Oldguy Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 I sit in one of these seats in the back of one of our corporate planes. We just had one of our GIV-SPs' interiors redone by Duncan Aviation in Battle Creek. Makes the trip from Birmingham to Cartagena very pleasant for 14 of us. I know we have some Gulfstream pilots here on MS, but I will never be that good or qualified, so I sit in the back and relax. How/What do you fly, if not in your Mooney? 3 Quote
Jim Peace Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 I fly the 757/767, also fly a friends Malibu with him at times..... The Malibu is great and I spent about 20 years flying Gulfstreamns and Lear's, larger and smaller boeings but I when I want some fun I climb into this Grumman Yankee with a 150 hp engine and GTN650, GTX345 etc etc etc.....its a blast 8 Quote
MHemperly Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) Sold my Mooney a few years ago (want to buy another one) but I fly these for a living now. Edited January 31, 2020 by MHemperly 5 Quote
carusoam Posted January 31, 2020 Report Posted January 31, 2020 MSFS... It might be cool to put your work planes in the avatar area, or signature line... -a- Quote
jetdriven Posted February 1, 2020 Report Posted February 1, 2020 We have had this plane for 10 years now, and when we got it I was flying 747-200s. Then I flew the -400, then I went on to the 737 and now the A320. The A320 makes me want a GFC500. 2 Quote
Denver98 Posted February 1, 2020 Report Posted February 1, 2020 The 787 pays the the bills, so I can fly a Mooney, play in the mountains of Colorado and restore a classic car. The wife’s job, DEN tower controller, does help support my transportation “habits”. 5 Quote
Cody Stallings Posted February 1, 2020 Report Posted February 1, 2020 Wait a Second, people who own Mooneys fly Other planes? Its Mooney For me, Anything else is just uncivilized!!!! 4 Quote
PT20J Posted February 1, 2020 Report Posted February 1, 2020 I sold my 1978 J in 1993 to do some other things. My wife and I had pretty much done everything we set out to do with it in the seven years we owned it. We used the money from non-ownership to buy a bigger house and travel. I used the freedom to explore other facets of aviation. Flew aerobatics in Decathlons. Got a seaplane rating. My wife gave me a DC-3 type rating for my 50th birthday and I got my ATP at the same time. Added a helicopter rating and flew helicopters for a bit. After retiring early from tech, I got a job flying float Beavers in Ketchikan in 2008 and 2009. Flew them in Seattle for a few summers after that. Along the way I met some warbird folks and flew a BT-13, T-6G, C-45 and right seat in a DC-3. A couple of years ago, I got the itch for keys in my pocket and bought another J. Kind of back where I started. Skip 5 Quote
amillet Posted February 1, 2020 Report Posted February 1, 2020 12 hours ago, Seymour said: You need to get one of those stubby beach chairs to emulate the Mooney seating position 3 3 Quote
Ibra Posted February 1, 2020 Report Posted February 1, 2020 15 hours ago, Seymour said: Wow that is super setup for winter flying, chair is the most important bit get with leather and ejection seat I am jealous as I don't have much (heated) space to do a similar expansion (can't survive 2000h of FSX/XPlane in cold hangars, believe me I tried ) 10 hours ago, Cody Stallings said: Wait a Second, people who own Mooneys fly Other planes? Its Mooney For me, Anything else is just uncivilized!!!! For serious long distance A to B trips with pax? YES, everything else is just bad manners !!! Summer fun/cheap flying A to A with 1SOB? I give Mooney some respect and go for a G102 Astir (glider) or a D31 Turbulent (experimental), they are single seaters unfortunately but don't feel that lonely (someone is flying nearby sometimes closer than two wing spans) Spot landing gliders without air-break maintains my Mooney landing currency, including putting gear down in busy pattern Turbulents lands slow and vertically like Autogyros/Helicopters/Beech/Cessnas/Pipers while burning load of GPHs 2 Quote
tmo Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 17 hours ago, Ibra said: can't survive 2000h of FSX/XPlane in cold hangars, believe me I tried I'f think a good sim would double as an efficient space heater... Then again, maybe enclosing a small area of the hangar (even a tent-like structure) would help? Quote
MB65E Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 On 1/31/2020 at 12:56 PM, Oldguy said: I sit in one of these seats in the back of one of our corporate planes. We just had one of our GIV-SPs' interiors redone by Duncan Aviation in Battle Creek. Makes the trip from Birmingham to Cartagena very pleasant for 14 of us. I know we have some Gulfstream pilots here on MS, but I will never be that good or qualified, so I sit in the back and relax. How/What do you fly, if not in your Mooney? I’ve never seen a Gulfstream configured like that. Looks neat. Battle Creek does amazing work. Best work I’ve seen out of any shop. Currently flying a really nice Falcon 50EX also Director of maintenance. -Matt 1 Quote
Ibra Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) @tmoYes a closed tente and fan cooled CPU/GPU will do the job (but most gamers stations are water cooled now) Edited February 2, 2020 by Ibra Quote
tmo Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 The heat from the water has to go somewhere (think: central heating in a building) but enough of this thread drift... 1 Quote
kmyfm20s Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) My other ride is a work in progress:) Edited February 2, 2020 by kmyfm20s Quote
gsengle Posted February 3, 2020 Report Posted February 3, 2020 Most recently, Embraer E175...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Mooney in Oz Posted February 3, 2020 Report Posted February 3, 2020 Still would much rather fly my Mooney. 2 Quote
aviatoreb Posted February 3, 2020 Report Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, yvesg said: Clin d’oeil à Ned! Was that you? I think I saw you last night buzzing my house. You should have stopped by, or did you forget to file your eAPIS? Edited February 3, 2020 by aviatoreb 1 Quote
aviatoreb Posted February 3, 2020 Report Posted February 3, 2020 17 hours ago, kmyfm20s said: My other ride is a work in progress:) That's a lot of hobby-toys squeezed into one man-cave space. I love the antlers mounted on your mad-max car. 1 Quote
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