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Parker_Woodruff Grand Master

Parker_Woodruff

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JD is a good friend and business associate of mine. I've mostly been biting my tongue till this deal finally went into place. Texas now has another great MSC. JD and his wife are both A&Ps and I'm certain will support the Mooney fleet very well.

Congrats, JD and Laura!!

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gsxrpilot Grand Master

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I just went by the shop and met JD and Laura. I think I'll be very happy to support their business going forward. I've booked my C in for an oil change on day one... which might be a month or so. They've got a lot of work to do before opening for business. Both seem to be great people and will be welcomed into the local Mooney community.

Rumor has it that Laura flew a Pipistrel motor glider to Oshkosh and back a couple of years ago!

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Apparently it's not needed, but I'll put my additional recommendation as well. I've known JD for several years now, consider him a personal friend, and had the pleasure of meeting his kickass wife today as well. They are both honest and ready to work! I know they're going to get slammed very quickly with all you guys chomping at the bit for some Mooney work!

 

N1395W as far as I know he has the STC's for some mods - not sure which ones - if any, he'll be implementing. I would follow up with him in a few weeks once they get all setup and see what the status is. My understanding is they will be continuing Russel's Mods.

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Bob_Belville Grand Master

Bob_Belville

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I notice that they offer bladders manufactured by Aero Tech Service - Los Angeles. I did not pull up O&N but appears they're the same. The only Mooney bladders I recall being mentioned on MS is O&N. ?

garytex Proficient

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 Before he died Russell told me that his STC's were for a fiberglass resin that was no longer manufactured. And the FAA had indicated to him that they would want to go through the entire process again to use a different resin. Start over and he wasn't willing to do so.  

I have a full boat of the mods and I don't know if that's the reason my plane is fast but it's fast, 155 kt   At 75% power and 7500 feet measured by averaged four way GPS (  it's an M 20 F)

 I'm happy to have another good movie service center close at hand this is good news.

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DaV8or Grand Master

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11 hours ago, garytex said:

 Before he died Russell told me that his STC's were for a fiberglass resin that was no longer manufactured. And the FAA had indicated to him that they would want to go through the entire process again to use a different resin. Start over and he wasn't willing to do so.  

I have a full boat of the mods and I don't know if that's the reason my plane is fast but it's fast, 155 kt   At 75% power and 7500 feet measured by averaged four way GPS (  it's an M 20 F)

 I'm happy to have another good movie service center close at hand this is good news.

I have many of Russell's mods too. Primary being the "201 Style" cowl. This is a pretty good mod. It's part way between what Sabermech is doing and a total factory 201 cowl conversion. I keep thinking of doing the factory 201 cowl conversion and I wonder if the SWTA STCs will be transferable in the future. If I went with a real 201 cowl, I'd like to sell my SWTA cowl, but if the STC is not transferable... that would suck.

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garytex Proficient

garytex

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Just gossip, but I heard that airport management is giving them some trouble about their hangar space.  Hope it isn't true.

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