Adi Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 Hey all! First time posting, because I just purchased a Mooney from Florida! I live in Northern California and I would like to bring it home soon. I have 188tt and no IR, no complex; I'm looking for a CFII who could help me ferry the plane, while providing transition training. Please let me know if you'd be able and interested. It would be great if we can do this in December. The plane is a 1983 m20j with two g5s, a 530w and a kap150. Adi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVandelay Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 Congratulations, I’ve made this trip several times, for planning purposes you should expect the trip to add up to about 20hrs in the logbook, generally you will have headwinds and probably will have to transient through at least one bad weather system. Because of that, it usually takes me 4 days going west, instead of 3. Have fun Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 Welcome aboard Adi. Learning to fly a fast plane... Some new pilots are concerned about falling behind the plane... If I understand this situation... this is more cart, before the horse... The good news... the Mooney was built for this type of travel... I guess the question is how to get you up to speed while delivering your plane home... Did you have any challenges getting insurance? Did they give you a number of dual hours to fly in the plane? https://www.airnav.com/airport/KVNC See if @mike_elliott has room in his schedule... Mike is an excellent resource on all things Mooney flying... and knows quite a bit about getting pilots up to speed... Let’s get the horse out front! The only real problem I see... what happens if you like the East Coast Venice, better than the West Coast Venice? You might want to stay around for a while... Best regards, -a- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi Posted December 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 Thanks folks! I visited VNC a few days ago when I went to see the plane, test-fly it and put it into pre-buy. I liked it, you guys have better weather in winter than we have here in California Re: insurance: not particularly challenging, just the premium is very steep in the first year - around $4500 *sigh*. Avemco said I can readjust mid-cycle once I get 30 hours in type to get around 10% discount, and some more after I get my IR. I need 10 hours of dual with Avemco. (One of AOPA's underwriters gave me a quote with 3 hours of dual required) @mike_elliott - yes, please let me know what your schedule looks like and if you'd be willing. Adi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboy0681 Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 If you want, I'll contact my friend and CFI who has 50 years Mooney experience. What is the time frame that you are looking at, and can I assume you will be paying all expenses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_elliott Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 PM sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 Interesting to see the cost of insurance to change mid cycle... The usual is to be stuck with the full price for the year... Invest in the training... get some flight hours... Long X-Cs add value... an IR is good for your health... PP thoughts only, not a CFI.... Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantom Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 Flying across the USA with Mike Elliott would be quite a learning experience!! Go for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amillet Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 We bought our J in Fort Lauderdale in 2005. Your return trip will be a little shorter than our February flight. Great cross country flight. I’m envious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriscalandro Posted December 17, 2019 Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 9:02 PM, amillet said: We bought our J in Fort Lauderdale in 2005. Your return trip will be a little shorter than our February flight. Great cross country flight. I’m envious The VERY long way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amillet Posted December 17, 2019 Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 February. Icing across the Rockies. Children in AZ to visit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaldEagle Posted December 17, 2019 Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 1:22 PM, Adi said: Hey all! First time posting, because I just purchased a Mooney from Florida! I live in Northern California and I would like to bring it home soon. I have 188tt and no IR, no complex; I'm looking for a CFII who could help me ferry the plane, while providing transition training. Please let me know if you'd be able and interested. It would be great if we can do this in December. The plane is a 1983 m20j with two g5s, a 530w and a kap150. Adi Another option is Adam Valencic (http://www.themooniac.com/). He ferried my J from Tampa to San Diego nearly 2 years ago. He's a CFI and A&P/IA and gave me some dual instruction after getting it here. Real nice guy and a Mooney specialist. Based out of Apopka. Edit: and congratulations on the purchase! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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