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  1. 201er
    Quote: txbyker N9154X, I am not quite a year old IFR pilot. On one of my first IFR trips coming home last year in VMC conditions I was sent into Class B at a high altitude up there with descending commercial jets. Like a rookie I asked ATC if I was "cleared into class B?" and he replied very puzzled and said you are on an IFR flight plan and you are always cleared into class B under IFR and there is no need to ask. I am not a CFI.
  2. 201er
    Byron, if you could get away with flying RNAV/Direct with your VFR GPS, it would make everyone else who paid $10K+ look dumb for getting certified equipment. That's why it's not gonna happen any time soon.
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    I'm very interested in this as well. Someone told me that you have to depart from an international airport in the US when going to Canada. So if leaving from a small uncontrolled field, that you have to land in a US based international airport before going to Canada. However, the AOPA article doesn't mention this. What's the story with outbound procedures?
  4. 201er
    Any Mooney will make it in under 10 hours but I don't think you'd want 4 adults in any of them for that long!
  5. 201er
    Quote: Mcstealth My CFI asked me a question last week that I did not know the 'right' answer. The question; "If you are completely lost in VFR conditions, what do you do." I said I would contact my nearest approach, state my situation. They would have me squak, and they would give me a radial or some type of direction and with that information, I could regain my lost situational awareness. What did I say wrong? Everything? Thanks in advance.
  6. 201er
    Quote: mrjones30 Now when you mean pilot error, did they just make a mistake that they can't correct or tried to do something they don't normally do?
  7. 201er
    Wow, among the incredibly long flights posted here I feel pretty embarassed about my longest. Sounds like a local flight compared to some of you guys! KLDJ -> KTLH was my longest at 780nm with a single (unmandatory) fuel stop along the way.
  8. 201er
    It almost doesn't matter considering the vast majority of accidents are considered "pilot error." If you eliminate the pilot, they're all safe airplanes!
  9. 201er
    I didn't really know how to fly until I got my Mooney if that counts?
  10. 201er
    That closes up beautifully! Shame it only gives 4mph at most! I can see why they didn't standardize it on most models.
  11. 201er
    Relocating the airport is anything from impossible to potentially costing millions. If she hates it so much, why doesn't she move? I'm sure the airport is a major boost to the local economy. Perhaps airports should start launching more campaigns for relocating nuisance neighbors instead.
  12. 201er
    Yours totally has inner gear doors. Have you ever seen a piper from below? Their entire wheel is exposed!
  13. 201er
    Have any of you guys ever camped out at airports? Are most small/rural airports ok with pitching a tent and staying the night?
  14. 201er
    I can tell you for sure that my '78 201 has inner gear doors and all other vintages of 201 that I've seen have them as well. I think they just changed the layout of the gear doors a little in those later models.
  15. 201er
    *And the ones built before then that had a gear up since then and opted for the mod.
  16. 201er
    Just came across this (happened not too long ago in fact): http://www.rappnews.com/2012/03/08/no-fatalities-in-amissville-plane-crash/90243/ http://www.rappnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/r_planeClose-08web.jpg Nothing left but the roll cage. Fire must have consumed all of it. Both occupants survived!
  17. 201er
    Looking at those pics again, I can see how the passengers were relatively unharmed... but the legs!? Considering how we stick our legs practically into the engine compartment and looking how the engine and panel are entirely torn away, yikes!
  18. 201er
    aviatoreb put it very well. Even just looking at this crash, it is evident that the passenger compartment held up very well while the rest of the airplane disintegrated. This doesn't prove that others do it worse, but it does show how well the Mooney roll cage does hold together. Considering the majority of accidents happen on takeoff/landing, we are indeed looking at a speed range of 60-100 knots rather than 175! This was an example of one of them. So happy to see that everyone got out ok!
  19. 201er
    What were you doing? Cruising beyond yellow arc and slamming them shut??? Damn. Your plane is like a maintenance magnet! Or a maintenance gold mine depending from who's perspective you look at it!
  20. 201er
    Quote: allsmiles That escort plane in the background with the charactreristic "backwards" tail...what model Mooney is that??
  21. 201er
    Guess it didn't work out between your and your neighbors plane then? Thwarted by FAA bureaucracy!
  22. 201er
    You can't buy a plane to save money. It's practically unheard of. You do it cause you love to fly and would rather spend more time/money to do it yourself than to fly coach with the rest of the suckers.
  23. 201er
    No problem Seth. Wish you could have made it. Can you do me a favor and post our flier around anyway and mention it to other Mooney pilots? We really could use the biggest turn out we could get!
  24. 201er
    Here is the flier for our upcoming event: http://njmooney.com/mega-fly-in.pdf We'd really appreciate it if folks in the northeast could post these at their homefield and when they're out for a $100 hamburger. We really hope to be able to extend our invitation far and wide and get as many Mooneys from around here together to enjoy this event. We have some excellent speakers lined up and will be sharing those details once confirmed.
  25. 201er
    Quote: danb35 Is climb out really "very active"? Once past maybe 2000 MSL, I've got my clearance, proceeding on course, and still have 6000' or so to climb. I'd have two concerns with leaning for best power. First, the engine will definitely run hotter, and the reduced airflow available at climb airspeeds might not be enough. Second, how would you determine where 100 ROP was while in the climb? Lean to peak, enrich, and repeat every 1000' or so?
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