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Howdy all, I've been searching for some M20 blueprint type images, prints, or art to use in my office as decoration, but my searches have come up pretty short. Any chance that someone here has access to any high resolution or vector graphics that I might be able to repurpose to create what I'm wanting? I'd love to be able to produce a Mooney equivalent to something like this: Thanks! -JLG

Glad to hear that it's working out for you. I also transitioned to "my" Mooney from a Piper and the Mooney pedals are much lower to the floor. I added a "T" to the end of my GUMPS check to make sure that I wasn't inadvertently on the brakes during my transition training.

Just a quick update to let you all know that 38M was picked up by it's new owner yesterday. It was definitely a bittersweet day, but the new owner is an awesome guy with a great family, and I expect we'll see some posts from him in the not too distant future.

Thanks Matt, I'm going to post it on Barnstormers and Controller this week. I'm working with my mechanic to get it in for annual this week or next. I'm kicking myself for not having him start the annual before Christmas. I had high hopes for some extra stick time between Christmas and New Year's day that never came to fruition....

Howdy Trevor and Happy New Year! My apologies for the delayed response, but I just replied to your private message regarding the same topics.

I'd be more than happy to sell it to someone on Mooneyspace...

This is the type of feedback that I'm looking for, from you all. I'm a first time owner, so this is naturally my first time selling an airplane. When I was shopping for planes I tended to look at ASO and Trade-A-Plane more than Barnstormers, but that is just me. Maybe I should have started a poll in the miscellaneous section for "preferred shopping / selling service." I'll look into Barnstormers' ad rates and consider sending some business their way. Thanks for the feedback!

Was excited to see an email from ASO today with information on a prospective lead on my plane... Excitement faded pretty quickly when I read the message, as it was clearly a phishing attempt. I sent a quick / terse note back to the enquirer and sure enough, they replied back with a zip file attachment asking me to "open and run" the enclosed file so that I could verify if my airplane was the same model as the one in their file. Yeah, like I'm going to do that.... Reported the attempt to ASO and they're taking care of it. I can't stand a scammer / liar / thief.

Thanks for the follow-up. It might be less confusing to simply say recent fuel tank strip / reseal rather than listing flight times for these. Also, people that are less familiar with Mooney's might question the inclusion of this information altogether...

Thanks for the feedback! I've removed that information from the ad, but I think it will take ASO about 24 hours before the edits are published. I was considering posting the ad to Trade-A-Plane as well. Any other recommendations?

Thanks Bob, I appreciate it. I'm more than willing to accept feedback on the listing if anyone has anything constructive to offer.

If anyone is interested, I have my '67 C model listed on ASO for $47,500. Thanks! https://www.aso.com/listings/spec/ViewAd.aspx?id=167674 Times Tach Total Time: 3821 Tach Time SMOH: 1800 Time Since Prop Overhaul: 500 Time Since Prop Reseal / Repaint : 50 Time Since Mags Overhauled : 50 Time Since Tank Reseal: 4 hours (right), 50 hours (left) General No Damage History Continuous Logs Intact and Available (Hard Copy and Digital) Corrosion Free Panel PS Engineering 8000B Audio Panel - With audio recorder / playback and Auxiliary MP3 input Garmin GTN-650 WAAS GPS / Nav / Comm Garmin GI-106A CDI / Glideslope TKM MX11 Digital Secondary Comm NARCO NAV-122 Secondary NAV/ILS/LOC NARCO TSO 150 Mode-C Transponder Strike Finder Digital Tach Digital Davtron Chronometer / OAT / Voltmeter Upgrades Mooney 201 / J Windshield STC - Less than 100 hours on new windshield Upgraded 1/4" Windows Whelen LED Landing Light Whelen LED Beacon Whelen High Intensity Belly Strobe Retrofit standard 6-pack instrument panel Alternator conversion STC (factory power was via generator) Aero-Comfort Custom Leather wrapped yokes with dual PTT SkyTec Lightweight / Highspeed Starter Two Axis Autopilot (Accutrak II) coupled to primary and secondary nav Precise Flight Backup Vacuum System LED Ring lights on instruments (dimmable) LED Interior Map Lights (dimmable) New Prop control cable and modern vernier New Mixture control cable and modern vernier CorrosionX treatment

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What size do you want the resulting embroidery to be? I have a color and a black & white embroidery file in .PES format that my wife uses with her machine to customize shirts etc.

I considered posting an advertisement that started out with something like... "If you love Texas and like to go fast...."

