April 12, 1906

[mulro767]

From a previous thread (Mooneys Over America)

 

Albert W. Mooney was born on April 12th, 1906.

 

We need to honor him with an international airborne celebration of the Mooney community.  The Swift community did this recently and managed to get a lot of press involved.  We are bigger!  And we have way more pride!

 

http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2012/121024swift-owners-plan-day-of-domination.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Mooney

 

Who's in?  

 

April 12, 2013

[DrRobb]

Count me in unless I'm working. Maybe I could fly to work that day though.

[1964-M20E]

April 12 is a Friday. Do you think Satuday would be better not Al's b-day but...

I think if we can coordinate a number of gatherings across the US even the world.

I think having most of the flying Mooney's flying on one day would honor him well

[Jeff_S]

Also bear in mind that this is the weekend of SnF so many folks will be down there.

[Joe Zuffoletto]

I'm definitely in. I never knew this until a couple days ago, but Al Mooney was born and raised right here in my hometown of Denver! Only fitting that I honor him by buzzing around over the land of his birth on his birthday.

[jetdriven]

So was the Culver Cadet.  That is an amazing airplane in its own right, check it out.

 

Ten thousand airframes now produced under the M20 2A3 type certificate.  The wing on the M20B and M20TN are pretty much the same. The M20B would get around 145-150 knots.  The M20M Liquid Rocket would climb to FL350 and still get 300 knots. The same metal.  Al got it right way back in 1952.