Can a vintage mooneys wings come off for shiping?

[jtelly]

can a vintage mooney's wings come off for shipping from overseas?

[Hank]

It's easier to remove the tailcone. Taking off the wing involves fuel lines, aileron linkages, flap linkages and the gear linkages, plus wiring for lights and of course the pitot tube.

An experienced crew can remove the tailbone in about a day, drilling out rivets just behind the baggage door.

[Ragsf15e]

it can be done, but it’s nice to have an experienced mechanic doing both removal and reinstallation.

 

[EricJ]

Are you shipping the whole airplane or just the wing or...?    It might make a difference.    As has been mentioned, Maxwells and others that do this a fair amount take the tail cone off and put the airplane on a trailer that way.   I doubt that would fit in a typical shipping container, though, if that's a requirement. 

The alternate way is to take the wing (singular, it's a single, long assembly) off the airframe, which has also been done, it's apparently just ultimately more work.

If all you need is the wing, then, yes, absolutely. 

[AerostarDriver]

Might be easier to ferry it. My M20E used to live in Japan for a large part of its life. It flew across the Pacific twice.  110 gallon ferry tank in place of the rear seats. 

[Prior owner]

There is a business in Auburn California USA that does these types of ferry flights….cannot remember their name. Would be a far cheaper way to get it there

[Prior owner]

Full Throttle Aviation

[carusoam]

Welcome aboard jt!

Thing you may be familiar with….

Mooneys are known to fly around the globe…

There are two routes from North America to Europe…

And at least one route across the pacific…

 

What is your starting location and ending location?

There are several places in the US that are familiar with how to section up a Mooney airframe…

Getting it put back together would be the same people in a different location….  
 

The Mooney factory used to put the airframes in shipping containers to ship to Asia…

What country is it going to call home?

We probably have an MSer there…

Best regards,

-a-