I have to say that the 201 windshield upgrade made the cabin significantly larger. It was shocking how different the cockpit felt the first time I climbed in after the install. 38M is serial# 670109.

Thanks, it's certainly a reliable and capable machine. The tank reseal was a full strip and reseal, and was performed by my preferred on-field AP/AI.

Thanks for the input. From what I saw from the bank, they were valuing the GTN 650 like a standard WAAS GNS-430. While the 430 is a solid IFR GPS, the 650 should definitely be worth a little bit of a bump. Granted, I'm probably a little biased.

Thanks for the follow up! While it only has the Brittain AccuTrak setup, it is coupled to the GPS/Nav and the secondary Nav as well. It does a fantastic job of tracking the "magenta line" en route, but a little pilot assistance is preferred when intercepting a new course, if that new course is more than 20 degrees from your current heading. The $35k number is right in the ballpark for what the bank was happy to loan for the plane, while he and I were talking in the $42.5k - 45k range.

It makes sense to sell it at this point. I do have a friend that is very familiar with the plane that is interested in buying it as is. He's in the middle of building a new house, so cash is a little tight at the moment, and the bank will not loan what he and I had discussed as a purchase price. I was hoping to get a few "ballpark" estimates from you guys to see if the bank is way off base or he and I are off base on the pricing. If the plane is simply not worth what he and I had discussed, I may offer it to him at a lower price, or workout some other terms to make the deal work. I'd much rather sell the plane to someone that I know, and someone that is familiar with the plane, rather than having to deal with listing it publicly. I've always heard that the best time to sell something is when you have a buyer.

The E.I. Digital tach has a function to record flight time. From the manual... "The flight time tracker will begin recording time as soon as the engine speed reaches 2000 RPM, and will continue counting until the engine speed drops below 1200 RPM for more than 10 seconds." The idea is that you're definitely going to exceed 2000 RPMs during takeoff, and I'm pretty sure you'd have a hard time staying airborne at 1200 RPMs. :-) I'd need to look a little deeper through my documentation to see what minimum engine speed is required for the standard tach time to increment.

Thanks. 38M isn't perfect, but it does a fine job of turning heads on the ramp. We'd just had the cowling off for an oil change and I'll second Hanks input on the matter.

Howdy fellow Mooney owners. The time has come for me to list my beloved C model, and I would greatly appreciate some assistance in determining a reasonable asking price. Currently altered priorities make it difficult to justify continued ownership. Fortunately, a friend of mine is looking to get into a partnership in a newer Mooney in about 2-3 years and that should fall in line with when I'll be looking to own a plane again. Since the vintage mooney valuation tool is no longer maintained, I thought I'd ask you guys for some help. Edit: I probably should have mentioned originally, that the engine has solid compression on all cylinders, and doesn't use oil (or any more than any other lycoming that I've ever flown.) Specifics are as follows: Times Tach Total Time: 3821 Tach Time SMOH: 1800 Tach Total Flight Time: 2200 Time Since Prop Overhaul: 500 Time Since Prop Reseal / Repaint : 50 Time Since Mags Overhauled : 50 Time Since Tank Reseal: 4 hours (right), 50 hours (left) General No Damage History Continuous Logs Intact and Available (Hard Copy and Digital) Corrosion Free Panel PS Engineering 8000B Audio Panel - With audio recorder / playback and Auxiliary MP3 input Garmin GTN-650 WAAS GPS / Nav / Comm Garmin GI-106A CDI / Glideslope TKM MX11 Digital Secondary Comm NARCO NAV-122 Secondary NAV/ILS/LOC NARCO TSO 150 Mode-C Transponder Strike Finder Digital Tach Digital Davtron Chronometer / OAT / Voltmeter Upgrades LASAR 201 Windshield - Less than 100 hours on new windshield Upgraded 1/4" Windows Whelen LED Landing Light Whelen LED Beacon Whelen High Intensity Belly Strobe Retrofit standard 6-pack instrument panel Alternator conversion STC (factory power was via generator) Aero-Comfort Custom Leather wrapped yokes with dual PTT SkyTec Lightweight / Highspeed Starter Brittain Accutrak II coupled to primary and secondary nav Precise Flight Backup Vacuum System LED Ring lights on instruments (dimmable) LED Interior Map Lights (dimmable) New Prop control cable and modern vernier New Mixture control cable and modern vernier CorrosionX treatment Powerflow Exhaust

Can you share the SVG that you got from Mooney? Thanks!

That is absolutely beautiful.