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I didn't realize you'd flown cross country in gliders

You travel in an airplane. In a glider you voyage.

If you're really lucky you will get to fly with Adam Kite, probably the best CFIG in that area or any area for that matter.

How do you define fun? For me, compared to flying gliders pretty much all airplanes are boring to fly. The fly baby was fun I will admit. It was super cheap flying, handled like a dream and I never had to share the cockpit with anyone. My Mooney is fun because it is fast. Everything is a...

There are precious few aircraft that fit your parameters and budget. The tailwind is a good suggestion. My first plane was a Bowers fly baby. It was fantastic and it still is for the new owner, but it's only one seat. Limiting yourself to experimentals isn't necessarily going to save you money...

Ercoups are great. Everyone I know with years in aviation who has flown them owned them or worked on them, people who understand the design and performance pretty much unanimously agree that they were a revolutionary design for their time and still perform admirably today. It's probably the...

By opportunistically weaving together various resources and experiences over the years many pilots have achieved much the same thing for themselves and their students that Bach put forth in his beloved story. Some years ago there was a mobile summer flight school program called Flight...

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Continues to be fascinating and, some of what I'm reading is disturbing. Our Edward Jones agent has been a dream to work with and she was trusted implicitly by my deceased step father who had served 2 terms as state treasurer! He knew his business and was political pals with our agents father...

For years I have used a handheld as my primary com in my glider. It is hooked up to an external homemade groundplane antenna mounted inside the wooden fuselage behind the seat. I once had a conversation with another glider pilot (just happened to be the builder of my glider) while he was flying...

Actually I was incorrect in my original post, it's a 1965 model. I know, dumb. Just updated the annual, new main tires, about 30-some hours added to the times. Still a great plane, needs nothing but a new owner. I'm loving my Mooney, not loving having 2 hangars!

A fascinating thread and thank you Dave Taylor for the initial question. I keep an eye on my 87-year-old mother's financial well-being. She has a long time and much beloved Edward Jones financial advisor who I trust. However, I believe she has several annuities and what I'm reading here gives...

Been flying a new to me 66 E mooney since Feb. Awesome ride! Looked at a LOT of junk first.

I used to teach there part time. Very challenging conditions in the lee of the front range. Very tough place to begin XC soaring.

I'm with you Lance. Paranoid flying my Mooney. Flew my glider three hours the other afternoon within 30 miles of class C between 3 and 10000 feet. Before I was an airplane pilot I never thought about it. Probably couldn't fit one in the little Woodstock if I could afford it and provide...

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Well, if your wife is small you're good to go. But, this plane is way too nice to tiedown outside. You'd definitely want a hangar.

$100/month insurance (probably less) + $100/month hangar rent + $600 annual insp. (generous) = $250/month. Been doing it for the last couple years with my sweet C150, flying on cheap auto fuel. And, now that I have a Mooney you can buy my 150!

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48ML was my plane Paul. Now belongs to Jesse in Lincoln. Too bad about the canopy but glad it wasn't worse! That pic with the open canopy was taken the day I first saw the plane in Osage Iowa where it was built. MM