Anyone want to talk me out of...

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

("Aaron Coolidge" wrote)
Hey Montblack, you're back! BTW, you weild a mean grill...
--
Aaron Coolidge

Hey Aaron,

It's been since December of last year. Very weird having no internet at home
for 10 months.

That library lurking gets old in a hurry.

Grills. I just hauled the goofy things, it was Joey and Ron who were the
mean grillmasters g.

We did see Jim depart one morning, his *monster* grill being towed behind
that cursed van of his. Luckily, my trani held up for the return trip to the
Twin Cities. My water pump and O2 sensor, however, did not fare so well post
OSH 2004.


Montblack

We did see Jim depart one morning, his *monster* grill being towed behind
that cursed van of his. Luckily, my trani held up for the return trip to
the
Twin Cities. My water pump and O2 sensor, however, did not fare so well
post
OSH 2004.

That van gave its all for our *burp* high cholesterol...

It IS good to have you back. It's hard to keep Martin in line all by
myself!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

That van gave its all for our *burp* high cholesterol...
Not to mention that we barely made it under max gross weight for the
return trip!

It IS good to have you back.
Ditto...the humor level just went back up a notch.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA Student

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

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/

"Ben Jackson" wrote in message
news:t9F5d.373592$8_6.19934@attbi_s04...
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 172 I own 1/5th of just went to the shop for a look-see at a few things.
Oil change, new ignition lead, and a carburetor adjustment followed. Exit
$725, stage left.

I'll have to be making a lot of money before you catch me owning a complex
airplane on my own.

Best,
-cwk.

Ben Jackson wrote:
: the torque tubes. Avionics access it from a panel outside the plane which
: is tricky to re-seal.

Since the M20J/K this is no longer the case.
--
Aaron Coolidge