Kevin Harberg Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 After converting to the Lycoming engine, the Mooney Mite "not only looked like a baby fighter plane, but flew like one." Al's personal logbook shows more hours in a Mite than any other aircraft. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviatoreb Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 46 minutes ago, Kevin Harberg said: After converting to the Lycoming engine, the Mooney Mite "not only looked like a baby fighter plane, but flew like one." Al's personal logbook shows more hours in a Mite than any other aircraft. I really enjoyed his autobiography that you quoted. In part because I loved his personal story behind my personal airplane. But really its much bigger because it is the story of an American go-get'em inventor engineer highlighting the best of American innovation that we have seen in many areas in that era. Very inspiring. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Harberg Posted March 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 Here's another quote from Al regarding the design of the "Famous Mooney Tail" (Models M18, M-19 & M-20) as noted in The Al Mooney Story. "I didn't put the tail on backwards, all the others did. Power on or power off, you will find on my plane that you can always lift a wing with the rudder." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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