So, I flew my plane for the first time today...

[231Pilot]

What a great flight to start out your love affair with your Mooney!  Congratulations!

[DaV8or]

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No problem Dave, I'm glad I was able to help. How did you like your flight with Richard?

[trjymr]

So Ive had my bird right at month and I love it! Im still waiting for a hangar and hopefully should have one soon!  My autopilot/wingleveler isnt working right now so Im hoping to get that going once I get a hangar.  I just bought myself a Lightspeed Zulu headset so im looking foward to my flight with it!  I havent named my bird but my dogs just had puppies and I decieded to keep one so I named him Mooney!  Flying is just a dream come true, and flying a Mooney is just..... no words to describe it!  I hope I never wake up from this dream come true.

[jax88]

Throw on those Lightspeeds and head over to Stephenville for some Hard 8 BBQ!

[KLRDMD]

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My autopilot/wingleveler isnt working right now so Im hoping to get that going once I get a hangar. 

[trjymr]

OH Hard Eights!  Hit them up just last Fri!  Good stuff.  And I fig it was the servos, I have a mechanic thats gonna look at it for me, but the airports giving him a hard time so I have to wait untill I get my own hangar.  How much did it cost you to swap out all the servos?

[KLRDMD]

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OH Hard Eights!  Hit them up just last Fri!  Good stuff.  And I fig it was the servos, I have a mechanic thats gonna look at it for me, but the airports giving him a hard time so I have to wait untill I get my own hangar.  How much did it cost you to swap out all the servos?

[DaV8or]

Quote: trjymr

So Ive had my bird right at month and I love it! Im still waiting for a hangar and hopefully should have one soon!  My autopilot/wingleveler isnt working right now so Im hoping to get that going once I get a hangar.  I just bought myself a Lightspeed Zulu headset so im looking foward to my flight with it!  I havent named my bird but my dogs just had puppies and I decieded to keep one so I named him Mooney!  Flying is just a dream come true, and flying a Mooney is just..... no words to describe it!  I hope I never wake up from this dream come true.

[Earl]

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Dave, Breadman and dmevans,

Congratulations fellows on your new Mooney's. You have bought yourselves a great airplane and you are about to start a love affair.

I know it is wrong to love a thing, but dang I love my Mooney.  She gets more beautiful everytime I look at her. Those long sleek wings, that well proportioned body with curves in all the right places and that tight little tail. Despite the great looks, she has a great personality that speaks of speed and efficiencies and boy does she like to perform.

I am no Mooney expert, being a low time pilot with about 35 hours in my Mooney, but I would add that in addition to airspeed control on final and flying a stabilized approach, holding the correct attitude at touchdown is another key to making a good landings.  (Don't ask me how I know ). I usually land with full nose up trim, which helps helps on a nose heavy 262.

Life (particularly work) conspired to take me away from my Mooney and I hadn't flown her for eight weeks before last weekend.  I was a little apprehensive about flying and in fact asked my wife's CFI to ride "shot gun" on my first flight.  Turned out to be a non-issue.  I made three of my best landings and never felt behind the plane.   While I was in Australia, I mentally flew my Mooney everyday by rehersing (in my head) the "flows" and checklists. 

Enjoy!

Alan 

 

 

[KLRDMD]

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