Mooney for Business Travel

[smccray]

58 minutes ago, brian] said:

TBM (or the Piper equivalent) is likely where I'll land - if the wallet can ever handle it. FIKI is possible on the Ovation and Bravo? That give me something to focus on when learning.

 

ixnay on the selling the 35 ... aye....

That's a polished C170 in the background owned by one of the locals at the strip I hangar the 35 at.

 

 

FIKI is available on both the Ovation and the Bravo and they're not that rare either.  Controller only has 86 Mooneys for sale at the moment which is crazy low.

I guess that shows how well I can tell the difference between a 170 and a 180...

[carusoam]

For constant reliable long distance travel...

It is Best to have the plane and pilot skills be a match.

A FIKI Long Body is a great machine.

Brian, do you have the IR and experience already or are you adding that to the list?

Best regards,

-a-

 

[brian]]

Good point and I'm adding that now -IR and experience. Not that the 400+ hours I have now doesn't count, but I'll be using the A35 to get some of needed IMC and related experience. I've seen my share of posts over the past decade where someone buys a SR22 (or similar) and starts flying all over the country. I guess I'm not that rich, bold or something. This process will take a while (sorry if someone was hoping for a quick sale of a fast Mooney).

Anyway, I'll likely pull the trigger on something at some point - I'm just here to learn a few options along the way ..

 

[carusoam]

 

Every now and then we get great newbies that aren't aware of how much training and experience and hardware is used for good reliable x-country Travel...

One of our members only flew about 10 miles between Home and work.  Not a lot of high altitude, X-country experience needed for that... 

When discussing plane requirements, you usually get asked a bunch of questions like what is your flying mission?

The more you can reveal about yourself and where you want to be... the better the responses become.

Just remember, not everyone is a perfect writer.  Some questions can sound pretty harsh.

Lets get up to speed... how do you intend to travel? What are your typical flights? Bringing anyone along?

 

Some feel getting the IR in the plane you intend to own is a good idea.  Many will buy the plane and start the training...

Thoughts?

Best regards,

-a-

 

[brian]]

23 hours ago, carusoam said:

 

Every now and then we get great newbies that aren't aware of how much training and experience and hardware is used for good reliable x-country Travel...

One of our members only flew about 10 miles between Home and work.  Not a lot of high altitude, X-country experience needed for that... 

When discussing plane requirements, you usually get asked a bunch of questions like what is your flying mission?

The more you can reveal about yourself and where you want to be... the better the responses become.

Just remember, not everyone is a perfect writer.  Some questions can sound pretty harsh.

Lets get up to speed... how do you intend to travel? What are your typical flights? Bringing anyone along?

 

Some feel getting the IR in the plane you intend to own is a good idea.  Many will buy the plane and start the training...

Thoughts?

Best regards,

-a-

 

Here goes:

There is little chance of GA replacing all the travel I do right now with the airlines: coast to coast US and Canada. I can't afford a Jet. (I'm in Ottawa this week and I'm based out of Little Rock.) I have at least one trip a month - sometimes more. But, I'm thinking that if I set some boundaries, I can fly GA and slow down a little. (The balance would remain with the airlines.) Most flying would be just myself - with some days having one other. (I have a business trip the first week of 2018 - if VMC, I'll likely fly the 35 - a rare quick hop to Dallas.)

On the weekend, I usually fly the 35. (A good chunk of the time right now is with a CFII for the IR rating. Later I'll likely get a commercial rating - just to learn the manuvers.) It is my way of relaxing. Sometimes I'll take the 35 and fly it a state or two away to visit family or "for fun". I also intend to do a lot of other training - for fun - including tail wheel, etc. 

The hard part right now is where to land on the aviation spectrum.

[carusoam]

Pick a point far out in the future...

Take strides in that direction each day, week, month, year...

Sooner or later you wake up, you have the training, the experience is building, your long body Mooney is in your hangar...

expect some set-backs.  These are normal...

Sometimes you get a lot accomplished...

Sometimes you get handed set backs...

Just when I had everything lined up... all my travel became international...  Europe, Japan, Brazil...

Mooney flying for 17 years...

Go Long Body!

Best regards,

-a-

[bradp]

Seems like that Bravo Jimmy is selling would be my pick for an all around traveling  machine.  Run it until the engine tells you it’s time.  If an east coaster and <400 nm you’d do fine in an ovation down lower.  Fiki is limited to Bravo, ovation and acclaim.   TKS can be found on 252s and some odd 231/J.  IMO TKS is pretty useless on a non overpowered or non turbod Mooney (J) except as a go down only escape tool.  Most of the icing is found north west of the Appalachians in the lake effect and is usually a single layer.   Bradb uses his FIKI acclaim for the lake effect and Yooper his TKS 252/231 (I can’t remember what) in a similar environment.