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How many people does it take to lift a Mooney?

Becca

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fantom Grand Master

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Probably because I would bever hear the end of it here!

I believe Becca did post something about the 'occurrence' here, suggesting that Byron wouldn't come clean since he was in the left seat.

Becca Experienced

Becca

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Yes, dearest Byron won't admit that my USS Sedona landings were flawless despite his right seat nagging. When it was his turn to fly (we were coming back from a Grand Canyon overflight and I wanted to take photos) - he panicked that 4000' runway just wouldn't be long enough and his mental picture of our beloved Mooney going over the mesa was too much for him, and he went into 747-mode assuming our plane had anti-skid, slammed on the brakes to make the turnoff at 2000' and, thump thump thump. Then he widely disemminated the picture of the flat tire with the caption "don't let your wife fly".

We found a local mechanic who replaced the tire for like $50 though, which is pretty much the best deal in aviation ever.

He absolutely does owe a trip report for the whole trip - we took some great pictures of grand canyon and monument valley - and to post them here :) not on the beech forum. That said, the beech forum's trip report section is quite a bit more extensive than ours, we should work on that..

N201MKTurbo Grand Master

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My ex-wife's parents lived in Sedona, so I made more trips there then I can remember. One Christmas we flew up there and the weather was horrible. I was the only plane in the sky. On Phoenix approach and center - no other planes except airlines. It was snowy all over and the winds were nasty. On approach to Sedona the winds were out of the northeast at about 50-60 knots. About 1/4 mile from the end of the runway there was a downdraft so strong that I could not maintain altitude with full power. I dropped below the runway about 50 feet. To avoid crashing into the cliff I turned right and flew along the right edge of the hill. After I passed the end of the hill the downdraft subsided and I started to climb. When I was about 20 feet above the runway I side slipped back to the runway and touched down about mid field.

Sedona is always interesting.

RJBrown Mentor

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When I sold my Rocket to a guy from San Francisco he needed to take delivery out of state for sales tax reasons. We flew together from Stockton to North Las Vegas. He was left seat. Landing in Vegas there was quite a cross wind. At about 30' he panicked and said "Your plane" I got it down a little crooked and he hit the brakes to "steer it" straight. His previous plane had a castering nose wheel and was steered with the brakes. On the ground he started to walk away unaware and I stopped him and showed him the cords on a new tire. At that point he tried to blame me for the damaged tire. I had to show him the lack of brake pedals on the right side before he took responsibility.

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