MATTS875 Posted September 22, 2011 Report Posted September 22, 2011 Well , the time is approaching. My instructor told me today that next week he is signing me off to solo in my mooney.I have to fly solo for at least 5 hours before I can fly passengers so I am going next weekend to visit my parents at the beach..should be a nice flight.Thanks
orangemtl Posted September 22, 2011 Report Posted September 22, 2011 Well done! What a great feeling of achievement that will be. Good looking aircraft.
aerobat95 Posted September 22, 2011 Report Posted September 22, 2011 Well congrats!!! Flying your own bird solo is a great feeling. What were you flying before you bought your Mooney?
mooneygirl Posted September 22, 2011 Report Posted September 22, 2011 Many congratulations and many many hours of safe flying for you! Enjoy the wings
MATTS875 Posted September 22, 2011 Author Report Posted September 22, 2011 aerobat95 , I had a Cirrus SR20. Very nice airplane but annuals were killing me.It was nothing uncommon to have 8k annuals and for me I could not justify the cost factor.It had 1870TT so it was about time for engine overhaul.It was time for it to find a new home..thanks
MATTS875 Posted September 22, 2011 Author Report Posted September 22, 2011 mooneygirl, you have an awesome looking mooney. I looked at all the pics of the painting process and it looks great.I know you are extremely proud . thanks
aerobat95 Posted September 22, 2011 Report Posted September 22, 2011 Wow an 8K annual...how old was the plane? I would have thought a newer plane wouldnt have such a high dollar annual....what all would be done? Anyway....have fun and enjoy. Fly Safe Ray
jetdriven Posted September 23, 2011 Report Posted September 23, 2011 We heard a talk given by Mike Busch (the savvy mx guy) at Oshkosh this year. He mentioned that annuals on Cirrus aircraft are running in the 8-10K range pretty standard. They manage something like 300 of them. One shop got carried away on small things and presented an estimate l for 20K on a 5 year old Cirrus. Overall, the cost of owning a part 23 Cirrus to be 150% above the cost of a "legacy" aircraft such as a Bonanza. Plus the 10K cost of a parachute repack and R&R every ten years.
MATTS875 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Report Posted September 23, 2011 Ray, the cirrus was a 2000 model SR20. N181cd . The tach was giving me trouble 875.00 later I am flying out of there. any little thing ran into big money..not much bang for the buck..although it did look good
M016576 Posted September 23, 2011 Report Posted September 23, 2011 Quote: jetdriven We heard a talk given by Mike Busch (the savvy mx guy) at Oshkosh this year. He mentioned that annuals on Cirrus aircraft are running in the 8-10K range pretty standard. They manage something like 300 of them. One shop got carried away on small things and presented an estimate l for 20K on a 5 year old Cirrus. Overall, the cost of owning a part 23 Cirrus to be 150% above the cost of a "legacy" aircraft such as a Bonanza. Plus the 10K cost of a parachute repack and R&R every ten years.
aerobat95 Posted September 25, 2011 Report Posted September 25, 2011 Thats insane....I don't think if I could afford a new one I would ever get one just because of the outrageous MX costs. It would be cheaper to own a older twin.
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