dominikos Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 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 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominikos Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 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!!! 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 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- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 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??? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominikos Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 we should probably compare serial numbers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missile=Awesome Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 F to your J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201Steve Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 Hello paint job 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 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? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201Steve Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 201Steve frequently mistaken for MooneySpacer 201er and the geographically nearby N231ER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcstealth Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 22 hours ago, Missile=Awesome said: F to your J. True? You can tell by the paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 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?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcstealth Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 Cheater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZuluZulu Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 9 hours ago, Mcstealth said: Cheater. Zoom is your friend! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missile=Awesome Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 There is a whole school flock of ERs... That once belonged to Embry Riddle... -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominikos Posted October 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted October 24, 2020 Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 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- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201Steve Posted October 24, 2020 Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 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?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominikos Posted October 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 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’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201Steve Posted October 24, 2020 Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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