and punchcards and I think I do not have the required nerves for that...so I am considering a trade in for a G2 of insight Anybody having experience with that and a comparison with the JPI....are they different?? Thanks again and happy landings Heinz

Hi everybody I just read Mike Busch's MANIFESTO and am totally convinced about his approach to maintenance and therefore changed the swissmooney from Hb-DGL to N731CW I have installed a GEM610 engine monitor and would lime to download now data to let them analyzed by savvy analysis. However I have no idea on how to do that! The original way was via IR to a HP palmtop. But I do not have such an antique piece. Does anybody know how to do that?? Savvy analysis has also no idea and the manufacturer insight does not answer the mails! Thanks for your help and kind regards Heinz

Hi there I wanted to get rid of the vacuum system (including a backup vacuum pump) and went to glas (Garmin500) however I found that my speedbrakes are using vacuum....so I only got rid of the standby vacpump! So check on your speed brakes if any... Kind regards Heinz

dear Oscar Thanks for info and wish you a successfull stay in Tampa Kind regards Heinz

dear Oscar Thanks for this info...I bought the backpack for the gopro but am unable to make it work from cockpit to the lower part of fuselage! Just one more question: with what prg are you editing the movies and how do you upload it?? I habe used the gopro editing however it took hrs and hrs to manage it?!? Kind regards from sunny Florida (vacation till end of jan) Heinz

Hi Oscar Great video and appreciate it very mich Just a question: do you control the go pros with the remote control for on and off?? Happy landings Heinz

Hi there everybody I had this problem also during our flight from switzerland to the USA...during a 100hr inspection by Don Maxwell in Longview he confirmed that the Masterswitch is the culprit...cleaned all connections and the problem was done...however 6 months later the problem reappears...so there is a new masterswitch in my future... See Don's publication @ http://www.donmaxwell.com/publications/MAPA_TEXT/Fluctuating%20Ammeters/Fluctuating%20Ammeters.htm Kind regards from swissmooney in Fort Myers Beach (unfortunately without the Mooney...!!) Heinz

Hi Mooniacs yes we did it!! and arrived finally safe and sound back home!! The return flight was also unbelievable impressive!! see pix in sep album / password is again hbdgl....see link below - Hudson Flight was quite a sight and the controllers @ JFK were very helpfull!! - Flight via Bangor (US Customs) to Goose Bay CYYR were we went to 23'000 ft and had a GS of 220 kts with some minor fronts to pass and a nice approach to Goose (Larry kept his word concerning better wx), but as soon as the CBP left it startet to rain very hard - The wx for Friday was bad (especially greenland) so we had breakfast with Larry and some very interesting discussions and then we visited two Labrador Museums...very interesting and staffed with young people...Darren and Amanda, which were an absolut delight!! - on saturday then the big flight...in order to go dct to Narsarsuaq and with no HF Radio we had to climb to 25'000 ft, wx was good and the approach to BGBW extremly interesting...the final approach was in VMC which was helpful....I would not like to fly this approach to minima....but it was spectacular and after takeoff we climb over the icecap to 17'000 and all of the eastcoast of greenland was severe clear...a sight ...just undescribable...see pix!! the rest of the flight was uneventful...Reykjavik in low clouds, drizzle, windy and no hotel rooms...we finally found a place in a youth hostel....well we are still young!! - after this intense flying day we decided to fly on sunday only to WICK in northern scotland and then take it easy, because the flight home would have been too long for the same day....Andrew from Far North aviation provided the absolutely perfect service!! - the next day we planned for a flight to the southern part of England...Manston..but it was 24 hrs PNR...so we rerouted to Norwich EGSH, which was perfect....had some minor problems with the routing because of the restrictions dur to Olympia...we got some ice but no whisky at FL170, even some clear ice...after descending to FL130 it was OK but never got rid of it until final approach to Norwich! and it cost 15 kts and we had an headwind of 15-20 kts...so it was definitely a slow flight!! and after that it was just the homestretch to swiss customs (maintenancoe cost have to be taxed!!) and then our ladies were expecting on us on the homebase LSZE!! It was a trip of a lifetime!!! and Hermann was the perfect partner for this return trip, THANK YOU HERMANN! Thanks for everybody who helped...escpecially Jose and Juanita for their hospitality and friendship all the best to all of you and HAPPY LANDINGS and enjoy the freedom you/we still have.... Heinz http://www.photobox.de/album/1399247165

Hi all, Well as Jose mentionned we are now on Long Island and enjoying the last couple of days together before Edith is leaving back home via Swiss airline! thanks to Jose and Juanita and their great hospitality our stay in the DC area was a blast...we enjoyed every minute of it and especially the interesting talks with J+J and their family, THANK YOU AGAIN!! Hermann Moosbrugger, a good friend and excellent and experienced Mooney Pilot will be joining me on our flight back via the north atlantic...we hope to fly VFR via the Hudson river and then we may have a stopover at Bar Harbor then probably on to St John for customs and then to Goose Bay!! our experience here in the USA has been just great and all flights were very easy with lots of direct routings, the wx cooperated more than perfectly except that we mostly encountered headwinds!! Yellowstone and Moab were the highlights from a landscape point of view and Tulsa brought back lots of memories and talks with old friends. Washington is just amazingly full of history And we could easily correlate to the museums of Tulsa, Gilcrease with a special exhibition of Washington! Philbrook is just an amazing estate as is now the Oheka Castle on Long Island The service for DGL by Don Maxwell was just perfect! Now the flight up to Farmingdale was short but not so easy with a couple of reroutings but no real problems....controllers were helpful...it was a saturday so maby it was a bit slower than normal We have organized an album with some pix for those interested the password is hbdgl http://www.photobox.de/album/1386290965 So thanks again for all the tipps we got and if you have dreams, just go for it!! Kind regards Heinz & Edith

Hi All and thank you very much for all the welcomes and good wishes....it is a pleasure to be in the USA and here some answers and comments - HBDGL is a 1985 K Model with an intercooler and longrange tanks - I have added a new album with pix of this trip - I will post a new report after MOAB - Our itinerary: 15th to West Yellowstone KWYS, 20th to MOAB KCNY, 23rd to Longview Texas KGGG, there Don Maxwell will be performing the 100 hrs and we will visit the Dallas Ft Worth area... and approx 26 or 27 to RVS Tulsa Then ev to Culpeper and then to Farmingdale....on the 8th of August, Edith is flying back home commercially (her mother is 90++), a friend of mine is coming to NY and then we will be flying back together via CYYR (borealone: I will take you up not only on the wx but also meeting you) piloto: thanks for your insights and I would ev consider a dct flight to BIRK with a tailwind of 70+ kts...otherwise it is just too long for me and the options are getting fewer and we are fortunately in no hurry...glad that is over!! But thanks on the marine VHF...had not thought of that!! jbs007: I would trade in a couple of Stg57 for that big chopper of yours...how many diet cokes label do you have to collect for that?? Scott: unfortunately Wichita is not on our route however close to RVS, but we already have a full programm in Tulsa... Gary would love to take you up on your offer the next time I will be in Ft Lauderdale...maybe in January, but then commercially...was there in February 12 and did my BFR and IFr competency out of KFXE so thanks again and we of course would love to meet some mooniacs along our route Happy landings and all the best heinz