We meet Mike and his 1963 Mooney M20c and take it up in the air for a test flight!
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We meet Mike and his 1963 Mooney M20c and take it up in the air for a test flight!
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2:55 "With the numbers that I ran, it made more sense to NOT get into a partnership..." 3:12 "So I started looking, and a partnership 25 mins. from my house..." That made perfect sense, and it was even at his second most desirable airport. It doesn't appear that emotions had anything to do with that decision.
7:40 - The best part of this awesome video! That gear retraction...wow!
OMG! I got my complex endorsement in this plane. Not the same model, the same plane. I think I got 25 - 30 hours in it. Knew the original owner. It is a very small world.
Very cool!
hah thats amazing..... six degrees of separation.
Lucky you, such a sexy plane
My dad had a Mooney, just like that one... used to take me up as a kid. I loved it.
Like the new definition for GUMPS 😁 Make sure that gear is down.
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I love my MooneyM20c Ranger. Its a awesome plane all the way around. Thanks for sharing!
Back in the mid-1960s, I joined a flying club that had a 1965 M20C/Mark 21. Although it was an M20C as is the above 1963 model, it had a rectangular rear window and the "positive control" single-axis autopilot. Still had the manual gear lever. As I recall, it had a true airspeed of 165 mph (about 145k) at 75% power at altitude. Soon thereafter, we traded it for a new 1967 M20F/Executive 21 (about $20K!!), with the longer cabin, 200 hp, and the ram-air "Power Boost" feature for more MP at altitude. Great planes. as long as your nailed your approach speed correctly on final.
I'm gratified to hear both of you talk about anchoring your hand before touching the avionics. Every pilot learns this on his own, and you can tell a pilot even in a car, because the habit carries over.
That aircraft is a dream. I'm in a constant battle trying to justify one. It's the TCO vs. how often I have the time to fly... Thanks for the video, and congrats to Mike; he found a beautiful example of a 20C.
Love the simplicity of the gear! Awesome!
Awesome vid Bob, thank you. Super great with the multiple cams! Excellent editing!
The C is my all-time favorite! A bone stock naturally aspirated and carb'ed Lycosaurus with constant speed mated to a simple airframe with retracts should make a great, reliable travel steed. The simple airframe of the C can be "pimped" with the one-piece aero windshield and "speed mods" to decrease fuel burn in cruise. The 201-cowling should go on with some technical modification (not worthwhile for retrofitting existing C airframes). Throw in a glass cockpit and you're in the 21st century. I really don't understand why Mooney never made an entry-level version like that based on the "short", "mechanical" Mooney. My gut feeling (caution! no research on this!) tells me, such a model should be possible for a $200k price tag. Increasing the total numbers produced based on the same general architecture as their "higher-tier" models would have undoubtedly improved overall profitability.
Nice video Bobby! Always good to see you back in the air!
Mike a good review. I like your Gulfstream sweater!
Thanks for doing this video - I've been looking at buying one of these.
Those manual flaps and gear are awesome. Seems much better than flipping a switch.
Good looking C model. I enjoy my G I’ve had for 16 years. KPBF. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Thanks for making videos again!!!
Talk about bringing back memories, I had a Mooney Super 21 Forty-five plus years ago. Loved it.
I never use flaps in my 62 m20c Keeps things simple and dramatically minimizes the need to trim the plane from liftoff to touchdown Great job in the video!
The comms in this video are excellent!!
Bobby, great to see you be able to do a new episode while you were in town. As always very informative and inspiring. Also very sorry about Maverick He was a great guy. Mike, you have a fantastic looking Mooney there. The paint job is first rate and the whole plane looks well maintained. I never was that much of a fan of Mooneys but that one I really like.
Mooney's are awesome! I'm glad I found your channel -you do a great job!
I had the joy of flying in a 65 Mooney 20. It was wonderful. I was impressed with how advanced it was for such an old girl.
Awesome video dude! Keep up the great work.
Wonderful plane and video! Great engineering on that gear!
Both guys matched their shirt with their sunglasses.........haha. Awesome video!
I grew up in the back seat of an E with the Johnson bar landing gear. I'll be looking for an early M-20F with a Johnson bar someday.
This was a great blast from the past for me. My brother had a '57 when I was young teen and he'd take me on flights when he visited. I always remembered that manual landing gear and how fast the gear was.
