Just a Fun Day in the Mooney

[cwaters]

My wife and I took the dog and went to a nearby airfield to watch the local Commemorative Air Force practice. Nothing too special, just a reminder of how great the mooney is at helping us get out and have fun with aviation. 

 

 

[carusoam]

That was a fun flight… thanks for sharing it…

That stratus reflection… right where I was looking through the windshield… 

Best regards,

-a-

[cwaters]

10 hours ago, carusoam said:

That was a fun flight… thanks for sharing it…

That stratus reflection… right where I was looking through the windshield… 

Best regards,

-a-

Thanks, I really enjoy taking the family on these trips and, always wonder if other people will enjoy the videos. 

 

Yeah I like the stratus there but that reflection gets old sometimes, especially if we are on top of a cloud layer and clear above when its just soo bright 

[cwaters]

2 hours ago, Hyett6420 said:

A couple of things i noticed, that "may" save your life one day.  On your final checks on takeoff, you didn't check, 1.  flaps set, 2. fuel ON, 3. Mixture Rich, 4. prop full fine. 5. gear level DOWN

Small things that others have discovered in life cause issues if not checked.  We are always learning.

Can you explain a little bit. I check each of these at different parts of either run up or start up. Fuel, prop, gear are checked on start up check list and mixture, prop, and flaps are checked at the run up (yes prop full forward checked twice and when I push the throttle forward I push all three levers typically than just the throttle. 

 

Some of my other videos show different parts of the start up/run up process ( I don't put it in every video) I don't typically sit on the runway before starting to roll at all or more than a few seconds if anything so flaps and trim are the last two things on my run up checklist so that I'm ready for takeoff. 

 

I've had 1 time when trim was not set properly and that was due to doing a bunch of TO/Landings back to back and not going through my checklist (early in transition and I learned my lesson there)