Rmag Posted April 11, 2017 Report Posted April 11, 2017 I sent my Dad the December 2016 Aviation Consumer article on the Mooney 201 M20J. I bought a M20J last year and it reminds my Dad of his first airplane. He wrote me this email today: GREAT ARTICLE ABOUT A GREAT AIRPLANE - NOTHING SO FAST ON SO LITTLE FUEL ON 200HP! N5785Q was owned privately and billed 15 cents per mile when on business. (It was his personal plane but he used it for business and billed the business 15 cents per mile.) Answering your question: - It was a 1965 M20E bought for $10,205.70 on January 31st 1969, with 600 hours, Electric gear, 200HP, power boost, 52 gallons, Gross WT. 2575lbs, FLOWN LONG RANGE MOSTLY AT 10,000ft., 2,300RPM, 21"MP, 10.3GPH, 63%PWR, RANGE: 5.00 hours over 766nm no reserve, at 152kts airspeed. HIGH SPEED CRUISE – Gross WT. 2575lbs 5,000ft, 2,400RPM, 25"MP, 12.2GPH, 77%PWR, RANGE: 4.27 hours over 676nm no reserve, at 158kts airspeed. _______________ He eventually sold it and moved onto a Cessna 310 twin in the early to mid 70's which is the first airplane I can remember as a child. I can't remember the Mooney. When I got this email I looked it up and I see that greg51 is the current owner of my Dad's first plane. Cool to see that the plane is still around and being flown to this day. My Dad is 73 and still flying. Here is a photo of N5785Q when he owned it: 14 1 Quote
greg51 Posted April 11, 2017 Report Posted April 11, 2017 Thats awesome, thanks for finding me, that old pic is really cool. I have done a lot of upgrades to her in the past year. 2 1 Quote
rbridges Posted April 11, 2017 Report Posted April 11, 2017 8 minutes ago, greg51 said: Thats awesome, thanks for finding me, that old pic is really cool. I have done a lot of upgrades to her in the past year. Hey greg, I'll pay you 15 cents a mile to fly me around. Quote
MBDiagMan Posted April 11, 2017 Report Posted April 11, 2017 Sorry Bridges, I am going to outbid you. I offer 16 cents.:) 1 Quote
carusoam Posted April 11, 2017 Report Posted April 11, 2017 Dad's and planes... the only thing better.... Dads and Mooneys! Best regards, -a- Quote
1964-M20E Posted April 11, 2017 Report Posted April 11, 2017 Heck y'all less than 2 hours apart. You need to coordinate and let dad see his old flame am fly her again. 1 Quote
john68 Posted December 23, 2017 Report Posted December 23, 2017 She is still flying that retro gold paint scheme was awesome! Quote
Pictreed Posted December 25, 2017 Report Posted December 25, 2017 Mine was made in September of 65 but the N number is 5697Q but the SN is higher. That's odd, I figured it would all be sequential. Quote
carusoam Posted December 25, 2017 Report Posted December 25, 2017 There are many odd reasons why the SN and tail number get out of order... SNs are assigned early on in the process.... Tail numbers are set at registration time and get painted at the end.... The Mooney history covers the details. A couple of SNs are really interesting on how they fell out of line and showed up later... The 60s and machine SNs were not a well defined or greatly appreciated part of the manufacturing process as they are today... PP thoughts only, not a Mooney historian... Best regards, -a- Quote
AaronC Posted December 26, 2017 Report Posted December 26, 2017 That is so cool. I hope my kids can find my plane(s) 40 years from now. And more importantly, I hope both the plane and myself are still flying then. 1 Quote
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