I bought my Mooney sight unseen when I was in Iraq 2010 and our bond only grew as I started resurrecting her. She sat in an abandoned T hangar for 14 years before I was able to ferry her to my friend’s hangar in Spruce Creek. That is…

I started flying in 1989 just out of high school. I was finishing up my A&P certificate and I wanted to fly for pleasure. I was working part time, flying part time and going to school full time. It was a tough grind and money was tight…

My “Barn Find”!! Well, not exactly…. But, I flew Pipers for many years after teaching my neighbor how to fly! We owned a PA 28 140, than a PA 28 180R together. After a hip replacement, he could not get in the airplane…

I'm a new Mooney owner as of October 2017.  A bit of backstory: I've been enthusiastic about aviation my whole life, but never had much money, so I had to content myself with a PC desktop simulation and an RC model or two.  That changed when I got out of the Army in…

My wife and I got engaged in 2005. We were planning a very small wedding with just family and close friends. My parents had a different idea. One night we were going out to dinner with my parents. They were in the back seat of the car and telling us how big the…

I learned to fly in Leavenworth, KS. Leavenworth's hangars are full of beautiful Mooneys and lots more stop in from the surrounding area. After earning my private license I couldn't wait to find one of my own. A retired navy man happened to be selling his 1964 M20C. I…