kmyfm20s Posted December 13, 2015 Report Posted December 13, 2015 You guys are motivating me to get the west coast group together! 1 Quote
bonal Posted December 13, 2015 Report Posted December 13, 2015 Looking at the photos of all you at the restaurant I'm thinking we need a seating chart for those of us not there. And yes a west coast get together would be great. I see your at Mongomery way south with locations so spread out hear in the Wild West I wonder what location would get the best turn out. Quote
Marauder Posted December 13, 2015 Report Posted December 13, 2015 Looking at the photos of all you at the restaurant I'm thinking we need a seating chart for those of us not there. And yes a west coast get together would be great. I see your at Mongomery way south with locations so spread out hear in the Wild West I wonder what location would get the best turn out. My biggest disappointment was Peter Garmin wasn't there. I had a couple of nice gifts picked out for him. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 3 Quote
carusoam Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Posted December 13, 2015 What a great day! Some things that come to mind.... 1) More than a dozen planes C, E, F, J, K, M, Rs and Mods 2) About 20 people. 3) Areas that people flew out from: Upstate NY, LI-NY, NYNY, CT, MA, PA, MD, DE 4) Most people in a Mooney was a family of three. 5) The youngest Mooniac was proving their visual acuity by pointing at airplanes in the distant sky. Forming words like 'Moonies are cool'. You had to listen really close to hear it... 6) The Best FBO for a Mooney Fly-In: TriState Aviation.com @ 47N, Central Jersey. Jodi DiPane and family really helped me organize the details of this part of the event. She ensured the continuity of our stay by visiting with us at the restaurant. 7) The Best Restaurant for a Mooney Fly-In: PIZZA'nPasta just down the hill from the tie down area in walking distance. PizzaPastaNJ.com. Mark, Charlotte and crew had us all set up in our private dining room. Wifi was made available to help our group plan the next flight segments. Photos started going on line shortly after that. 8) Cool technology on display: - Erik's composite four blade prop, a P51 pilot would be happy with the various attributes and the look! - Rob TakAir's automated mixture control. FAA compliant technology built by a Mooney pilot! 9) Some people came early and others stayed late. No surprises, nothing broke... 10) Advantages of being early... - you get to see some really awesome airmanship by experienced Mooney pilots. - nobody sees you land if your airmanship is less than awesome. 11) The price of 100LL had slipped below $4 while we organized the event. $3.95 for fly-in day! 12) Longest Mooney ownership resent was represented in decades. 13) Newest Mooney ownership was represented in months. 14) Gifts and cash were collected for Toys for Tots. More details will be provided. Thanks you, you are generous people! 15) At least three ships brought family, a few brought friends. 16) The weather was wonderful. The people are awesome. 17) Our real life personalities are much better than our 2D electronic avatars can capture. 18) Reminder for setting up a fly-in. There are still Mooniacs that are not on MS. They need to be contacted by email. When you contact them by email list, they may not respond. But they do show up via Mooney. Thank you to all that could come out and to those that wanted to but were unable. Special thanks to Mike, 201er, David Letterman's birdman, stinky pants, the recently married world traveler...I remember the planning that went into the first NJMooney fly-in. (I received my phone call from Patrick). Thanks for letting me step up and thanks for supplying some ideas. Additional thanks to my wife that came around with me on the first visits to the FBO and Restaurant. I couldn't afford to forget or misunderstand something that important. See you soon, -a- 5 Quote
MooneyBob Posted December 13, 2015 Report Posted December 13, 2015 It was my first but really great. WE HAVE TO DO THAT MORE OFTEN. Sorry I had to leave a little bit earlier but I had 3 hours flight to NC to pick my Marine for holidays. See you next time. 2 Quote
DXB Posted December 13, 2015 Report Posted December 13, 2015 Neat event for a newbie- thanks to Anthony for organizing! Only regret is not being able to have my bird there- next time! 3 Quote
Lance Keve Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 Great to meet you all and look at your planes. Here's the hungry bunch heading to lunch. Thanks Anthony for organizing. Regards, Lance 2 Quote
