This is how it's done

[Fly Boomer]

25 minutes ago, Ron McBride said:

It could be slung using the motor mounts, remove the tail and use the huck bolts,  remove ailerons and use the hinge points.  Without the engine and prop, you are probably lifting 1100 - 1200 pounds.

Ron

Or like this:

 

[PeteMc]

2 hours ago, Fly Boomer said:

Where on the wing?

Pics I've seen have it right by the fuselage.  

ADDED: It wasn't a Mooney though and don't know the condition of the plane before they lifted it.

 

Edited June 6 by PeteMc

[Kelpro999]

Engine swap/rebuild, mow  & go!

[Walk]

That’s exactly how we recovered an SR-22 that had a fuel pump fail. That was South Ga though and the local cops were fine with it because it took up the whole road and then some.
It was only a couple of miles to the Sylvester Airport.
In the Army we recovered aircraft with a Chinook pretty frequently, last one I did was in Bosnia, main Xmsn chip light and he put it in what turned out to be a mine field, so we slung it out as opposed to working on it there.
Biggest deal with helicopter recovery is to have a small rouge chute on the tail and if it’s an airplane spoilers on the wings.
Helicopter recovery’s are pretty common in Alaska

A 64 pilot talking about Chinook shenanigans, you must have been an officer. Gross.

[A64Pilot]

On 6/7/2024 at 11:52 PM, Walk said:

A 64 pilot talking about Chinook shenanigans, you must have been an officer. Gross.

Joined the Army in 1982 as an E2

Retired in 2003 as a CW-3

Spent four years as an OH-58 Crew Chief in an AVIM company, AVIM has the ARC (Aircraft Recovery Kit) so we did a recovery or two.

In Bosnia I was the only Maintenance Officer with recovery experience so I was volunteered to help with the UH-60 recovery.

Mt enlisted experience is what gave me the ability to test for A&P

[Walk]

Joined the Army in 1982 as an E2
Retired in 2003 as a CW-3
Spent four years as an OH-58 Crew Chief in an AVIM company, AVIM has the ARC (Aircraft Recovery Kit) so we did a recovery or two.
In Bosnia I was the only Maintenance Officer with recovery experience so I was volunteered to help with the UH-60 recovery.
Mt enlisted experience is what gave me the ability to test for A&P

Retiring in ‘03 must have been a difficult decision and process. Thanks for your service.


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[GeeBee]

On 6/5/2024 at 9:27 PM, EricJ said:

A few years ago there was the case where somebody's partner landed their J model in a field in the Rockies after the mag walked out of the accessory case after maintenance.   The airplane was fine, but not flyable.   He was a trucker and worked with the recovery company to rig up a system to lift it with a helicopter and take it to an airport, which they ultimately did successfully.   I recall him saying there were a lot of opportunities to damage the aircraft, so he took charge of the lift rigging and got it done without damage.

And that was the entire airplane with engine, etc., at high DA, so it is certainly possible.

I remember that video. He hooked up a spreader rig and lifted the airplane at the firewall and the aft wing root, slightly nose down, controls locked. He had lines from the wing tips to keep it from spinning. Worked brilliantly.

Meanwhile:

 

[Ibra]

On 6/6/2024 at 3:27 AM, EricJ said:

And that was the entire airplane with engine, etc., at high DA, so it is certainly possible.

We have one helicopter based at my home base who does these retrieves, I was told they can carry 2500lbs which would work with lot of single engine pistons at empty weight (especially without engine)

They did pick one PA28 early this year,

https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/nanteuil-les-meaux-un-avion-heliporte-sur-plusieurs-kilometres-jusqua-laerodrome-29-02-2024-HLGEXQ2JDRGNFFWKGYEZKXKCUQ.php

MI26 should do it for heavy jets (even with engine)

 

Edited June 11 by Ibra

[A64Pilot]

On 6/9/2024 at 11:12 PM, Walk said:

Retiring in ‘03 must have been a difficult decision and process. Thanks for your service.


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Not at all.

I was passed over for promotion and “Retired”. It was however self inflicted as I wanted to Retire at 20 the whole time, that gives you enough time to build a second Career. You can’t really live on Military Retirement, not very well anyway.

I was forced into the Longbow transition and that incurred a service obligation of several years, for those familiar with the Military Promotion process I did not take a DA photo, nor did I review my records for promotion so no way was I going to be promoted, you get looked at twice, then processed out, but as I was over 20 I Retired, more than you would think get passed over and get nothing.

Seeing as how the Army passed me over that negated the obligation for Longbow.