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From: Fallon, NV
BMW and Mercedes
I've not flown a Mooney before, but I wouldn't imagine that it would be a very different experience.....both seem relatively slick and responsive to me.
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From: West Texas
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Absolutely. My old man has a Bonanza, and it has been a pretty solid money pit for him, though I guess in his retirement he has very little else to worry about I've not flown a Mooney before, but I wouldn't imagine that it would be a very different experience.....both seem relatively slick and responsive to me.
I've not flown a Mooney before, but I wouldn't imagine that it would be a very different experience.....both seem relatively slick and responsive to me.What's great about a Mooney is that, in the Certified 4 place 180 hp range there is really nothing that can out climb and out run it. It's nice to only have to feed/maintain a 4 cylinder 180 horse engine. Burn is +/- 9.5/hr and cruise is around 160 ktas. Mine does have some clean up/speed mods, but not all of them. I also have the manual gear, so it's quite reliable and requires little maintenance...just gotta keep the floor clean! I also have a non-AD prop hub, so it's a relatively low cost airplane to operate/maintain (as far as complex aircraft goes).
What's nice about a Bonanza is that, even though it burns a lot of fuel (comparatively speaking) it is just an absolute hot rod that has 4 REAL seats.
Don't get me wrong, they are far from the be all/end all airplane; but for my purpose it's perfect.
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From: Fallon, NV
BMW and Mercedes
Interesting, I've honestly never heard of manual retract gear. Is that like a hand-crank type deal? You are right that the newer G and A36 bonanzas have solid legroom in the back, though I'd say my old man's '55 V35 is probably more on par with the short body Mooney's. He's also extremely **** about EGT on climbouts so he really doesn't push the performance that much. Hell, I had like 100 aircraft commander hours in the F/A-18 before he finally let me land the thing on my own Old guys are picky.....
Old guys are picky.....
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From: West Texas
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Not a crank, it's a series of linkages and a "Johnson bar". It's the electric gear Mooneys that have a crank backup...but it's like 40 revolutions or something crazy like that.
The manual gear Mooneys can raise/lower their gear in under 2 seconds, and there is no question as to whether the gear is down or not.
LOL on him being so protective. Not that it's bad, but it's just funny. The Mooney surprised me with it climb performance, but coming from the AA-1 - anything would.
The manual gear Mooneys can raise/lower their gear in under 2 seconds, and there is no question as to whether the gear is down or not.
LOL on him being so protective. Not that it's bad, but it's just funny. The Mooney surprised me with it climb performance, but coming from the AA-1 - anything would.
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From: Maryland, USA
2007 CLK350 Sport, 2006 E320 CDI, 1978 Cessna 152
Just saw the thread. I am a current student (part 61) with his check-ride with in reach. Been flying a 152 (1978) the past year or so. Then on to get my instrument rating.
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From: Vancouver
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RV 6
http://photobucket.com/NYFlapjack2_RV6 note the password is: NYFJ2RV6
Well I just found this thread myself. PPSEL since 1993. Built my own RV6 during 4.5 years, and @ 13,000 rivets later 1st Flight was 11/7/99. There was little more than factory built spars back then, nothing like the quick builds they have today. As well the firewall forward and avionics plug and play great strides offered by so many companies now.
Logged @ 100 hours in Traumahawks, 152 and 172's ... I Did 2 hours in a J3 cub for a tailwheel endorsement. If you are wondering the sickening slow J3 did little to prepare for my hot lil top gun on my field ( in its day). Logged @ 300 hours it it over a decade and sold it Sept 2010 to a flight test engineer at Embraer in Brazil. Bought the Mercedes as a going away pacifier (sold the Porsche 944 N/A what a dog compared to the Kompressor!!!)and banked the rest to help fund the next 8 years of non stop college for 2 sons.
Lots of good RV stories, but no military and the only kerosene burning big tales were a few business trips I did get to TO, fly in IMC and land while logging right seat PIC in a corporate Pilatus PC12 as the Corp pilot was a CFI for the CEO in same. Of course it flew like a 747 kinda slow responding. To me all trim and heavy yoked, but then again 3/4 of my time was in a 200 mph hot rod that 1/2 inch of joy stick movement to the left and a little back pressure for a nice slow aileron roll. Quite the view inverted out the big canopy.
More Pic to come...kudos if you recognize it's tail art.
Well I just found this thread myself. PPSEL since 1993. Built my own RV6 during 4.5 years, and @ 13,000 rivets later 1st Flight was 11/7/99. There was little more than factory built spars back then, nothing like the quick builds they have today. As well the firewall forward and avionics plug and play great strides offered by so many companies now.
Logged @ 100 hours in Traumahawks, 152 and 172's ... I Did 2 hours in a J3 cub for a tailwheel endorsement. If you are wondering the sickening slow J3 did little to prepare for my hot lil top gun on my field ( in its day). Logged @ 300 hours it it over a decade and sold it Sept 2010 to a flight test engineer at Embraer in Brazil. Bought the Mercedes as a going away pacifier (sold the Porsche 944 N/A what a dog compared to the Kompressor!!!)and banked the rest to help fund the next 8 years of non stop college for 2 sons.
Lots of good RV stories, but no military and the only kerosene burning big tales were a few business trips I did get to TO, fly in IMC and land while logging right seat PIC in a corporate Pilatus PC12 as the Corp pilot was a CFI for the CEO in same. Of course it flew like a 747 kinda slow responding. To me all trim and heavy yoked, but then again 3/4 of my time was in a 200 mph hot rod that 1/2 inch of joy stick movement to the left and a little back pressure for a nice slow aileron roll. Quite the view inverted out the big canopy.
