Finally Joined The Mooney Ranks!

[boppin]

I finally joined the ranks last week.  N7407V is a heavily modified '75 M20F with a Garmin 155XL TSO and a Century Triden autopilot.  I did my mooney checkout and found the airplane a joy to fly.  Still working on energy management at approach and arrival, and the site picture in the flare is fighting me just a bit, but that will come with time.  As a type "C" convert (20 yrs in the shade), I did a lot of "waddling" down the runway after touchdown until my instructor reminded me that I was in a mooney and did not have to "pedal the damn bike" anymore.  Ah, good times...

07V will be making a quick stop at the avionics shop to add a couple of items in the next week and then I should be good to go.

To be added:

JPI 700 (because I need it)

Hard-mount a Garmin 396 (because I want it)

Century GPSS (because I can)

I look forward to conversing with you all in the future.  Here are a couple of pics of my new baby.  The rest are in my gallery.

[FlyDave]

Bob,

Congratulations!!!! It looks like a great plane. And with the things you need and want to have, you'll be set to really enjoy flying her!!

Again, Congratulations, Fly Safe and Enjoy your new bird!!!

[Parker_Woodruff]

Dude...Nice ride.

[GeorgePerry]

Welcome...Nice looking airplane. 

[The-sky-captain]

Beautiful plane Bob. You will love the JPI. Welcome to the forum!

[KSMooniac]

Welcome, Bob!  I'm glad somebody finally bought that great F-model!  I've seen it listed for a long time and thought it would be a great plane.  I learned to fly Mooneys in a '75 M20F as well and recognize the unique yokes and pistol-grip throttle.    Enjoy it!

[piperpainter]

Congrats and welcome to the ranks!

[Mooney13]

Congrats!

I am 9 months into my first Mooney and love it. Great looking airplane!

[N207LS]

Your plane looks great.  It takes a few hours to get used to a Mooney (after flying Cs), but once you get comfortable, you'll never look back.  Best of luck with the avionics too.

Aaron

[Cruiser]

Hi. Nice looking plane. I bet you will get some head turns and many comments on it.

[fantom]

Very nice plane.....you're gonna love her! Congrats.

[MooneyMitch]

Wecome!  I have admired your new Mooney for a long time when it was for sale.  It is a great looking paint scheme and lots of terrific looking mods.  Yes, it is an F, but looking like a very cool 201!  I enjoyed my F for 20 years.  Congratulations, you are now an official Mooniac!!

[boppin]

Thanks for the welcome! 

I shopped for a mooney for the better part of a year and missed this one (only advertised on Barnstormers.com I guess) until this summer.  Turns out he was right around the corner.  Made it very easy.

While it is fresh in my mind, if anyone is up in the north east, I highly recommend Infinity Aviation at Nashua, NH's Boire Field.  They are a Mooney shop and their pre-buy inspection was so thorough that I changed the airport that I planned on keeping the airplane to be on the same field.

[LFOD]

Welcome to the club Bob.  I owned a modified F for a short time and treated me very well.  Congratulations and good luck with your plane. 

[Jeev]

Very NICE!!! I looked at that aircraft when I was in Boston 4 months ago, it is a very nice aircraft.  The guy selling it put a lot of $$ into all the mods and A/P.  I am sure you got a great deal! Have fun!

[231Pilot]

You gotta love flying anything Mooney.  The F is a great aircraft!  You should enjoy flying her for a long time.