Ross Taylor Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 We have had our E for just over a year now and we love it. The only thing I've ever been envious of is the Johnson bar manual gear that some of you have. We've had no issues with our electric gear, so I'm definitely not complaining, but I do like the simplicity of the manual system. As I sit here, looking through the original documents, I just saw how close we came to almost having the "perfect E" - it looks like the first test flight was done with manual gear (on 3-25-1966) and the Certificate of Airworthiness was issued on 3-30-66. Then, on 4-4-66 the electric gear retraction kit was installed by Dugosh Aircraft Service and another Certificate of Airworthiness was issued on that date. Was Dugosh a factory contractor? And, interestingly, it looks like the panel must have been pretty bare because a whole bunch of avionics were installed on 4-29-66. Here are those pages - if anyone has any historical insight they'd like to share, I'd be thrilled to learn more about that old process. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 An original Charlie Dugosh signature! Dugosh was one of the original MSCs... A highly revered place to take your bird for a PPI or service... Congrats on completing year one! Let there be many more... Best regards, -a- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOH Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 36 minutes ago, carusoam said: An original Charlie Dugosh signature! Dugosh was one of the original MSCs... A highly revered place to take your bird for a PPI or service... Congrats on completing year one! Let there be many more... Best regards, -a- Only thing better would have been Bill Wheat's sig for the factory production flight test! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooneyMitch Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 You’ve got some wonderful classic historical logs indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooneyMitch Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Thomas Webb was also busy certifying Mooney airplanes in 1963. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammdo Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 And in 61: -Don 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukemzzz Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) 66’ E #1126 Brittian AP additions were added to mine in the next entry Edited April 26, 2020 by Nukemzzz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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