Low and Slow--- High and Fast.

I've become current after a few years of being ground bound. A little over 9 hrs log this month. It's good to be back in the air. No matter which one I'm in you will see ----- :D

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And the forum is left speechless!!!! :D

lol ^^

Do you own the plane? Nice Chevelle!

Dan,been a long long time since I've flown.Is that a Mooney M21?

Good looking Chevelle too.:thumbsup:

Dad has owned that Mooney more than 3 decades. His grandson (my son) received his private pilot certificate in that airplane last January. Oh, and Thanks.

Grandsport that is a '66 M20C. It is called a Mark 21

The first one I ever flew in was a 59 Cessna 150.'Ole 59 mike. I then flew in Mooney for a while. I could be wrong,but was it the first small plane to have autopilot?

The early Mooneys had a PC (positive controll) system that automatically controlled yaw and roll. Some dubbed it a 'poor man's autopilot'. It doesn't track a specific heading or altitude with direct input from the instruments. Direction and altitude adjustment were made through pilot input. A couple of weeks ago I few approx 80 miles without touching the yoke. The PC system made the corrections.

A safety feature of the PC is that if a pilot became disoriented he could release the controls and the airplane would right itself and level the wings.