Pulled the trigger

[Martin S.]

Been almost a year that I joined this community - when starting to look for a plane. Here in Europe, the market is rather small. My journey made me visit at least 5 birds - and I'm greatful people here would always be providing helpful answers. 

I closed the deal last autumn. Thought it's time to introduce her. It's a 1978 J - with 1400h and in pretty basic condition. Happy to start transforming her into a hopefully safe and faithful IFR companion. 

 

Greets from Germany,

 

Martin

 

 

 

Edited February 17, 2021 by Martin Stolle

[KB4]

Very nice. Put LED Landing light on your upgrade list. It’s easy cheap and increases chances others see you cause you leave it on start up to shut down. 

[Robert C.]

Congratz!! And welcome to Mooney ownership.

[thinwing]

I am jealous of that well lit spacious hangar

[MarkD34M]

Love the plane and the HANGAR!

[Ragsf15e]

Dude that plane looks awesome!  Love the prop!

Can you guys use the G5s like us “N”tails?  Those were a nice ifr upgrade.  If you don’t mind spending a bit more, 2xGI275s will do the same thing and fit in existing holes.  Does it have an ifr gps?  That might be step 1?!

[MooneyPoor]

Nice Mooney! Look forward to seeing what you do for upgrades!

[Bartman]

Congratulations on the J and welcome to our community

[carusoam]

Way to go Martin!

Congrats,

-a-

[Martin S.]

20 hours ago, Ragsf15e said:

Dude that plane looks awesome!  Love the prop!

Can you guys use the G5s like us “N”tails?  Those were a nice ifr upgrade.  If you don’t mind spending a bit more, 2xGI275s will do the same thing and fit in existing holes.  Does it have an ifr gps?  That might be step 1?!

Yes integration of G5s is possible - even here . It's planned, but not for the super-near future. I don´t have an IFR GPS. I'm still a VFR only pilot - thus not missing it yet.

I was hesitating a lot, whether to go for a IFR equipped aircraft or not. Though it might be more expensive in the end - I like having things exatly the way I want them. That extra degree of freedom made me go for a rather non-equipped aircraft. 

Thanks for the welcome to everybody!

[201Steve]

That prop is pretty

[Brian E.]

1 hour ago, 201Steve said:

That prop is pretty

She is a pretty bird!

[hubcap]

Very Very Nice! Congrats on a beautiful aircraft!!

[irishpilot]

Looks like a great plane. Congrats and welcome to MS!

[BobCW]

Congratulations! Come find me in Grafenwöhr and let's go fly!

[pirate]

Very nice, love the upgraded wing tips. 

[Rusty Pilot]

Great looking plane.  Enjoy!

[tmo]

1 hour ago, BobCW said:

Come find me in Grafenwöhr and let's go fly!

Disregarding COVID, can civilian planes land there?

[BobCW]

@tmo all it should take is a Prior Permission Request (PPR) with our Base Ops. I am actual working this weekend and can go over there and check. I've been flying twice here at ETIC when we had Civilian Fixed Wing Aircraft come in and land. One guy conducted Night Pattern work (I know because they wouldn't allow mixed NVG and unaided in the pattern). 

[Mooney217RN]

Beautiful aircraft.  Many happy landings to you~!

[tmo]

21 hours ago, BobCW said:

I am actual working this weekend and can go over there and check.

If it isn't a problem, please do - it'd be fun to fly over once things are more normal and cross border travel isn't so restricted.

[FJC]

On 2/17/2021 at 1:36 PM, Martin S. said:

Been almost a year that I joined this community - when starting to look for a plane. Here in Europe, the market is rather small. My journey made me visit at least 5 birds - and I'm greatful people here would always be providing helpful answers. 

I closed the deal last autumn. Thought it's time to introduce her. It's a 1978 J - with 1400h and in pretty basic condition. Happy to start transforming her into a hopefully safe and faithful IFR companion. 

 

Greets from Germany,

 

Martin

 

 

 

Very nice!!!