StevenL757 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 My first Mooney function also...wife and I really enjoyed meeting everyone. Agree we need more of these. Many thanks to Anthony for driving this. 3 Quote
bradp Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 As opposed to the longest leg after the event, I think we had the shortest leg at 3m12s between Central Jersey and Princeton. Flew the the rest of the way back to Pittsburgh last night. "Enjoyed" 24 kts on the nose and C152 speeds most of the way. Around Johnstown noticed I was getting flashes of green laser light from those nifty new Christmas lights, but I guess they're really popular because it kept on happening over and over. Me: "JST app 1 mi SE of my position there's a lot of laser light activity from Christmas lights". App: "Thank you." Wife: "well bah humbug" Me: "JST app my copilot says I'm bah humbug" App: "we think so too... But we did get a memo before". :-) 3 Quote
Shadrach Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 I too enjoyed meeting everyone. It was a great event and I look forward to the next!. Quote
MooneyBob Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 On 12/12/2015 at 0:38 AM, 201er said: Soory, cant make it. Since my bird is still in the shop, made other plans already. Next time. Mike, You were only one with real camera. Where are the pictures? Quote
Marauder Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 On 12/12/2015 at 0:38 AM, 201er said: Soory, cant make it. Since my bird is still in the shop, made other plans already. Next time. Mike, You were only one with real camera. Where are the pictures? He is still recovering from the flight. Remember, he was flown over and back in a Cessna. He must be totally traumatized. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
kmyfm20s Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 I wish Mike a speedy recovery! Quote
carusoam Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Posted December 14, 2015 Alan and Chris(?) are known for heading west before heading home. Last time was Cleveland via Bonanza... I Just informed my wife where the RRHoF really is this week. Using the Cessna, they could still be traveling! Best regards, -a- 1 Quote
Alan Fox Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 It carries enough fuel!!!! (92 Gallons) Quote
FlyDave Posted December 15, 2015 Report Posted December 15, 2015 On December 13, 2015 at 8:00 AM, kmyfm20s said: You guys are motivating me to get the west coast group together! M20s - let's get this put together. Maybe January 1, 2 or 10. I'm going to the altitude chamber ride on the 9th in St. George, UT. I'll probably leave that Friday late afternoon and come home after the Saturday afternoon chamber ride. If anyone wants to go with me please message me. If it's just NorCal and SoCal attendees then KSBP is a good halfway point. If there are people flying down from OR and WA then maybe somewhere around the Bay Area or Watsonville/Monterey would work better. I'll start a new thread for this. 1 Quote
Robert C. Posted December 15, 2015 Report Posted December 15, 2015 1 hour ago, 201er said: Awesome! Thanks Mike Quote
Marauder Posted December 15, 2015 Report Posted December 15, 2015 I come home, open Tapatalk and there is Alan's face staring at me. Thanks for ruining dinner! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote
carusoam Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Posted December 17, 2015 Following up with another photo.... These are all of the gifts that were donated for kids. (Post photo here) You people really came through. Happy Holidays, -a- Quote
Shadrach Posted December 17, 2015 Report Posted December 17, 2015 31 minutes ago, carusoam said: Following up with another photo.... These are all of the gifts that were donated for kids. (Post photo here) You people really came through. Happy Holidays, -a- That's a great looking spread... Quote
carusoam Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Posted December 17, 2015 Note to self: Remember to take photos using realistic memory requirements.... ugh, -a- Quote
Shadrach Posted December 17, 2015 Report Posted December 17, 2015 Just now, carusoam said: Wow... even better! I'm beginning to think we just did Anthony's Christmas shopping for him. Quote
carusoam Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Posted December 17, 2015 I can upload some photos... This one is of my favorite EMS worker. We met four years ago while I was out for a jog. Best regards, -a- 1 Quote
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