John Mininger Posted February 13, 2017 Report Posted February 13, 2017 I have a friend based in the Florida Keys who is looking for a Mooney Service Center. Anyone have any experience and/or recommendations for LPC in Punta Gorda or Sarasota Avionics in Venice? Quote
flyboy0681 Posted February 13, 2017 Report Posted February 13, 2017 I've used Sarasota on numerous occasions, but their shop in Lantana, not Venice. They've always done a great job but one has to be careful with their estimates. Not familiar with LPC, but Premier at Ft Lauderdale Executive has a very good reputation - but it doesn't come cheap. Quote
ArtVandelay Posted February 13, 2017 Report Posted February 13, 2017 I used Sarasota Avionics in Punta Gorda, but only for avionics work. Quote
Bravoman Posted February 13, 2017 Report Posted February 13, 2017 I've heard great things about Phil Jimenez at Avon Park. Not technically an msc but I understand he used to work at one and is factory trained. Quote
flyboy0681 Posted February 13, 2017 Report Posted February 13, 2017 On 2/13/2017 at 7:03 PM, Bravoman said: I've heard great things about Phil Jimenez at Avon Park. Not technically an msc but I understand he used to work at one and is factory trained. Expand I probably should have mentioned Phil but thought John was looking specifically for a MSC. We use Phil for our annuals and I highly recommend him. Quote
Bravoman Posted February 13, 2017 Report Posted February 13, 2017 On 2/13/2017 at 7:05 PM, flyboy0681 said: I probably should have mentioned Phil but thought John was looking specifically for a MSC. We use Phil for our annuals and I highly recommend him. Expand From all the glowing recommendations I've heard I would love to give him a try. Wish he was located a bit more conveniently for me; seems like it might be hard to coordinate transportation for an annual out of Avon Park even though we have a place in St Augustine. Quote
flyboy0681 Posted February 13, 2017 Report Posted February 13, 2017 On 2/13/2017 at 7:10 PM, Bravoman said: From all the glowing recommendations I've heard I would love to give him a try. Wish he was located a bit more conveniently for me; seems like it might be hard to coordinate transportation for an annual out of Avon Park even though we have a place in St Augustine. Expand You may want to run that past him. He has a policy that if you pick him up, he will fly you home and then return the plane to Avon Park. St Augustine may be a bit out of the way for him, but you never know. He loves free time in Mooney's. 1 Quote
cb310 Posted February 14, 2017 Report Posted February 14, 2017 We had our annual done at LPC in November, 2016. The work was ok, the rates were ok, but the pace was SLOW. It took over three weeks to get the plane out of there and we didn't have anything special done. Quote
buddy Posted February 17, 2017 Report Posted February 17, 2017 If you have a place in St. Augustine why don't you try Daytona Aircraft Services at DAB they are a MSC. Give Jake a call he is very knowledgeable and a great guy to work with. 2 Quote
flyboy0681 Posted April 28, 2017 Report Posted April 28, 2017 On 4/28/2017 at 2:38 AM, Jim Peace said: Just picked up my M20c from Phil Jimenez in Avon Park FL. Flew it to NJ today with zero squawks........ Expand Good man that Phil. I worry that he's going to retire on us. Quote
Hector Posted April 28, 2017 Report Posted April 28, 2017 On 4/28/2017 at 2:57 AM, flyboy0681 said: Good man that Phil. I worry that he's going to retire on us. Nooooo. I was going to give him a try this year!Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
flyboy0681 Posted April 28, 2017 Report Posted April 28, 2017 On 4/28/2017 at 3:13 AM, Hector said: Nooooo. I was going to give him a try this year! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Expand I'm not saying that he is, just that he's "of that age". Quote
FLYFST Posted February 3, 2018 Report Posted February 3, 2018 Anyone else have a PIREP on Daytona Aircraft Services? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
mike_elliott Posted February 3, 2018 Report Posted February 3, 2018 Yep, while I have never had Daytona do any work personally, I have witnessed 3 planes that Jake's crew did prebuy/annuals on and I was impressed with his integrity and quality. He was very professional in his dealings with them. Daytona Aircraft service also donated an annual to the Mooney Summit's silent auction last year Quote
FLYFST Posted February 3, 2018 Report Posted February 3, 2018 On 2/3/2018 at 2:45 PM, mike_elliott said: Yep, while I have never had Daytona do any work personally, I have witnessed 3 planes that Jake's crew did prebuy/annuals on and I was impressed with his integrity and quality. He was very professional in his dealings with them. Daytona Aircraft service also donated an annual to the Mooney Summit's silent auction last year Thanks Mike, since I will be based at Spruce Creek it is nice that Daytona Aircraft Services also has a location there. I am also exploring use of PJ Airservices at Avon, while not an MSC, PJ seems to have a great reputation among FL Mooney owners.HankSent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote
Raptor05121 Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 Although not technically a MSC, I'd give a huge +1 to Arnold Holmes out of Leesburg (KLEE). He runs a shop called AvMech and is very Mooney proficient (he is completely restoring his M20E ground-up). Quote
FLYFST Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 On 2/4/2018 at 12:56 AM, Raptor05121 said: Although not technically a MSC, I'd give a huge +1 to Arnold Holmes out of Leesburg (KLEE). He runs a shop called AvMech and is very Mooney proficient (he is completely restoring his M20E ground-up). Thanks Raptor, I will also research Arnold.HankSent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
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