DualRatedFlyer Posted October 23, 2020 Report Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) Gents, I recently departed with my beloved M20F and will miss her dearly. This was my first airplane, and she will always have a special place in my heart. Its strange how attached you can become to an inanimate object, but I always felt like she served me so well. It was not uncommon for my wife and I to take 6hr long trips from central Texas to the east coast to visit family and friends. We rode in style, comfort, while going fast and sipping fuel. These airplanes are truly remarkable and I am sure one day I will come back to them. For now I have gone the Vans RV route and am doing a lot of formation flying and aerobatics. There are several people on this site who have really impacted my airplane ownership in a positive way by helping me with maintenance, offering advise, letting me borrow tools, sharing lessons learned, and all around being good dudes. I cant thank you enough. One of my most intimate and favored Mooney memories will forever be the caravan to Oshkosh and getting to camp with fellow Mooney drivers. You guys truly are a league of your own and I am thankful I was able to be a part of that. I have encouraged the new owner to join this site as it can be a wealth of knowledge, especially for a first time Mooney owner. Please continue to show the new guys the patience as they start asking the same noob questions I did when I first started, because god knows that stinking search function aint worth a lick Thanks again. Will miss you guys. Edited October 26, 2020 by DualRatedFlyer removed sidewinder - sold 10 Quote
carusoam Posted October 23, 2020 Report Posted October 23, 2020 DRF, You probably know this already... 1) You can get the pilot out of the Mooney... but you can’t get the Mooney out of the pilot! 2) Once a Mooniac, always a Mooniac... 3) You are always welcome to be present around here... I’ll add your reason for graduating to our existing pile... needed six seats needed second engine needed a parachute needed a turbine needed a twin jet (my favorite reason to have to sell the beloved steed) needed a classic with a Radial... needed aerobatic capability... Before you go too far... drop a pic and a vid of your RV in action... The cool thing... I won’t have to spin the pic around.... Best regards, -a- 4 1 Quote
DualRatedFlyer Posted October 23, 2020 Author Report Posted October 23, 2020 As requested. Im the first ship 9 1 Quote
MooneyMitch Posted October 23, 2020 Report Posted October 23, 2020 So long and farewell..............stop by anytime and please enjoy your new aviation direction. "Its strange how attached you can become to an inanimate object"......not strange at all. The object of your affection is an extension of yourself. It's what you enjoy and what gives you pleasure and happiness.................as did your M20F. Wishing you the very best. 2 Quote
pwnel Posted October 23, 2020 Report Posted October 23, 2020 Apart from training aircraft, my total flying hours so far is split 50/50 between the RV7 I had access to in South Africa, and the 231 I own in the US. And man, that's a hard choice.... enjoy! 2 Quote
EricJ Posted October 23, 2020 Report Posted October 23, 2020 4 hours ago, DualRatedFlyer said: As requested. Im the first ship I don't think those last two are RVs. We have a big flock of Nanchangs at DVT that I call the Deer Valley Air Force. Those guys fly formation together a lot. One day they had an RV with them and the break to landing was a little entertaining to watch. None of them have good glide behavior but there was a pretty big mismatch on that particular day. I was guessing they had a fair amount to debrief after that. RVs are very cool and definitely on my list of potential ownership aircraft. One of my instructors at A&P school kept telling me I should build one, which is still a possibility. Yours looks very cool and should be fun. 1 Quote
rbridges Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 5 hours ago, DualRatedFlyer said: As requested. Im the first ship Well, you're the one who will have to suffer in an aerobatic tail dragger. How much fun can that possibly be? 3 Quote
Bolter Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 5 hours ago, DualRatedFlyer said: As requested. Im the first ship We have common friends! Jeff Moore and I go way back. Me in my J were his first fly-in guests, coming in from Los Angeles, just after he moved into the neighborhood. -dan 1 Quote
Hank Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, rbridges said: Well, you're the one who will have to suffer in an aerobatic tail dragger. How much fun can that possibly be? I'd worry about those big, draggy things hanging down under his feet. And of course the stopped prop . . . . . 2 Quote
MATTS875 Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 I’m interested in the sidewinder. Yes. This site is awesome with a lot of great knowledge from everyone. 2 Quote
EricJ Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Hank said: I'd worry about those big, draggy things hanging down under his feet. And of course the stopped prop . . . . . That's not nearly as bad as that Nanchang. The prop is in reverse pitch! Quote
larrynimmo Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 FYI....I absolutely love having a sidewinder....really makes handling the aircraft so easy. 1 Quote
SantosDumont Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 There's more than one of us. I'm also leaving my M20F for a RV-14, but the F will always have a special place in my heart. 2 Quote
Sean S Posted October 27, 2020 Report Posted October 27, 2020 With a Mooney, it is never "farewell" it is, see you around the patch friends! Quote
Joe Zuffoletto Posted October 27, 2020 Report Posted October 27, 2020 I did the same thing - sold my Mooney Acclaim two years ago and "retired" to flying my RV-8. I love my RV but I still hang out on MS. Lotsa cool people here. 2 Quote
ryoder Posted October 27, 2020 Report Posted October 27, 2020 I still come back too. Nice place to chat. Quote
MIm20c Posted October 27, 2020 Report Posted October 27, 2020 Still looking for a nice 6-9...the C will need to find a new hangar when that happens. Congrats. Quote
David Lloyd Posted October 27, 2020 Report Posted October 27, 2020 There could be another Mooney after an RV. Like me. Quote
Mufflerbearing Posted October 28, 2020 Report Posted October 28, 2020 So much information to be shared with the group. Just because you don't have a Mooney, doesn't mean you forgot how to fly one or what you loved about it. 1 Quote
Seth Posted October 28, 2020 Report Posted October 28, 2020 Congrats!! I've been looking at potentially putting a partnership together for an RV-4 owned by a couple of Mooney and former pilots. But we would all keep our airplanes! Hang around here and let us know how fun the RV is! Looks like a ton of fun. -Seth Quote
M20F Posted October 28, 2020 Report Posted October 28, 2020 Turn in your suite, tie, fedora, and cigar at the door. You are no longer an executive. Quote
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