Am I Finally a REAL Mooney Pilot?

[jlunseth]

Well then, you are getting closer to the goal.

[mike_elliott]

2 hours ago, Dave Piehler said:

I draw the line at naming my airplane, however.  I've never been able to bring myself to anthropomorphize mechanical objects.

I used to be of this vernacular, but about a year ago, I flew an Ovation I had to name "bucket o sH&t" Few it straight to Maxwells and let him detoxify it.

[Dave Piehler]

38 minutes ago, jlunseth said:

Well then, you are getting closer to the goal.

So, it's an aspirational thing, one of those life-long journeys that you never really complete.  Hmmm.  I sense I need to visit a mountaintop guru and seek enlightenment.  Or maybe a swamp guru in Longview, TX.

Dave

[MooneyMitch]

9 minutes ago, mike_elliott said:

I used to be of this vernacular, but about a year ago, I flew an Ovation I had to name "bucket o sH&t" Few it straight to Maxwells and let him detoxify it.

Like the Wizard of Oz friendly lion character, you get a badge of courage for doing so.

[jlunseth]

Just now, Dave Piehler said:

So, it's an aspirational thing, one of those life-long journeys that you never really complete.  Hmmm.  I sense I need to visit a mountaintop guru and seek enlightenment.  Or maybe a swamp guru in Longview, TX.

Dave

There you go. That is the gist of being a Mooney pilot.  The mountaintop guru's are getting harder to find though, as is the path to enlightment.  It is, however, necessary if you want to be a REAL Mooney Pilot. Or so I am told.

[Hank]

14 minutes ago, Dave Piehler said:

So, it's an aspirational thing, one of those life-long journeys that you never really complete.  Hmmm.  I sense I need to visit a mountaintop guru and seek enlightenment.  Or maybe a swamp guru in Longview, TX.

Dave

There's a swami in NJ you could visit, too, there just aren't any mountains for him to sit atop . . . .     Are there, Anthony?  @carusoam

[carusoam]

14 minutes ago, Hank said:

There's a swami in NJ you could visit, too, there just aren't any mountains for him to sit atop . . . .     Are there, Anthony?  @carusoam

We have a place called High Point, NJ...

https://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/highpoint.html

1800’ msl....

Tall enough to generate downdrafts that a C172 is challenged to outclimb during IFR training in the winter dark...

NJ is the garden state... a bit south of the any mountainous states...

Go NJ!

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[N9201A]

I'm also one of the few who can actually remember the combination to the padlock on the liquor cabinet in the Mooney Caravan tent at AirVenture. 
Dave

There are plenty of other reasons, but this alone cements Mooney pilot status...at least until the cabinet is emptied, anyway!

[N9201A]

There's a swami in NJ you could visit, too, there just aren't any mountains for him to sit atop . . . .     Are there, Anthony?  [mention=7104]carusoam[/mention]

There is that landfill in Staten Island, though...