Annual at Oasis Aero, Willmar MN

[Deb]

We recently had our annual done at Oasis Aero in Willmar, Minnesota, and it was a terrific experience. After meeting Paul and Eric at the Mooney Summit, we felt very comfortable bringing our Mooney to them for annual. They have impressive Mooney expertise and familiarity, and performed a meticulous inspection. They detected missing shims in the nosegear and rerigged the main gear doors; this resulted in a cruise speed gain of 5 knots! Who knew? It must have been like that for ages!

Paul and Eric are great teachers and they gave us tons of education and advice. We were allowed to participate (slow things down) as much as we wanted, and learned about expected wear points and problem areas. We'd add that they were the only ones to work on our airplane.

We also saw Weep No More's impressive tank resealing operation. Paul really knows all about the tanks, from the stripping to the multistep resealing process. After seeing this, we understand why so few people do it well.

Finally, they are great guys and a pleasure to work with. They extended us loads of hospitality and even provided us with a crew car when Enterprise decided that they didn't have any cars to rent. In a host of other areas, they went way above and beyond what we expected.

In sum, we flew 8 hours to Willmar for our annual and it was well worth the trip! It was by far the best annual experience we've had.

As a bonus, this was also there:

[Danb]

Great to hear, I also didn't return. Hopefully see you at the summit

Dan

[carusoam]

Nice Pirep, D&D!

Best regards,

-a-

[rbridges]

He's been a great supporter of the mooney summit, too.  He seems like a pretty nice guy.  I'd definitely do annuals with Oasis if they were closer.

[neilpilot]

1 hour ago, rbridges said:

He's been a great supporter of the mooney summit, too.  He seems like a pretty nice guy.  I'd definitely do annuals with Oasis if they were closer.

+1  Oasis Aero has donated an annual to the auction that will occur at Mooney Summit V.

[Bravoman]

5 hours ago, rbridges said:

He's been a great supporter of the mooney summit, too.  He seems like a pretty nice guy.  I'd definitely do annuals with Oasis if they were closer.

Rob, who does your annuals? Cole or somebody closer to middle Ga?

[rbridges]

3 minutes ago, Bravoman said:

Rob, who does your annuals? Cole or somebody closer to middle Ga?

I've had someone local doing it up to this point, but I'm going to Cole at the end of the month.  I wanted to have an MSC take a look at it with a fresh set of eyes.

[Bravoman]

4 minutes ago, rbridges said:

I've had someone local doing it up to this point, but I'm going to Cole at the end of the month.  I wanted to have an MSC take a look at it with a fresh set of eyes.

I knew you had been there for other stuff but wasn't sure about your annuals. I like those guys a lot. Have always been fair to me and done good work. And they definitely know Mooneys.

[mike_elliott]

4 hours ago, neilpilot said:

+1  Oasis Aero has donated an annual to the auction that will occur at Mooney Summit V.

And not only that, Paul Beck just called and said Eric and he would like to also co-sponsor the Friday night reception, along with Weep no More, and Premier Aircraft!.

Guys, the varietals of wine selection just jumped up to all 90+ RAS to help the fantastic catering that will be provided by Catering by Bob once again

Thanks Eric, Paul. You guys are amazing!

 

 

[rbridges]

30 minutes ago, Bravoman said:

I knew you had been there for other stuff but wasn't sure about your annuals. I like those guys a lot. Have always been fair to me and done good work. And they definitely know Mooneys.

he did the bladders and repaired a few things over the years.  It's a really friendly shop.

[mike_elliott]

2 hours ago, rbridges said:

I've had someone local doing it up to this point, but I'm going to Cole at the end of the month.  I wanted to have an MSC take a look at it with a fresh set of eyes.

Consider AGL if Oasis is too far, they are donating an annual inspection to the Mooney Summit silent auction this year, Lynn and Tamara - great people!

EDIT: I understand you can talk your way onto a boat ride with Eric and Paul if you schedule your annual with Oasis around July 4th

 

Also Daytona aircraft has an annual in our silent auction! Jake has been an outstanding supporter of the Mooney community, and now is supporting our charity, the Bill Gilliland foundation for downed Mooney pilot's families. Thanks Lynn, Jake!