More Pic to come...kudos if you recognize it's tail art.
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From: Burlington, Vermont
2007 R320
Here are some shots of what I did this last weekend, taken by some professional aviation photographers who came and chatted us up at the FBO while we were getting dressed to go fly. I'm flying "266", making some noise leaving Long Beach on sat afternoon. It was cool to see all the traffic pulled off to the side of a nearby freeway exit to watch us take off 
FLYNAVY, those are some nice pics!! Are you a Navy or Marine guy? I thought most Navy Hornets were single seat.
The Hornet is a very capable fighter, my first fight against a Hornet was eye popping. I was doing 6gs at 450KIAS across the circle feeling pretty offensive when all of a sudden this guy points at me from all the way across the circle. After he gunned the crap out of me we reset for another 1 V 1. I quickly got some advice from my F-16 flight lead over the radio and went into the second flight with a much better game plan.
That AOA capability is something else. I did get my revenge and was looking to get some more when the Hornet bingo-ed out.
Fighting Hornets is a blast, but you are not kidding, you need longer legs, two looks and you're out of gas!!
Best of luck in your fighter career. Every flight, no matter what, go upside down at least once. There will be a day when that is no longer an option!!
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BMW and Mercedes
The Hornet is a very capable fighter, my first fight against a Hornet was eye popping. I was doing 6gs at 450KIAS across the circle feeling pretty offensive when all of a sudden this guy points at me from all the way across the circle. After he gunned the crap out of me we reset for another 1 V 1. I quickly got some advice from my F-16 flight lead over the radio and went into the second flight with a much better game plan.
Thanks, and trust me, I will. I don't think flying gets any better than this, though of course the pay certainly does!
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BMW and Mercedes
Cool pic that a buddy snapped of me today during my O-3 promotion ceremony. Skipper in the fancy colorful CAG bird reading me the oath of office while I'm flying the grey jet in the background. Sorry for the small size, but I couldn't upload anything much bigger
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From: Bristol, CT
06 S211 E500 4Matic
Hello everyone. Just saw this section and thought I'd chime in. I always wanted to fly jets. Invested a lot of time and money into Microsoft Flight Simulator. Right now, I am in the Air Force ROTC. Went through MEPS physical and found out I am color deficient. Not sure if there are many USAF pilots here, but I'd figure I'd ask anyhow. Is it possible to fly for the USAF with some color deficiency? I cannot pass the Ishigara plates, can name maybe 7 out of 14 damned plates. I did pass the FALANT which seems like a much more practical test as I highly doubt I will have to look for numbers in the sea of colored dots while I am in the cockpit, but hey, I don't make the rules. I have never had problems naming colors. I know green from red. Other than this issue, I passed the physical. I have a really good hearing, perfect blood pressure, etc. My wish is to fly C-17s or even C-5s and then eventually retire and fly for FedEx or UPS. Thanks in advance for any information!
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mustang gt
I'm a low time commercial pilot, I've been chugging my way up the time chart slowly since 2005. Been flying a Pa34/161T for a 135 operation for about 2 years now. Every now and then I get a taste of the Turbine world in a Be9l.
Currently I've been putting applications in at any place that will give a low time guy (750TT) a chance at some stick time. Sadly those places are like finding a needle in a hay stack.
Anyone looking for a Co-Pilot
Currently I've been putting applications in at any place that will give a low time guy (750TT) a chance at some stick time. Sadly those places are like finding a needle in a hay stack.
Anyone looking for a Co-Pilot
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From: Racine, WI
Pewter W211
I'm a police officer and am what's called a tactical flight officer. Like military pilots law enforcement pilots aren't required by law to have their license which I don't.
Our main duties are; search and rescue, felony arrests, medical rescues, and so forth. As a tactical flight officer I have to first be a fully sworn law enforcement officer as we are all armed and have to be ready to jump off the helicopter at a moment's notice to make arrests or stop a shooting. I work the radios, spot lights, IR camera's and so forth.
The last big mission we went on was for the Oak Creek, WI Sikh shooting.
Here's a link to our website, you'll find pictures of the different helicopters we own there as well. (Of course my favorite will always be our Hueys - http://www.airsupport.org/
Our main duties are; search and rescue, felony arrests, medical rescues, and so forth. As a tactical flight officer I have to first be a fully sworn law enforcement officer as we are all armed and have to be ready to jump off the helicopter at a moment's notice to make arrests or stop a shooting. I work the radios, spot lights, IR camera's and so forth.
The last big mission we went on was for the Oak Creek, WI Sikh shooting.
Here's a link to our website, you'll find pictures of the different helicopters we own there as well. (Of course my favorite will always be our Hueys - http://www.airsupport.org/
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From: DFW
CLK63 AMG Black, SL65 AMG Black, GL550 (X166), G63 AMG
New to this site.
New to MB (just picked up a CLK63 AMG Black)
V35 Bonanza driver
I fly the V35 from a field north of Fort Worth and travel from coast to coast almost every week. The V35 is my primary commuter vehicle.
If anyone is north of Fort Worth and needs a cup of coffee stop on in and land!
John
New to MB (just picked up a CLK63 AMG Black)
V35 Bonanza driver
I fly the V35 from a field north of Fort Worth and travel from coast to coast almost every week. The V35 is my primary commuter vehicle.
If anyone is north of Fort Worth and needs a cup of coffee stop on in and land!
John
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CLK63 AMG Black, SL65 AMG Black, GL550 (X166), G63 AMG
