New mooney pilot... M20J at 9X1

[dominikos]

Not sure what the proper etiquette is, just wanted to introduce myself as a new mooney pilot... Just recently (last Friday) acquired this beautiful plane - M20J ‘78. About myself, been wanting to become a pilot since I was a kid, uncle was a plane constructor and always was talking about planes when I was growing up. Started to work on private in 2012, put it on hold due to work and with covid, got enough time to complete my private at the end of September. Currently have 100 hours, completed 12 hours in the plane with Krikor (awesome CFI - mooneycfi.com). Really like this plane! It is much more stable and predictable than the other planes I flew (C172, C152, Grumman Cheetah). Looking forward to learning about mooneys at this forum. 

The first priority, take a look at pesky oil leak, 2nd build up enough hours (20) in the Mooney to be able to take passengers, 3rd, instrument rating...

And here is a picture of the plane at Mustang Island, weekend flight around the texas coast...

 

Edited October 22, 2020 by dominikos

[dominikos]

and here is a picture which I thought was too awesome not to share, another mooney parked by mine when we were at lunch... Pay attention to colors!!! 

[carusoam]

proper ettiquette?

looks like you have done quite well...

There is a thread around here called introduce yourself....  if you want to see the Mooney cadré...

 

Best regards,

-a-

[Hank]

50 minutes ago, dominikos said:

and here is a picture which I thought was too awesome not to share, another mooney parked by mine when we were at lunch... Pay attention to colors!!! 

So which one is backwards??? 

[dominikos]

we should probably compare serial numbers...

[Missile=Awesome]

F to your J.

[201Steve]

Hello paint job

 

[Hank]

44 minutes ago, 201Steve said:

Hello paint job

 

Calling @201er. Did someone (else?) repaint your Mooney??    Or did you beat Steve to a screen name? 

[201Steve]

201Steve frequently mistaken for MooneySpacer 201er  and the geographically nearby N231ER

[Mcstealth]

22 hours ago, Missile=Awesome said:

F to your J.

True? You can tell by the paint?

[Hank]

4 minutes ago, Mcstealth said:

True? You can tell by the paint?

The covered plane has flat wing tips, so it's either an F or a 1st-year J (77?).

[Mcstealth]

Cheater.

[ZuluZulu]

1 hour ago, Hank said:

The covered plane has flat wing tips, so it's either an F or a 1st-year J (77?).

The cowling is a dead giveaway: definitely not a J.

[Hank]

9 hours ago, Mcstealth said:

Cheater.

Zoom is your friend!  

[Missile=Awesome]

14 hours ago, ZuluZulu said:

The cowling is a dead giveaway: definitely not a J.

I had an E for a lot of years with the lower cowl closure. Knew from nose/ram air/cowl an F. Tough with cover to know not an E, but looked like mid body in photo  

[carusoam]

There is a whole school flock of ERs...

That once belonged to Embry Riddle...

-a-

[dominikos]

22 hours ago, 201Steve said:

Hello paint job

 

haha, I didn’t realize it was such popular color scheme... are you going for a new paint?

[carusoam]

Blue and white was the modern version...

There were a lot of brown and beige and orange that came before and after...

Best regards,

-a-

[201Steve]

19 hours ago, dominikos said:

haha, I didn’t realize it was such popular color scheme... are you going for a new paint?

Why, does it look that bad?!

[dominikos]

5 minutes ago, 201Steve said:

Why, does it look that bad?!

hehe, it looks great. still amazed at quality of mine as well... but you said ‘hello paint job’ 

[201Steve]

2 hours ago, dominikos said:

hehe, it looks great. still amazed at quality of mine as well... but you said ‘hello paint job’ 

I was saying hello to your paint job, on behalf of my paint job. Lol

I’m strongly considering a cut, polish, and ceramic. It’s still in pretty good shape