Looking at a 68 Mooney M20F

[Flyler]

27 minutes ago, Lax291 said:

Congrats and good luck with the new adventure!  Also, GL with the check ride in June, how long is the wait now?  Last year it was about 2 months from initial call to check ride date.  Is it with Daryl by any chance?  

One thing that almost bit me was the requirement from the insurance company to have a CFI who had at least 25 hrs in the specific model Mooney.  I had a local instructor lined up, coincidentally it was Mr. Takacs, but couldn't move forward with him as he didn't have enough J hours to meet the insurance requirement.  

Just one thing to check if you haven't already to make sure things go as smoothly as possible for you.  Was also just reading an article on the new hangars ready to open at KOXC, they look nice!

 

Thank you sir!  Checkride was about 2 months out.  It is with Mr. Bob Nardiello, he's the chief instructor at my flight school and a DPE.  I believe he only books his schedule on Tuesdays/Thursdays to help with the weather delays and such.  I'm hoping I don't run into any insurance issues with Rob as he really is a great guy and would love to put some money in his pocket!  Thanks for the headsup, I will try to steer my insurance decision around that issue, hopefully I am successful.

Oxford is a great airport and they are doing lots of renovations.  The only problem is the hangar price, it's hefty.  I live about halfway between OXC and DXR and of course they are both very very pricy for hangar space.  So I'm not quite sure where she will end up.  I was seriously eyeballing sky acres but I'm not sure how challenging the runway is over there.  DXR is very tempting as they have two runways and it seems we have winds from the West for 6 months of the year.

[Shadrach]

54 minutes ago, Flyler said:

So, the sellers have accepted my offer for this bird and we are moving forward.  I did try to take everyone's great advice from this forum- looked around at a handful of other Mooney's, didn't immediately fall in love with the first one I saw (but that did happen later.)  I also had some very sage advice- if you need to stretch the budget a bit, within reason, it is well worth it.  This does feel like it will suit my current mission and likely be the only plane I'll ever want or need!  I was not expecting to end up with anything that had a GPS or autopilot, and was expecting a very ratty interior that would need to be redone. 

The sellers were willing to come down on the price, quite considerably actually.  I think that since I am local and would be keeping the plane in the vicinity, and visiting the same A&P, it was a bit of a comfort to the seller.  There is a lot of sentiment tied up with the planeand my wife and I are both sensitive to that fact.  It also has a few items that need to be addressed and will cost a bit up front.  That's OK with me as my PPL checkride isn't until June 10th.  Currently at 80 hours, will probably cross the finish line around 90.  Then I have Mr. Takacs lined up to give me some transition training in the Mooney, and perhaps IR as well.

We don't have the keys yet but I'm still in a bit of shock/excitement as I can't believe this is happening!  Woohoo!  Thank you everyone for your help along the way!

 Congratulations! 1968 was a great year for the F model. They built over 200 of them that year. If the condition is as good as has been stated, I think you will be amazed at how much this airframe gives while asking comparatively little in return.