Excellent video!
1963 that's a very good year , love the Money!
Loved the manual gear on the Mooney, positive system with very little chance for unwanted retraction. I drove an M20E in the 70's out of Wenatchee, WA.
AWesome video bobby. LOve this airplane, fast and simple.
Hey Bobby, Glad to see the Doodles back in the air, loved the Mooney. so sorry to hear about Mav.
Way back in the 70's, I'd fly with a Pal in his Mooney. Had the all-wood wing, but a replacement metal tail! Was an absolute delight! I wish I owned one now! Fast, inexpensive and a capable traveler.
Great looking airplane!!
Great video I felt like I was back in my Mooney M20B difference was she also had the manual flaps.
Awesome, good looking aeroplane.
👍 Glad to see u back again w/another interesting episode. Keep'em coming, Bobby. 👏😀✝⚜☮🇺🇸
Enjoyed the Mooney trip as it brought back memories of Carpenter Airport in the Steele Creek Community outside of Charlotte, NC. My Dad was a CFI there and flew me and some of his students in a Mooney M20c there. That Mooney was brand new and smelled like a new car inside, had curtains on the rear windows, and I was very familiar with the "Johnson Bar" watching my Dad stow the gear after takeoff. Not long after, a male student landed with the gear up, ( I got slide photos my Dad took of it ) it bounced and screeched metal down the runway for hundreds of yards, but no fire or injuries. I do remember the pilot had "pissed himself" as he shakily got out of the aircraft.
Very nice video.
You're a good dude Bobby!
Great video! I'd love to see a Bellanca Super Viking review.
excellent video-
Cool video and cool plane!
Lucky you in a Mooney. Great video.
I drive by the Mooney factory in Kerrville all the time!! I've always wanted to go check it out because I see it open sometimes.
nice flight
Great video, awesome content : )
Nice aircraft !
Also my favourite plane ! Nice video ! Very nice plane ! Greetings from Montréal YUL !
Wear your shoulder harness. For s standardization instructor, that sticks out like a sore thumb. Beautiful airplane.
I remember my dad having this airplane, Brand new when I was 5 years old, flew everywhere, like a family car.
1963 was a great year , the year I was born !!
man thats is nice . love the colour fast machine
I own and fly an Experimental Amateur Built plane. I've owned 2. I greatly appreciate the many benefits of owning E-A/B but if I ever went Certified, it would probably be a Mooney.
“Birds!”... isn’t a flying doodles video if there aren’t birds somewhere judging by the last 3 videos I’ve watched. Really, seriously hoping to catch you at Oshkosh this year (2021 baby!). Love the content. Keep it up!!
Thanks for taking us along Bobby!
Great video! :)
My man went from 0-100 when he said he’s a FI for the 777
Still a cool job, don’t be a hater
FRIENDHORATIO1 that’s not the reply that came up in my notifications 😂
Yo Doodle! What's up with the beard and the white shades? LOL! I love this plane and I could fit just nicely in it. The retractable landing gear came up surprisingly quick and 150 knots at 10 gallons an hour would be no problem with my plans for any future long range flights. I think you have a most phenomenal airplane and you're one lucky dude. At $100 an hour maintenance it would be the perfect choice for me and I wish I could afford one. Thanks again for the great post Doodles!
AWESOME airplane
So great! Someday!!!!
Old Bellanca Pilot, likes this. Love the gear mechanism ! Good efficency. When you grew up flying a Luscombe, only a few well balanced and sensitive airplanes really feel right.. Cruisaire was one.. M-20 looks like another. Typical cold clear and bumpy winter day.
In 1963 I flew our club 1962 C nonstop from STL to LLY which was then Cameron Airpark. I flew at 11.5k at 18" and 1800 rpm. TAS was 140 mph. It was CAVU all the way with zero wind component. Flight time was 6 hrs. For the 834 am trip. I put 36 gal into the 48 gallon tanks. Consumption was 6 gph so I had 2 hrs. Reserve. I was alone but that is phenomenal economy. I retired a long time ago from Eastern Air Lines but that trip remained the longest flight I ever had as a crew member. The next longest was a 5:15 JFK MEX as 1st O on a L1011.
Anyone remember going to the Abbotsford BC airshow? Great memories!!
