spistora Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 New owner, not new Mooney. 1979 M20K After a year or so of looking for a Mooney (and lurking here) I finally made a purchase. This is my first aircraft and I am very happy that I worked with Jimmy at All American Aircraft. I made it through my transition training late last week and flew it home Monday. I couldn't be happier with how it performed. I don't have any great pictures yet so I'm stealing the one from the Controller ad. Looking forward to getting proficient flying it and then working on an IFR rating. I really appreciate all of the helpful discussion on this forum. It definitely helped me to make a well informed purchase. 6 Quote
skydvrboy Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 Congrats on your new Mooney purchase! We'll have to go flying sometime. Do you have a hangar yet? Quote
spistora Posted September 5, 2019 Author Report Posted September 5, 2019 Thanks. No hangar of my own yet. I'm on the list at Salina and Mcpherson. In addition I've check Abilene, Ellsworth, Lyons, Moundridge, Hutchinson and Newton with no luck. Unfortunately, I'm paying AvFlight right now for hangar space. We'll have to get Schartz to go too if you haven't already. Quote
Robert C. Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 Congratz! and welcome to the Mooney Bin Quote
Mcstealth Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 Interesting handle?! what is the story behind it? Quote
spistora Posted September 5, 2019 Author Report Posted September 5, 2019 15 minutes ago, Mcstealth said: Interesting handle?! what is the story behind it? Lack of creativity. first initial, last name:(S)teve (Pistora) 1 Quote
Dreamlifter Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 Tell us more about your "K" model. Which engine, avionics? Pictures please!! Inquiring minds 1 Quote
Mufflerbearing Posted September 6, 2019 Report Posted September 6, 2019 Congrats! I too recently took ownership of our new to us Mooney. This site was instrumental with education and picking out a good plane for us too. 1 Quote
SkyBound Posted September 6, 2019 Report Posted September 6, 2019 Congratulations! I own a 1979 M20K as well. Looking forward to hearing about your upcoming experiences and adventures. —Alex Quote
spistora Posted September 7, 2019 Author Report Posted September 7, 2019 On 9/5/2019 at 6:50 PM, Dreamlifter said: Tell us more about your "K" model. Which engine, avionics? Pictures please!! Inquiring minds It's just under 2K TT. In 2015 it got an LB engine, 3 blade prop and updated interior. Still has a lot of original avionics but the new stuff includes GTN650, KT74, GMA340, JPI800 and AERA560. The only thing I wanted that it doesn't have is an intercooler. I still haven't taken any of my own picture so these were from the ad. I'll eventually get it cleaned up and get some better pics. 3 Quote
Dreamlifter Posted September 7, 2019 Report Posted September 7, 2019 Very nice! Garrison is a class act. How did you like flying into and out of Kestrel Airpark? You have a great platform to create your forever airplane! Thanks for the updates and have fun!! That is one traveling machine!! Quote
spistora Posted September 8, 2019 Author Report Posted September 8, 2019 Jimmy was very helpful. Kestrel was definitely an experience but I wasn't to the point where I was comfortable landing there. My home airport runway is 12,300 x 150, so it's a little more forgiving. Maybe I'll make it back there sometime and give it a try, Quote
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