mulro767 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Posted March 9, 2013 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 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Posted March 9, 2013 Count me in unless I'm working. Maybe I could fly to work that day though.
1964-M20E Posted March 9, 2013 Report Posted March 9, 2013 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 Posted March 10, 2013 Report Posted March 10, 2013 Also bear in mind that this is the weekend of SnF so many folks will be down there.
Joe Zuffoletto Posted March 10, 2013 Report Posted March 10, 2013 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 Posted March 11, 2013 Report Posted March 11, 2013 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. 1
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