The step! You didn't mention the step that retracts automatically when you start the plane. That is one of the coolest features of these planes!
Age 30. 777 instructor pilot, own his own plane. Dude did something right.
Wish you had filmed the gear process. Have always been curious about that. Nice video
I should have done a go-around for him to film it. I regret no doing that to show people as I felt exactly like you before I flew one.
I have a 1969 Mooney M20C with electric flaps and gear. Love flying it, but find annuals too expensive and not many mechanics want to touch it. Flying it has been a joy.
The Johnson bar gear is awesome. It does not have all the complexities of hydraulic or electric. Less $$$
I like Mooney's. Even though I am not a pilot just a truck driver, but I am not surprised they went out of business. They really needed to change with the market to stay competitive. Meaning they needed a variety of turbo props added to their fleet of sales, including still keeping their current planes. Including making some planes like the beachcraft C-90...
Very cool. What model standby compass is that, I need an aftermarket replacement for mine.
My 1967 Lopresti cowled M20F would rock along all day at 158-160kts sipping 10gph all on 200hp. Tight cabin but what a great flyer.
Just about 8 hangars from one of the most unique homebuilts ever to fly. Defiant
Nice plane
Great Video Bobby!!! thanks Bro!!
I was thinking....I recognize that voice. I watch you sail... and now fly too.
Sad to hear Mooney has shut down yet again. I have never been able to understand how such a fine aircraft could be so well built, so well liked and yet not be able to stay afloat financially. Lets hope they can get it together again one of these days. Thanks Bobby!
Preston Miller New they are expensive, and if you’re going to spend that much most people would rather have a Cirrus. Cirrus still has great performance, fixed gear, a HUGE cabin, and of course the parachute. I think Mooney would have had a shot if they’d been able to get a parachute in the new ones.
That was a very cool flight, thank you very much! That gear is way fast. How low do you have to get before the gear horn will go off?
6:35. The Cirrus has a castering nose gear, not a "direct steering linkage".
Awesome, been waiting for a Mooney M20C. Wait, aren't you supposed to be sailing right now?
Nice. Love Mooneys. It is a 55 (57 actually) year old airplane actually, I think you said "45". No big deal ;-)
Nice plane.
Hi, really love your videos. Could you tell us a bit about your camera setup? I get a lot of rolling black bars from the screens in my a/c. Thanks.
Where did Bobby learn to fly? I saw his buddy Travis's Army Squadron t-shirt so maybe in the Army?
I used to own a plane and a hanger in Mesquite before it was controlled. I feel old.
1963 ? You have got to be kidding. That is before the Beetles got here...
I own a 1965 C model myself and I would never trade it for any other.
Mike, Great Looking Mooney! You need to tell me about it back at the 777 schoolhouse. Bobby, keep these coming. I enjoy both of the Doodles channels.
This has the windshield speed mod. Makes for fun panel work…
Nicest M20C I've seen. Very nice. With the GTN750 taking up so much dash I assume most of the other 'stack items' are remotely mounted? - Transponder, Audio stuff? - What all can the 750 take the place of in the panel?
750 is a nav and comm, and it can remote control a Garmin transponder and audio panel if installed
Are your cameras on loose mount or what? The effect of plane movement is very realistic. I get my flight time going along with you guys!
That's pretty cool that you got to fly with Zach Galifianakis
the Mooney company is actually back up and running but they don't know what they wanna make next, some rumors of a new trainer have come up but that's just speculation
Same employees ,designers and craftsman? Do the Chinese still own it?
the mooney was used in he olden days for "advanced" aircraft at ERAU!
It would be cool to see you fly with 310 Pilot Kevin and Jamie
Can you do a Piper Lance II? I'm considering buying one... Maybe talk to the differences between the Cherokee 6, Lance, and Saratoga? Also, plus's and minuses between these and Beechcraft Bonanza A36? Thanks
My father belonged to a flying club and they had a Mooney M20C 1962 I thought. I was taught how to land it in case for whatever reason my father could not. I had to go around on my first try as the Mooney is so close to the ground it tries to float and I was running out of runway ha ha. It's a Great airplane I remember this one indicated 160 knots 8000 ft. at cruising speed.
always like the Mooneys with the Johnson bar gear handle. New Mooney drivers had a bobble on take off when retracting the gear, They would pull on the yoke the same time as the gear operation! Great airplanes!