adrian Posted April 11, 2014 Report Posted April 11, 2014 Well, not quite.... but a very glossy Chinese language GA magazine has been produced, and to celebrate the Chinese acquisition of Mooney they decided to feature a Mooney on the front cover. They could have chosen the latest Acclaim or Ovation, but that would have been boring. So instead they chose a very nice picture of me flying my 1966 M20E over the coast of Maine. Perhaps they will be restarting production of the E? 8 Quote
Hector Posted April 11, 2014 Report Posted April 11, 2014 Very cool!!!! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote
ArtVandelay Posted April 11, 2014 Report Posted April 11, 2014 BTW, Chinese like the color red, so that might have something to do with it Quote
adrian Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Posted April 11, 2014 How did they get your picture?? I think they bought the picture from a UK magazine that featured my aircraft on its cover last year. I wish I'd known in advance. I would have paid to run an ad saying "Beat the queues! Own the first Mooney in China! No premium over factory list prices!!" Quote
Mooney65E Posted April 12, 2014 Report Posted April 12, 2014 Awesome! I hope they sent you a couple copies! Quote
Ned Gravel Posted April 12, 2014 Report Posted April 12, 2014 I am in Shanghai as I read this, on my way to Honolulu and I was hoping to tell someone here that I am a Mooney Driver and show them pictures of my aircraft (also an E model), but it never came up. I was thinking that they might invite me to talk about it and demonstrate the operation of the Johnson bar and then ........ ..... OK, maybe not. But there can't be any harm in thinking about it, can there? Quote
pinerunner Posted April 12, 2014 Report Posted April 12, 2014 It certainly shows they have class and good taste. Quote
pinerunner Posted April 12, 2014 Report Posted April 12, 2014 You were featured on the cover in the UK too! Was it "The Rolling Stone" ? Any other magazine covers? Did you buy 5 copies for your mother? 1 Quote
sreid Posted April 12, 2014 Report Posted April 12, 2014 It certainly shows they have class and good taste. Well maybe. My first thought is that they stole the picture from the original publisher and used it for their cover shot, not having a clue that it's a ~45 year old airplane instead of a brand new $700k airplane (nothing against the plane, it looks nice and mine's coming up on 50 years old too). To those of you who have been to China or know something more about the country: is there any private media there, or is it all run and supervised by the state? Quote
adrian Posted April 12, 2014 Author Report Posted April 12, 2014 They may not have had a clue what it is (though I like to think that they just selected the very best Mooney!) but there was no theft involved. They asked the British publisher for Mooney pictures and articles, and paid before use. Quote
carusoam Posted April 14, 2014 Report Posted April 14, 2014 Watch how things like capitalism and Christianity spread... Good for self guided people Mooneys are good for self guided people too. Best regards, -a- Quote
Jimhamilton Posted April 14, 2014 Report Posted April 14, 2014 Hhmmmm......general aviation exists in China? Didn't know that. However, a very nice picture of a beautiful aircraft being expertly flown. Quote
ArtVandelay Posted April 14, 2014 Report Posted April 14, 2014 Hhmmmm......general aviation exists in China? Didn't know that. However, a very nice picture of a beautiful aircraft being expertly flown. It's growing, both China and Brazil, big countries that do not have our transportation infrastructure need ga aviation. My flight school brings students in from both countries. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
cujet Posted April 15, 2014 Report Posted April 15, 2014 Ohhhhhhhhhhhh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great pic. A pic like that speaks volumes. Classic airplane, flying "freely" over the coast. Freedom itself! 1 Quote
rbridges Posted April 15, 2014 Report Posted April 15, 2014 how did you run across it? I'm not currently subscribed to any Chinese flying magazines. Quote
ncdmtb Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 Thanks for sharing! Cool stuff.... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
adrian Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Posted April 18, 2014 A pic like that speaks volumes. Classic airplane, flying "freely" over the coast. Freedom itself! It looks like I'm flying "freely", but in fact I have rarely worked so hard trying to stay in close formation with the camera ship as we turned so the photographer could get just the right shot! I love the result, though - well worth the effort. Quote
adrian Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Posted April 18, 2014 how did you run across it? I'm not currently subscribed to any Chinese flying magazines. They sent a copy to the UK publisher (who also took the picture). He's a friend, and passed it on to me. Much as I like this issue, I don't think I'll be subscribing! Quote
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