Skates97 Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 My wife and I had a great time at Air Venture. After having the plane painted I decided to have it judged this time around and we came away with the Lindy Award for Outstanding Mooney in the Contemporary (1956-1970) Category! More pics over on the (newly redesigned )blog. https://intothesky.com/2023/07/30/oshkosh-2023-in-the-books-with-an-award/ 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201Mooniac Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Congrats! Very nice airplane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Nicely done! And that's a well-planned route out and back! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skates97 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 9 minutes ago, EricJ said: Nicely done! And that's a well-planned route out and back! Thanks, started up to OGD to see my wife's daughter and granddaughter. Then had to land in KRAP to check that off the list. Detour to fly the Chicago skyline and then spend a couple of days in Illinois at some church history sites before turning west towards home. Further details on the trip in coming posts in the next couple weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 22 minutes ago, Skates97 said: Then had to land in KRAP to check that off the list. KRAP is original home-town territory for me, and I see you hit Sedona, too, so that's a good loop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0TreeLemur Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Congratulations Richard! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarlton Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 44 minutes ago, Skates97 said: Thanks, started up to OGD to see my wife's daughter and granddaughter. Then had to land in KRAP to check that off the list. Detour to fly the Chicago skyline and then spend a couple of days in Illinois at some church history sites before turning west towards home. Further details on the trip in coming posts in the next couple weeks. How was the eastbound route and ride across the mountains in Utah? I’m planning a Sep flight from SOCAL to MN and I’m thinking about going through El Paso. I’m more familiar with that route and the summer weather but it’ll add a couple of hours to the trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Boomer Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 7 hours ago, Skates97 said: My wife and I had a great time at Air Venture. After having the plane painted I decided to have it judged this time around and we came away with the Lindy Award for Outstanding Mooney in the Contemporary (1956-1970) Category! Registration number doesn't match your info block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ta2too Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 7 hours ago, Skates97 said: My wife and I had a great time at Air Venture. After having the plane painted I decided to have it judged this time around and we came away with the Lindy Award for Outstanding Mooney in the Contemporary (1956-1970) Category! More pics over on the (newly redesigned )blog. https://intothesky.com/2023/07/30/oshkosh-2023-in-the-books-with-an-award/ Congratulations Richard. Beautiful paint job. I always thought of painting my plane using the original paint scheme, and making a few minor changes from original, like you have done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowflyin Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Congrats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ta2too Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 1 minute ago, bluehighwayflyer said: Richard’s paint scheme is stunning, but it doesn’t look anything like the original 1965 scheme to me. OOPS! My bad. It looks like my paint scheme (1986) If and when I paint my plane, I was thinking of keeping the original paint scheme with a few changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubcap Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Beautiful aircraft! Congrats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Great news, Richard! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOH Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 6 hours ago, Fly Boomer said: Registration number doesn't match your info block. Looks like he's in the process of changing the N-number per the FAA registry site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skates97 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 17 hours ago, EricJ said: KRAP is original home-town territory for me, and I see you hit Sedona, too, so that's a good loop! Just went past Sedona, didn't land on this trip. 17 hours ago, DCarlton said: How was the eastbound route and ride across the mountains in Utah? I’m planning a Sep flight from SOCAL to MN and I’m thinking about going through El Paso. I’m more familiar with that route and the summer weather but it’ll add a couple of hours to the trip. Fly it in the morning and it isn't a big deal. The afternoon flight from SoCal to Ogden was bumpy as it always is in the summer. We left Ogden in the morning and the flight across eastern Utah and Wyoming was smooth. Happy to chat about it if you would like. I'll send you my cell number in a PM. 10 hours ago, Fly Boomer said: Registration number doesn't match your info block. Forgot to update that on MS when I changed the tail number. 4 hours ago, MikeOH said: Looks like he's in the process of changing the N-number per the FAA registry site. Yep, used to be 78878 which got butchered by ATC constantly. Too many 7's and 8's. Met my wife on 10/15 and coincidentally took my PPL check ride on 10/15 seven years later. Then I just had to find a letter to stick on the end of N1015. It took them almost 7 months from the time they received my paperwork to get me the forms to change the number. I submitted that back to them about 5 months ago so maybe they will complete it soon. Flight aware still has the N-Number as a 1966 Beech 58. 