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I am a complete noobie considering private aviation as an alternative to commercial flights from Eugene, OR to the San Francisco Bay Area. I am considering the Mooney 305 Rocket because of its speed, seating capacity and matched range. I am interested in hearing from other Mooney Rocket 305 owners out there if this makes sense. In particular, I am interested in a deeper understanding of the cost-of-operation for this model as well as qualitative impressions. The trip I would do is around 403 nm, I welcome any comments on this idea, including how much flying experience I would need before it would be reasonable to start flying a plane like this. Many Thanks, Steve
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Many intelligent, highly experienced Mooney pilots on the forum. Kindly ask your advice. Rather than commute from MSP (Minneapolis) to XNA (Arkansas) each week for work am considering obtaining my pilots license and instrument rating, and purchasing a fast / efficient Mooney. Economics are close to breakeven, but the upside is I obtain a useful skill. My concern is weather. Is it reasonable for me to believe I could regularly make this trip (fly down Monday morning, fly back up on Friday afternoon)? More specifically, how flexible (due to weather) would my schedule likely have to be in order for me to believe I could pull this off??? Many thanks...
