Mooneys in SW Montana?

[allPrimes]

Hey there!

I'm a student pilot looking beyond finishing my PPL and at the very, very beginning of considering buying a plane. (My gf is encouraging me, which is either very bad or very good.) A Mooney M20J seems to check all of the boxes--on paper, at least--but I'd love to start sitting in planes to start getting a feel for how they'd fit. As a result, I'm reaching out here to see if there are any active MooneySpace.com users that are in the Bozeman, MT area (or anywhere in SW Montana, really). 

I hadn't ever seen one on the ramp at KBZN until today. Snagged the tail number to see who it might be (to reach out), discovered that they're from MD but that the flight(s) that took them from east coast to KBZN are along the same lines as the kind of longer flights my gf and I would like to do. Another real-life check mark on the paper for the M20J...

Thanks for your time!

 

[allPrimes]

Somehow, I completely spaced and missed this thread: https://mooneyspace.com/topic/22512-mooneyspace-member-map/

[Hank]

I flew my M20-C from WV to Cody, WY and back. Great flight! We stopped a lot for ground sightseeing, and had 3 vacations:  3 days westbound; 5 days in the Park; 3 days eastbound. Saw Mt. Rushmore; drove part of Rt. 66 in Illinois; flew by Devil's Tower; agreed that driving through the Badlands in summer would be not fun.

All Mooneys are great traveling machines! I hit 200 hours total time on that trip . . . .  

[kpaul]

4 hours ago, allPrimes said:

Hey there!

I'm a student pilot looking beyond finishing my PPL and at the very, very beginning of considering buying a plane. (My gf is encouraging me, which is either very bad or very good.) A Mooney M20J seems to check all of the boxes--on paper, at least--but I'd love to start sitting in planes to start getting a feel for how they'd fit. As a result, I'm reaching out here to see if there are any active MooneySpace.com users that are in the Bozeman, MT area (or anywhere in SW Montana, really). 

I hadn't ever seen one on the ramp at KBZN until today. Snagged the tail number to see who it might be (to reach out), discovered that they're from MD but that the flight(s) that took them from east coast to KBZN are along the same lines as the kind of longer flights my gf and I would like to do. Another real-life check mark on the paper for the M20J...

Thanks for your time!

 

I'm not in Bozeman, however I am in Helena.  I own a M20F.  I would be more than happy to show you/take you for a flight.

The catch is that my plane is with Garmin right now and won't be back until early October. 

[carusoam]

Mathematician?

AP,

You are very forward thinking in your approach!

Good to discuss flying prior to marriage/long term relationship....

Some people haven’t been so forward thinking.... 

 

Go Mooney!

Best regards,

-a-

[allPrimes]

21 hours ago, kpaul said:

I'm not in Bozeman, however I am in Helena.  I own a M20F.  I would be more than happy to show you/take you for a flight.

The catch is that my plane is with Garmin right now and won't be back until early October. 

Thanks for the response! Your timeline doesn't seem to be a catch to me. Given that I, essentially, have an infinite amount of time in which to shop around for a personal plane, the timeline of October is just fine. 

I'll reach out directly via direct message.

[allPrimes]

16 hours ago, carusoam said:

Mathematician?

AP,

You are very forward thinking in your approach!

Good to discuss flying prior to marriage/long term relationship....

Some people haven’t been so forward thinking.... 

 

Go Mooney!

Best regards,

-a-

Statistician, but I'm a nerd for primes. 

And thanks! I have to admit, it was the gf who gave me the final push into flying! She knew I had wanted to do it for a long time then gave me the small push I needed. I keep telling her that it's all her fault!

[carusoam]

You are in a perfect position to get a proper tail number before you purchase your plane...  

Changing tail numbers afterwards gets exponentially more expensive...   

Find Erik, and his pi-plane... N314EB or something like that... he is a math guru as well.... And he recently got his awesome plane painted...

Imagine when two people are on the same page spending the budget on airplane related things... the sky is or isn’t the limit..?

Best regards,

-a-

[aviatoreb]

5 hours ago, allPrimes said:

Statistician, but I'm a nerd for primes. 

And thanks! I have to admit, it was the gf who gave me the final push into flying! She knew I had wanted to do it for a long time then gave me the small push I needed. I keep telling her that it's all her fault!

Hey a stats guy who likes prime numbers - you are a-ok in my book!

So my son and I flew to KBZN about 2 (or was it 3?) years ago.  From KPTD.

Here's a few pictures to prove it - there were some WWII war birds there too.

It's really really pretty there!  We did some fly fishing.  I did the flying and he did the fishing.

Edited August 30, 2020 by aviatoreb

[aviatoreb]

Edited August 30, 2020 by aviatoreb

[thinwing]

should be a Bravo and an eagle at kmso sep 4-6...

[kpaul]

7 hours ago, thinwing said:

should be a Bravo and an eagle at kmso sep 4-6...

What's happening in Missoula? 

[thinwing]

just a couple of mooniacs headed for Seeley Lake!

[allPrimes]

Heard someone flying a Mooney yesterday make a radio call into KBZN while I was doing some pattern work. Ended up seeing an orange Mooney over at the local FBO. Looked sharp but I did not get the chance to get the tail number.

I'll be in Polson this weekend, just over the hill from Seeley! Enjoy! Seeley is gorgeous.