Anyone want to talk me out of...

buying my first airplane? Better hurry because Monday we have the
prebuy inspection to go thru. If that goes well then probably by the end
of next week I'll be an airplane owner (co-owner actually). I have
really gotten a lot out of this and the Mooney owners news and email
groups. It appears that we have found a clean '79 M20J for a decent
price. I am paying more then I originally bugeted but welcome to
aviation right? I figure that I would take the plunge in a plane that I
can use for a while with out feeling like I need to upgrade right away.
I have a feeling that that is what would happen if I would have bought a
152 or Warrior. The Mooney can hold 4 people and cruise at 150 knots on
10 gph. I think that will satify me for a while anyway. Anyone have
any regrets about airplane ownership they care to share?

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
Student Mooney purchaser

buying my first airplane?

Ha!

Asking that here is like asking a bunch of crack addicts what they think
about drug abuse...

;-)

Go for it!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Heh...heh...heh...heh....

Dave



On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 01:19:15 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

buying my first airplane?

Ha!

Asking that here is like asking a bunch of crack addicts what they think
about drug abuse...

;-)

Go for it!

There is a story about going to your bank, getting a crisp new $100
bill from you account and walking out to the parking lot and burning
it and if that doesn't bother you....

Since you're buying a Mooney, let's alter the story a wee bit:

1) go to your bank and withdraw FIVE crisp new $100 bills from your
account
2) walk out to the parking lot and set them alight with a cigarette
lighter
3) hold them until they burn down to the tiniest unrecognizable corner
of paper
4) continue holding them until they scorch you fingertips and go out.
5) if you can do that and walk away with a smile, and ready to do it
again, then you're ready to buy an airplane, especially a Mooney.


Dave wrote in message . ..
Heh...heh...heh...heh....

Dave



On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 01:19:15 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

buying my first airplane?

Ha!

Asking that here is like asking a bunch of crack addicts what they think
about drug abuse...

;-)

Go for it!

("Rutger" wrote)
Since you're buying a Mooney, let's alter the story a wee bit:

1) go to your bank and withdraw FIVE crisp new $100 bills from your
account
2) walk out to the parking lot and set them alight with a cigarette
lighter
3) hold them until they burn down to the tiniest unrecognizable corner
of paper
4) continue holding them until they scorch you fingertips and go out.
5) if you can do that and walk away with a smile, and ready to do it
again, then you're ready to buy an airplane, especially a Mooney.


Wouldn't this story work better if a beautiful naked woman is holding your
burning money out in the parking lot.

Another $100 for the naked lady.


Montblack
I'm looking at a project plane myself - first $100 bill is still in my
pocket.

Montblack wrote:
: Montblack
: I'm looking at a project plane myself - first $100 bill is still in my
: pocket.
Hey Montblack, you're back! BTW, you weild a mean grill...
--
Aaron Coolidge

So are you saying that a Mooney is more expensive to maintain then any
other complex aircraft? I would think that it would be less than a
Cessna retractable gear (because of the gear complexity) or a Beechcraft
retract. Then again I'm just guessing.. Thanks!!

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
Student Mooney purchaser

Rutger wrote:
There is a story about going to your bank, getting a crisp new $100
bill from you account and walking out to the parking lot and burning
it and if that doesn't bother you....

Since you're buying a Mooney, let's alter the story a wee bit:

1) go to your bank and withdraw FIVE crisp new $100 bills from your
account
2) walk out to the parking lot and set them alight with a cigarette
lighter
3) hold them until they burn down to the tiniest unrecognizable corner
of paper
4) continue holding them until they scorch you fingertips and go out.
5) if you can do that and walk away with a smile, and ready to do it
again, then you're ready to buy an airplane, especially a Mooney.


Dave wrote in message . ..

Heh...heh...heh...heh....

Dave



On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 01:19:15 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:


buying my first airplane?

Ha!

Asking that here is like asking a bunch of crack addicts what they think
about drug abuse...

;-)

Go for it!

In article ,
Jon Kraus wrote:
So are you saying that a Mooney is more expensive to maintain then any
other complex aircraft?

So are you saying a random $500 expense would be unexpected for any
complex aircraft?

The Mooney actually has a relatively simple gear system. It's everything
else that's hard to get to. The plane is basically built around some of
the torque tubes. Avionics access it from a panel outside the plane which
is tricky to re-seal.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

There is a story about going to your bank, getting a crisp new $100
bill from you account and walking out to the parking lot and burning
it and if that doesn't bother you....

Since you're buying a Mooney, let's alter the story a wee bit:

1) go to your bank and withdraw FIVE crisp new $100 bills from your
account

So are you saying that a Mooney is more expensive to maintain then any
other complex aircraft? I would think that it would be less than a
Cessna retractable gear (because of the gear complexity) or a Beechcraft
retract.

Manual gear Mooneys are very inexpensive to maintain (personal & Mooney
list experience). Electric gear Mooneys are more, but not near as much
as something like a Bonanza.
---
KR

Jay,

As usual you are right on the mark... I don't really relate to the crack
addicts but if crack smelled like 100ll than maybe I would.. :-)

Jon Kraus
PP0ASEL-IA
Student-IA

Jay Honeck wrote:

buying my first airplane?


Ha!

Asking that here is like asking a bunch of crack addicts what they think
about drug abuse...

;-)

Go for it!