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Old April 9th 08, 12:03 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tony Verhulst
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Default Adding an airplane rating to private pilot glider

sisu1a wrote:

That works (to a point) in a Cessna. Try that in a Mooney and you'll get
a very close look at the numbers on the far end of the runway as you go
by them. It depends on the airplane.

Tony


Don't they put airbrakes on those Moony things, some type of dragons
teeth arrangement?



Mooney offers that as a factory option - starting maybe 10 years ago.
STCs are available for older models -
http://www.preciseflight.com/viewpage.php?pID=15 . By far, the majority
of Mooneys in existence do not have the speed brakes.

The speedbrakes, BTW, are electrically actuated and are "all or nothing".

Tony V.