Halfway across the country twice

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I took a little trip Thursday and Friday from my home base to Kerrville to the Mooney factory to pick up a new Mooney and take it to Vero Beach. Spent the night there and came back the next day in another Mooney, left it in ERV and then flew a third one home.

The weather kinda stunk leaving the FW/D area.

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My meal kit for the next two days.

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The undercast starts to break up as I approach ERV.

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Weather starts to stink around Houston

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Looks like there's a way through.

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Don't see many in purple.

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Sun starting to set somewhere over Florida.

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Leaving 17,000 somewhere west of Orlando.

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Got upgraded to an ocean side view at the Hotel.

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Leaving Vero, I'm now on my 4th airplane in 24 hours.

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Turning west.

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Six hours later I'm west of Austin and approaching Kerrville. I tried to make it non-stop but got a 15 degree vector for 100 miles around Houston airspace and I ended up having to stop in Austin, 70 miles short of my destination. I could have made it but it was just cutting it too close. The weather stunk and I had to shoot an approach. It would have been a bad decision to continue.

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Cockpit of the 1984 Mercedes Benz 300D.

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Passing town on my way home.

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Just for fun, here are a couple images I took while flying a DA42 from Houston to Dallas a couple months ago during some more fun weather.

Lovely weather.

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Approaching ADS between two layers of crud.

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Definitely great pics.

and I love the Benz cockpit shot, the 300D is awesome!
 
If you ever need a co-pilot to hold the chart or something hit me up!!
Thanks for posting the great pics.
 
Looks amazing. Seeing those pics is so inspiring to a hs kid.. You have no idea!

Do you ferry planes full time? Nice beaches too! What a great area to be flying in. :)
 
ahmed said:
Looks amazing. Seeing those pics is so inspiring to a hs kid.. You have no idea!

Do you ferry planes full time? Nice beaches too! What a great area to be flying in. :)
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I'm sure he'll come in here in a bit, but it's something along the lines of he's a Mooney dealer at KADS. Flying them around to people is just a little perk of it.
 
mavsfan31 said:
I'm sure he'll come in here in a bit, but it's something along the lines of he's a Mooney dealer at KADS. Flying them around to people is just a little perk of it.
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Correct-omundo.

I work for a company that sells Mooney and Diamond airplanes. We only have 3 people in our office so usually when business calls for an overnight trip, I get the call so that the salespeople can keep trying to sell. I wish we were busy enough for me to take these trips often and post lots of these threads - business is picking up slowly but steadily so maybe there will be more photos soon.


Thanks for all the positive comments.
 
roundout said:
Correct-omundo.

I work for a company that sells Mooney and Diamond airplanes. We only have 3 people in our office so usually when business calls for an overnight trip, I get the call so that the salespeople can keep trying to sell. I wish we were busy enough for me to take these trips often and post lots of these threads - business is picking up slowly but steadily so maybe there will be more photos soon.


Thanks for all the positive comments.
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Sweet, haha. See, I was paying attention at the ZFW M&G. :)

Seriously man, if your up for it and it's not too much of a hassle, I'd love to go with you wherever.
 
roundout said:
Correct-omundo.

I work for a company that sells Mooney and Diamond airplanes. We only have 3 people in our office so usually when business calls for an overnight trip, I get the call so that the salespeople can keep trying to sell. I wish we were busy enough for me to take these trips often and post lots of these threads - business is picking up slowly but steadily so maybe there will be more photos soon.


Thanks for all the positive comments.
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Great shots!

Where on the field are you based?
 
I'm actually not; we closed our office April 1 to try and save some money. All our planes are based at Million Air but I only go in once a week unless I have to fly somewhere.

It's actually a better gig now than it was 2 months ago.
 
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