10 hours ago, bluehighwayflyer said: Richard’s paint scheme is stunning, but it doesn’t look anything like the original 1965 scheme to me. Not sure what the 1965 scheme looked like. The stripes are close to what it was when I bought it, but it may have been changed along the way. 10 hours ago, ta2too said: OOPS! My bad. It looks like my paint scheme (1986) If and when I paint my plane, I was thinking of keeping the original paint scheme with a few changes I had the same thinking. I wanted to keep the feel of the older straight stripes, add color to the leading edge, and put the logo on the tail. I like the straight stripes on the short bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSMooniac Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 Jim, that was essentially like the C I grew up in, except the reddish color was brown on our plane! Along with the hottest brown vinyl interior one can imagine... you could hear your skin sizzle on a TX summer day. The curtains didn't help much, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 @Skates97, great video, and congratulations on the award (and the paint, and having a wife who is so supportive of your flying habit). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M20F-1968 Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 On 7/31/2023 at 12:05 AM, Skates97 said: My wife and I had a great time at Air Venture. After having the plane painted I decided to have it judged this time around and we came away with the Lindy Award for Outstanding Mooney in the Contemporary (1956-1970) Category! More pics over on the (newly redesigned )blog. https://intothesky.com/2023/07/30/oshkosh-2023-in-the-books-with-an-award/ Richard, Congratulations. Russell Stallings said to me in the middle of my F model project that the paint job makes a Show Plane. I won the same Outstanding Mooney award in 2018 and then came back in 2019 and won a Lindy Award - Best Class II Single Engine (161-230 HP). I had no idea whether my plane would place at all. I just did the work with attention to detail. You can enter again if you are competing for a higher award than you have already won. John Breda 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skates97 Posted August 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, M20F-1968 said: Richard, Congratulations. Russell Stallings said to me in the middle of my F model project that the paint job makes a Show Plane. I won the same Outstanding Mooney award in 2018 and then came back in 2019 and won a Lindy Award - Best Class II Single Engine (161-230 HP). I had no idea whether my plane would place at all. I just did the work with attention to detail. You can enter again if you are competing for a higher award than you have already won. John Breda John, I have always admired the restoration/modifications you have done to your plane. It is beautiful. My wife and I were planning to do something different next year for a flying vacation but we might head back to Osh for a couple days. We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ta2too Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 11 hours ago, M20F-1968 said: Richard, Congratulations. Russell Stallings said to me in the middle of my F model project that the paint job makes a Show Plane. I won the same Outstanding Mooney award in 2018 and then came back in 2019 and won a Lindy Award - Best Class II Single Engine (161-230 HP). I had no idea whether my plane would place at all. I just did the work with attention to detail. You can enter again if you are competing for a higher award than you have already won. John Breda John, the exterior pictures of your plane show only half of the incredible restoration and modification work done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M20F-1968 Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 3 hours ago, ta2too said: John, the exterior pictures of your plane show only half of the incredible restoration and modification work done! The rest is shown on my Album page... I have many, many more pictures detailing the work done in each stage of the rebuild. Sometimes I use them to remind myself what is hidden. John Breda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M20F-1968 Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 14 hours ago, Skates97 said: John, I have always admired the restoration/modifications you have done to your plane. It is beautiful. My wife and I were planning to do something different next year for a flying vacation but we might head back to Osh for a couple days. We'll see. There is always more to do if you want to. I was pretty much forced to do it all at once because when I bought the plane it was apart, no nose, interior out, after-market panel which was useless, etc... I needed to strip everything out and build an airplane in a hangar. To be honest, I expected a 2-3 year project. It went on much more than expected. When you modify a flying airplane you can control how much you do all at once. John Breda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRedSkies Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 On 7/31/2023 at 12:10 AM, DCarlton said: How was the eastbound route and ride across the mountains in Utah? I’m planning a Sep flight from SOCAL to MN and I’m thinking about going through El Paso. I’m more familiar with that route and the summer weather but it’ll add a couple of hours to the trip. Did that last week in my E. Over 100* 2 of the 3 take offs. Piece of cake. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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