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(CAUTION: Somewhat esoteric and not guaranteed to be the easiest way.) I wanted my POH in an iPad readable and searchable format - but this process turned out to be far from simple. Here is the process you can follow to obtain the same result. If you're not familiar with PDF documents, it stands for "Portable Document Format" and is a specific type of file (it uses the file extension ".pdf") that almost any computer or mobile device can read. I purchased a PDF version of my POH from Essco Aircraft and downloaded it a few days later. While the scanning quality was good, it was printed "2 up" and all the pages were out of order. It was as if someone took a center-stapled book, removed the staples, and scanned the whole stack. Think about that for a second and you'll understand the problem. Steps: Download this file from the Mooney website and look up the correct part number of the POH for your aircraft. Go to Essco Aircraft and find the appropriate POH that matches your part number. Purchase the "download" version of your POH. You should receive a download link within 24-48 hours. Dowload "Briss" from Sourceforge.net. This universal app (Runs on OS X, Windows, and Linux) allows you to "crop" the individual pages out of the "2 up" PDF doc you get from Essco and divide them into single pages. It took some fooling around and several attempts to figure it out, but I finally made it work. Use a PDF editing program like Adobe Acrobat, PDFPen (for OS X), or other to assemble and reorder the single pages after you use Briss to crop them. (Optional) Use an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program to scan the document into a searchable format. For OS X, I use "OCRKit" available on the app store or from the developer. Import into "Goodreader" (or other PDF reader) app on the iPad and iPhone for electronic access to your POH! Again, not guaranteed to be easy but you can do it. If you have trouble, send me a message and I'll try to help. Jason

Nice work! What is the make/model of the jack you're using?

I just read a post where someone mentioned they flew with a toolkit that had a specific size wrench and some gun oil to clean injectors with. It got me to thinking that there are probably a lot of people with good ideas about what to carry on board. So my questions are: What tools and items do you fly with? If any of them are aircraft or Mooney specific, where did you purchase them? What types of repairs/maintenance are you anticipating you might perform with these tools When this thread exhausts itself, I'll compile a full list and re-post it for everyone. Regards, JP

Sorry, hit "submit" too soon. I spent a whole day over at Cole Aviation a few months back talking to Joey about a J Model I'm looking at buying while he worked on different airpalnes. All the while, he gave wisdom and anecdotes about various models and maintenance issues that he's encountered. While I was there, at least two customers flew in for minor service work which he performed on the spot and I got a chance to ask them about their experience with Cole Aviation and both reports were glowing. Joey is an honest gentleman and has an encyclopedic knowledge of Mooneys. If you live in or near GA, especially in Atlanta - he's your go to guy. All the others mentioned above are also good, but there's no substitute for a really good shop that's practically in your backyard.

Joey Cole of Cole Aviation in Rome, GA.