Mooney1401 Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 I wish mooney had a 5 or 6 seat version. My wife and I just had twin boys. I am now a dad to 3 boys. Looks like my 4 seater just got small. I know the US has a reg to allow more then one person to a belt depending on weight. But I don't think that works up here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Your going to need that TWIN engine Mooney... Does that have six seats??? -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29-0363 Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Keep the Mooney and sell one of the children? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Keep the Mooney and sell one of the children? Â More like sell the Mooney and make college payments -- but I like your thinking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviatoreb Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Congratulations on the babies sir! Â No problem - make two trips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Pleisse Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 I faced the same dilemma years back. I accepted commercial for family travel twice a year and kept the Mooney. I still get a great biz platform, currency-training platform, training platform for my kids when they want to learn and a pleasure flying machine. All at significantly less cost that any 6 place plane. I go from DC to NYC in 1.25 on nearly Skyhawk fuel flows and mx costs. The Mooney is that good. The tail always wags the dog and few are ever willing to revise their mission profile and be reasonable. 90% of my mission was still intact keeping the Mooney, the better airplane.  If my wife would get a PP, I would buy a Chyenne or C90. But, no cigar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesg Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 I once took a friend flying with me knowing I was father of five... When he looked inside he said: There is no way you will fit all your kids in there... then I replied... you don't get it... this is to get away from them! Humour of course! Yves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviatoreb Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 I once took a friend flying with me knowing I was father of five... When he looked inside he said: There is no way you will fit all your kids in there... then I replied... you don't get it... this is to get away from them! Humour of course! Yves  I have 3 boys, 11, 14 (15 in 1 month!) and 16.  ...and a wife!  5 of us.  Nope we don't all fit.  Very rarely does my mission call for all 5 and when it does, sigh, I "fly" the Toyota Sienna Minivan.  Besides that though, probably 50% of my flying is with my boys, usually one at a time.  My flying time has turned out to be a great way for bonding time with my boys as me and one of my boys do the fabled $100 mission, or pop in on grand parents for lunch, and we spend the good fraction of the day together just being together.  I never anticipated that is what flying would be, but I couldn't be more pleased. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMan Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Get a Bonanza? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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