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Like that the trooper stated the airplane was properly parked on the shoulder

Wow! I’m not IR, and was around 500 hrs with zero retract time and Avemco was the only one that wasn’t crazy… it was pricey but the...

That's an understatement. Mooney is the trick candle of aircraft manufacturers. IIRC they're up to 14 times having assets sold to new...

The compression test, oh boy, there are so many misconceptions. The reason you put 80 psi in the cylinders is so that if the prop gets...

Trip home to MI from MN- We tracked it at about 20mpg! Averaged 149kt from take off to landing, no stops 4hrs 10mins. With avoiding...

How many Gatorade bottles do you pack for a trip like that?

Longest non-stop I have done was KBJC back to NE Maryland. 1334 miles direct. According to Flight Aware 7 hours 3 minutes from take...

The fuselage is rounded and if you have 2 broad shoulder passengers they will be cramped, front seats can be staggered to avoid this...

Yep. My first exposure to Mooneys was Ed Guthrie's 201, for those who remember him from ages ago. (He still owns the plane, too, almost...

Uh oh, you’re gunna get hooked. Headed to bed before a flight home from walleye fishing near KBDE again, 622nm, 4hrs 30 min it looks...

So this is interesting, I was supposed to fly to jax yesterday but i'll save you the details and make it short but ended up flying to...

On a "test" flight, I (5' 9") sat in the back of our M20C before we bought it, and it was fine for a short flight. Something like a $100...

Affordaplane? That’s a unicorn. And two unicorns stuck together make a two-headed antelope.

They are a great value! I bought an F for same reasoning as @Darryl Snover- pretty much verbatim reasoning. I ended up doing a full...

Having just purchased an M20F, I believe that Mooneys are a fantastic value. Nothing (certificated anyway) touches them for speed and...