How long have you gone without flying your Mooney?

[flyboy0681]

Three months due to the overhaul, which was much longer than I ever thought it would take. The first delay came in getting the tear down completed, then deciding what to do and finally having the work done. Then our A&P had to hang it, which seemed to take forever. It didn't help that all of this took place during the holiday season. 

[RobertGary1]

2 years once. I had an engine failure and took my time searching for a new engine. Not a simple task when you don't have a usable core to rebuild. However, I was flying my V tail Bo and the T206 at the time as well. I also had well over 1000 hours in the Mooney before the layover. 

I don't recall having any issues getting back into it after the engine change. I changed the engine on the ramp and then had to fly it out on a permit to do the annual.

 

-Robert

[Oldguy]

Hand surgery took me out for 12 weeks last year. PT after it was not right took another 4 later in the year. After I finished that round of abuse, we flew ~20 hours in the next three weeks. Making up for lost time.

[Mooneymite]

Since my paycheck depends on my flying, I try to fly regularly.  

[bonal]

  On 3/23/2017 at 10:20 PM, Mooneymite said:

Since my paycheck depends on my flying, I try to fly regularly.  

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Since my flying depends on my pay check I try to do that too

[salty]

  On 3/19/2017 at 2:23 AM, bonal said:

I won't take a passenger for a flight after the annual except the mech that worked on it post annual we are truly test pilots

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Ha. I made my IA fly the first flight with me after the owner assisted annual I helped with. I figured we both had skin in the game, so only fair. 

[geoffb]

Mine sat for 3 years without me flying.  Busted the rust off pretty quick.

[Jeev]

About 2 months was the longest since I've owned my J, that was during an annual and engine overhaul.  I make an effort to go fly once a week even if its just for an hour but sometime got 10 days or so.  Just got the J back from annual and it was down for 30days, I was a little rusty but still safe.

[Yetti]

About 2.5 months after working through gear issues at annual.  So the first flight was several fast taxi followed by the RTS flight up above the airport.  Then a couple of self imposed check out flights before passengers.