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Now that my Rocket engine is broken in I’ve been able to fly some mercy flights again.  I flew two within 5 days and both were young men with serious medical challenges.  The first was to Timmerman in Milwaukee and his mom took a picture of us when we landed back home. I’m the older gent on the right, LOL.  

The second one has only flown in ANY AIRPLANE twice, both times with me.  He really didn’t pay much attention the first trip a year ago (probably overwhelmed with his first ride in a plane).  He wondered why we had to put oxygen on to cross Lake Michigan at a safe altitude on our way to Oakland Troy.   I had to explain to him our last trip was in my turboprop and it was pressurized (and 100 knots faster).  Sunset pictures where on our way home from that flight.  

 It’s great to be back in the saddle!

Tom

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I've been experimenting with a GoPro attached to the tie-down ring of my plane. And last week, I bought a used GoPro 10 from a friend that has image stabilization and HDR IN 5.3K video.

Here's 9 minutes of spectacular video for this portion of the flight

The image stabilization is unreal

https://vimeo.com/774266480

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On 11/21/2022 at 3:44 PM, Fly Boomer said:

Man, I love that prop!

I loved this one a lot more.  It will be a few years before that one flies again.:angry:  One less blade but 724HP on the same size airplane makes for a real Rocket.

Tom

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2 hours ago, dominikos said:

flight from Houston to St. Petersburg for Thanksgiving break with a short stop at Auburn for college tour.

Hope your visit was a good one. I work about 3 miles west of campus if you need anything quickly. Or to get a student out in a hurry for some strange reason. 

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13 hours ago, Hank said:

Hope your visit was a good one. I work about 3 miles west of campus if you need anything quickly. Or to get a student out in a hurry for some strange reason. 

I flew into Auburn last month, very nice facility. Very nice town

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On 11/23/2022 at 9:00 PM, Hank said:

Hope your visit was a good one. I work about 3 miles west of campus if you need anything quickly. Or to get a student out in a hurry for some strange reason. 

Thank you for the offer! We will see how the college applications work out :lol:

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Having never flown in any other mooney, I have always been curious to experience flying in a short- or mid- body. 

@Jmr324 was kind enough to give me my first ride in his beautiful 67E to pick up my plane from the shop. I was truly impressed at how fast it is (mid 150s)! and the glass panel is a beaut! 

oh yeah, and we had to fly into the outer ring of the POTUS TFR, which turned out to be easier than expected.  

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Solstice flight in Spokane Wa!  -15c on the ground, -22c at 9,500.  All CHTs in the mid to upper 200s ROP and LOP.  Heater barely keeping it tolerable. Climb from the -1600’ Density Alt was greater than 1500 fpm!

Awesome airport mx crew at felts plowed my hangar taxiway first just so I could get out past the 4” of new snow!

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