Mooney to Offer Light Sport Airplane

"GreenPilot" wrote in message
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Mooney Aerospace Group has teamed with the Spanish kit aircraft
manufacturer Construcciones Aeronauticas De Galicia to market the
two-seat Toxo.

The Rotax-powered sportplane will be renamed the Mooney Toxo.
Components will be manufactured in Spain but assembled at Mooney's
plant in Kerrville, Tex. once the new Light Sport Aircraft category
goes into effect.

For full article see:

http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi$pass*57354550!_h-www.landings.com/_landings/pacflyer/sep7-2003/Sn-49-mooney-toxo-li.html

This was announced at Oshkosh but something is amiss. This airplane has a
stall speed and a top speed that is above what the new Sport plane category
allows.

Rick Pellicciotti

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"GreenPilot" wrote in message
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Mooney Aerospace Group has teamed with the Spanish kit aircraft
manufacturer Construcciones Aeronauticas De Galicia to market the
two-seat Toxo.

The Rotax-powered sportplane will be renamed the Mooney Toxo.
Components will be manufactured in Spain but assembled at Mooney's
plant in Kerrville, Tex. once the new Light Sport Aircraft category
goes into effect.

For full article see:


http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi$pass*57354550!_h-www.landings.com/_landin
gs/pacflyer/sep7-2003/Sn-49-mooney-toxo-li.html

This was announced at Oshkosh but something is amiss. This airplane has a
stall speed and a top speed that is above what the new Sport plane
category
allows.

Rick Pellicciotti



As is the MGW:

A bit larger than the original Spanish version, the Mooney Toxo will measure
6.4 feet high, 17.7 feet long and have a wingspan of 26 ft. It is expected
to have an empty weight of around 770 pounds and a maximum gross weight of
1,430 lbs.

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"GreenPilot" wrote in message
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Mooney Aerospace Group has teamed with the Spanish kit aircraft
manufacturer Construcciones Aeronauticas De Galicia to market the
two-seat Toxo.

The Rotax-powered sportplane will be renamed the Mooney Toxo.
Components will be manufactured in Spain but assembled at Mooney's
plant in Kerrville, Tex. once the new Light Sport Aircraft category
goes into effect.

For full article see:



http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi$pass*57354550!_h-www.landings.com/_landin
gs/pacflyer/sep7-2003/Sn-49-mooney-toxo-li.html

This was announced at Oshkosh but something is amiss. This airplane has
a
stall speed and a top speed that is above what the new Sport plane
category
allows.

Rick Pellicciotti



As is the MGW:

A bit larger than the original Spanish version, the Mooney Toxo will
measure
6.4 feet high, 17.7 feet long and have a wingspan of 26 ft. It is expected
to have an empty weight of around 770 pounds and a maximum gross weight of
1,430 lbs.

Makes me wonder if they (Mooney) knows something that we don't know about
the rule. The Toxo is a fine looking airplane. I had looked at it about a
year ago when I was looking for a new project.

Rick

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"GreenPilot" wrote in message
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Mooney Aerospace Group has teamed with the Spanish kit aircraft
manufacturer Construcciones Aeronauticas De Galicia to market the
two-seat Toxo.

The Rotax-powered sportplane will be renamed the Mooney Toxo.
Components will be manufactured in Spain but assembled at Mooney's
plant in Kerrville, Tex. once the new Light Sport Aircraft category
goes into effect.

For full article see:




http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi$pass*57354550!_h-www.landings.com/_landin
gs/pacflyer/sep7-2003/Sn-49-mooney-toxo-li.html

This was announced at Oshkosh but something is amiss. This airplane
has
a
stall speed and a top speed that is above what the new Sport plane
category
allows.

Rick Pellicciotti



As is the MGW:

A bit larger than the original Spanish version, the Mooney Toxo will
measure
6.4 feet high, 17.7 feet long and have a wingspan of 26 ft. It is
expected
to have an empty weight of around 770 pounds and a maximum gross weight
of
1,430 lbs.

Makes me wonder if they (Mooney) knows something that we don't know about
the rule. The Toxo is a fine looking airplane. I had looked at it about
a
year ago when I was looking for a new project.

Rick



I think that this has a equal chance of
A. being another screw-up in the life of Mooney
B. they will just change the numbers.

Yeah, but it won't have a "perky tail"! ;-(((

GreenPilot wrote:

Mooney Aerospace Group has teamed with the Spanish kit aircraft
manufacturer Construcciones Aeronauticas De Galicia to market the
two-seat Toxo.

The Rotax-powered sportplane will be renamed the Mooney Toxo.
Components will be manufactured in Spain but assembled at Mooney's
plant in Kerrville, Tex. once the new Light Sport Aircraft category
goes into effect.

For full article see:
http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi$pass*57354550!_h-www.landings.com/_landings/pacflyer/sep7-2003/Sn-49-mooney-toxo-li.html