New Owner!

[Derek]

Just closed on N355RL, a 1995 M20J MSE!

Excited, and also a bit mortified... Thank you all for your advice and help! Please keep it coming!

Now it's in the shop for 3 weeks waiting for parts for some skeletons that came out of the closet in the prebuy.

Attached the first picture I took after becoming an owner for the first time.

[Hank]

Woohoo!! Congratulations!

It will get better. Starting with yiur first flight without that pesky-but-useful Instructor riding along for transition training . . . 

[jaylw314]

38 minutes ago, Derek said:

Just closed on N355RL, a 1995 M20J MSE!

Excited, and also a bit mortified... Thank you all for your advice and help! Please keep it coming!

Now it's in the shop for 3 weeks waiting for parts for some skeletons that came out of the closet in the prebuy.

Attached the first picture I took after becoming an owner for the first time.

 

Is that the factory paint?  I've never noticed landing gear being any other color than white before.  I find the blue gear mesmerizing somehow  

That's a pretty clean looking engine bay.  I hope that says good things about the prior owner...

[Derek]

14 minutes ago, jaylw314 said:

Is that the factory paint?  I've never noticed landing gear being any other color than white before.

Yes it is the original paint.

 

14 minutes ago, jaylw314 said:

That's a pretty clean looking engine bay.  I hope that says good things about the prior owner...

The prior owner was very involved, owner assisted annuals every year until he passed away a couple years ago.

[Derek]

40 minutes ago, Hank said:

Congratulations!

It will get better. Starting with yiur first flight without that pesky-but-useful Instructor riding along for transition training . . . 

Thank you. I'm looking forward to the training a lot. I imagine it's going to feel something like a first solo.

[MarkD34M]

Derek - congratulations! Plane looks great. Where are you basing the plane and having the work done. I base my Mooney at KBDR and fly in Westchester quite often. We can meet up for lunch. 

[Derek]

7 hours ago, MarkD34M said:

Derek - congratulations! Plane looks great. Where are you basing the plane and having the work done. I base my Mooney at KBDR and fly in Westchester quite often. We can meet up for lunch. 

I will base at POU.

Work is being done by C&W at Caldwell.

[Kness2]

Hey Derek I have my eyes on the same model and year. Congratulations.

[Zulee]

Congrats and welcome to the club!

[Mufflerbearing]

Just fly the heck out of it!  That is what you and it deserve!

[carusoam]

Welcome aboard Knes.

Congrats, Derek.

The fun part of drinking from the fire hose....  errr ummmmm I mean Transition Training....

Best regards,

-a-

[Jeev]

Awesome, enjoy!!! You will be very happy with the J