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IN CELEBRATION OF OUR 20TH YEAR SPECIALIZING IN MOONEY AIRCRAFT; Get your BRAND NEW PRE-PUBLISHED BOOK AVAILABLE FOR YOU NOW! "THOSE MOONEY AIRPLANES" by Richard Zephro; studying the Mooney since 1974; 38 year private pilot/owner of Mooneyland and author of the articles within this website. FLYING IS NOT CHEAP! Within this book we will discuss not only how to save money while owning your own airplane, we will discuss ways to save big bucks on purchase, ownership, maintenance, appearance (lipstick), and upgrades. Further; we will discuss matters of safely operating your prized BIRD, why Mooney is the safest (by far) in its class, and aid in the pure FUN of owning your own airplane. BOOK INCLUDES 25 CHAPTERS OF INFORMATION FOR MOONEY ENTHUSIASTS, OWNERS, AND ASPIRING OWNERS OF MOONEY AIRCRAFT IN PARTICULAR, APPLICABLE TO ALL AIRCRAFT OWNERS IN GENERAL AND INCLUDES 100 HOUR/ANNUAL INSPECTION GUIDE AND ALL ABOUT MOONEY AIRCRAFT; HOW TO KEEP THEM SAFELY FLYING (ON THE CHEAP) DO IT YOURSELF STUFF, WHAT TO WATCH FOR, AND INCLUDES 124 FULL SIZE PAGES OF INFORMATION AND PHOTOS. (Includes some reprints and references from Mooneyland and tons of NEW information at your fingertips)            2 NEW CHAPTERS JUST ADDED: "HOW MUCH DOES IS COST TO OWN AN AIRPLANE" and "MEMOIRS OF A MOONEY BUYER".

GET YOUR PDF COPY IN ADVANCE OF PUBLICATION EMAILED DIRECTLY TO YOU FOR $39.95; A TEN DOLLAR SAVINGS PRIOR TO PUBLICATION. CLICK ON THE "BUY NOW" PAYPAL LINK BELOW, PURCHASE THE BOOK AND I WILL PERSONALLY EMAIL IT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY. (2MB) in size. (this is the first of a series of must have books to come by author; Richard Zephro and you will automatically receive any updates, revisions, & additions to this BOOK).

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Enjoy & learn, learn, and LEARN!     Richard "zef" Zephro

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The Glide Ratio

Otherwise known as; How far can I coast without an engine?

One of only a few complete engine failures in over 30 years of flying, happened to me a few years back.

The fuel injector in this F model was full of crud from being operated out of a cow pasture

with the ram air door seal rubber missing! The engine completely failed over Kentucky but with the

legendary and unequalled 12.7:1 glide ratio, we were able to make the airport at

Lexington with little sweat. We greased her right on. (of course we really had

to stretch the glide to make this one and ended up flying through two small leafless

trees, hit the runway abutment rise, ballooned and resettled on the runway. I actually

did the math later on and I must have somehow exceeded the written 12.7-1 ratio in

order to make that airport, but we made it!) Thanks AL! Instincts played a great role here

because although the engine seemed to be running smoothly at that moment, something was just

not right so I began a turn back toward an airport I had passed when half way through the turn, the

engine got very quiet. Only after I established my heading to that airport did I attempt a restart which

ended up futile. The engine had been running so lean for so long a time that it also sucked a valve

and turned it into an upside down umbrella shape as it turned out.

Had I been in a Beech, Piper, or Cessna, the (at the time!) unwelcome topography of Kentucky

would have filled our windscreen. 

The BOTTOM LINE here is not to waste time should an engine failure be imminent. Accident records

are full of stories whereby the airport was NOT made only to crash yards from it. FIRST THINGS FIRST!

Keep that well in mind and NEVER be caught by surprise. Know your glide speeds and waste no time

getting to it and pointed to an airport before your engine problem sleuthing comes in to play. DON'T

BECOME A STATISTIC! Proper planning for such an event can make ALL THE DIFFERENCE!

FLY SAFE,

zef                           

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