How long have you owned your Mooney?

[jma201]

40 years in the family for N201JJ.  Dad and a partner bought new when the 201 came out.    I bought my half in 1994.

[Hedge]

3.5 years and over 600 hours.  I use my bird mostly to pick up my kids from college and to fly to job site across the country.

[PMcClure]

4 years and 400+ hours With the Ovation and another 3 years with the F. 

 

[XXX]

10 months, 130 hours. Would have been more hours, but it's been at the avionics shop for the past month.

[FoxMike]

13 yrs and 1600 hrs. Many10s of thousands of dollars.

[Mooneymite]

37 minutes ago, FoxMike said:

Many10s of thousands of dollars.

Shhhhhhhh!  

[Pritch]

13 yr and 650 hrs in my 63C and then stopped flying for 13 yrs and now 9 months and 50 hrs in my 84k.

Pritch

 

[Joe Zuffoletto]

I had my M20K Encore for 11 years, from 2000 until 2011. Then I traded it for my Acclaim which I've now had for 5 years.

[carusoam]

Time flies...

10 years with the C.

7 years with the O.

Best regards,

-a-

 

[bonal]

17n that's an incredible life span 41 years seems too me like you would be selling a member of your family not sure how one could do that unless your no longer flying. Congratulations on a great run with your family airplane. For us it's only been about 3.5 years I'd have to review my logs for the hours sadly all I can say is not as many as I'd like. 

[ArtVandelay]

3 hours ago, jma201 said:

40 years in the family for N201JJ.  Dad and a partner bought new when the 201 came out.    I bought my half in 1994.

That's great, do you have kids that have aspirations to become pilots?

[ohdub]

My J is my first airplane, I've had her for 1.6 years and logged 170 hours so far. I still get excited every time I go out to the hangar, even if I'm not going flying.

[aviatoreb]

6 years.

[NotarPilot]

I'm about 9 days shy of 4.75 years. I've put about 370 hours on the tach. I financed my plane but had I saved that money to this day I probably could have bought her outright. I still wouldn't change a thing and still can't believe I own (with the bank) an airplane. As Burt Routan said in reference to flight, "...It's a better way of transportation." I use mine to commute to work quite a bit.

[Bob_Belville]

6 hours ago, 201er said:

5 years. Feels longer. Maybe that's cause I've logged 1007 hours since purchase. Why don't you guys put your hours along with years.

2674 hours in M20E. 

[jma201]

That's great, do you have kids that have aspirations to become pilots?

They are 19 and 17. We'll see. I hope so.


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[jlunseth]

7.5 years, 1100 hrs.

 

 

[nels]

About four years. First 1 1/2  years the E was n the shop, then  I bought a J a few months ago. Put about 60 on the E and about seven on the J. Hope to improve those numbers. The car in the garage I've owner for 44 years.

[Hank]

21 hours ago, Hank said:

Nine and a half years and counting . . . Bought her five weeks after completing my PPL. But then again, there's a car in my garage right now that I've had just over twenty years, so the Mooney is not in any danger.

Update:  nine and a half years and almost 700 hours for the Mooney. Twenty years, five months and 49,000 miles on the pleasure car.

[rbridges]

7 hours ago, 201er said:

5 years. Feels longer. Maybe that's cause I've logged 1007 hours since purchase. Why don't you guys put your hours along with years.

Because people like you make me feel bad. Lol. I've put around 350 hours on it during those 6 years. I make a point to run it for at least an hour every couple weeks so she's not getting neglected. 

[Hector]

A little over 5 years and 500 hours in my C. Still get excited when I go to the airport.

[Danb]

1977 J---3 years traded for my 1988 J

1988 J---18 years traded for my 2005 M

2005 M---11 years

Answering the survey. 11 years--- but 32 years of continuous Mooney ownership. Approx 3100 hours

[mooney17n]

Live to hear all the other Mooney live affairs!  U guys are making me think I should keep it!!

[Joe Zuffoletto]

I flew 710 hours in my Encore and I'm up to 210 in my Acclaim.

[Mcstealth]

1 hour ago, Joe Zuffoletto said:

I flew 710 hours in my Encore and I'm up to 210 in my Acclaim.

I have argued the Encore is the best of the breed. Is the Acclaim "that much better" than the Encore?