scottfromiowa Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 NICE. Just fantastic the transformation. Beautiful work. Is anyone else enjoing the pics of the transformation? Wow, what a beautiful job you are doing in transforming your vintage bird into a state of the art flying machine. Thanks for your "labor of love". I am really enjoying seeing your work... Quote
aviatoreb Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 Quote: scottfromiowa NICE. Just fantastic the transformation. Beautiful work. Is anyone else enjoing the pics of the transformation? Wow, what a beautiful job you are doing in transforming your vintage bird into a state of the art flying machine. Thanks for your "labor of love". I am really enjoying seeing your work... Quote
jezzie Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 Thanks everyone, so far I can only visualize what it will be like to fly my Mooney. 2 1/2 years is a long time to wait. That Mooney retro-fit interior I must admit is the icing on the cake. I feel so fortunate to have been able to pick this interior up when it become available. I have some more tweeking to do, and that will come later when I get my Mooney home. Word of advise for anyone trying this in the future, don't be 700 miles away like I did during this process, next time I will take the wings off and trailer it home. I'm down to the short strokes now. Eldon Quote
Parker_Woodruff Posted June 24, 2012 Report Posted June 24, 2012 I'm really interested to see what your useful load numbers will look like Quote
jezzie Posted June 24, 2012 Report Posted June 24, 2012 Quote: Parker_Woodruff I'm really interested to see what your useful load numbers will look like Quote
jetdriven Posted June 24, 2012 Report Posted June 24, 2012 Congratulations, Eldon for an incredible job on your 201. Its the nicest one I have ever seen or heard of. But another contender has just escaped the paint shop 2 weeks ago. It doesn't count, as its a '78 , but it is a looker. It does not have the panel of a 787 and the Starship Enterprise combined, as you do. I'll see if I can get the owner on here. Quote
scottfromiowa Posted June 24, 2012 Author Report Posted June 24, 2012 Quote: jetdriven It does not have the panel of a 787 and the Starship Enterprise combined, as you do. Quote
M016576 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Posted June 24, 2012 Quote: jetdriven Congratulations, Eldon for an incredible job on your 201. Its the nicest one I have ever seen or heard of. But another contender has just escaped the paint shop 2 weeks ago. It doesn't count, as its a '78 , but it is a looker. It does not have the panel of a 787 and the Starship Enterprise combined, as you do. I'll see if I can get the owner on here. Quote
jpjp Posted June 25, 2012 Report Posted June 25, 2012 The red and white airplane with the new paint in the picture above belongs to Jim Yeager. I have seen it in person and it is a beautiful airplane. It is top notch from the modern instrument panel/avionics, to the amazing interior and awesome paint. By far one of the best Mooneys I have seen. Quote
carusoam Posted June 25, 2012 Report Posted June 25, 2012 Garmin used that instrument panel on the back of AOPA's magazine this month. They called it an Ovation though..... -a- Quote
M20F-1968 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Posted June 26, 2012 I second Jezzie's sentiment. I did my rebuild project 1500 miles away from where I live. I had to redo a bunch of work done by the original mechanics. I subsequently found a 40 year old sheetmetal manager from Gulfstream who did sheetmetal work for me and did very nice work. Like everything, its all about the people. If you are not nearby, the mice will play if the mice are so minded. Now the mice have to deal with 2 legal judgments against them. John Breda Quote
kris_adams Posted June 26, 2012 Report Posted June 26, 2012 Me too. I just love that bird! Hope to see it at some point in the future. Quote
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