News, Mooneyabilia, and Current Events

(Including Mooney Memories & Featuring Interesting Mooneyabilia)

This section will include Mooney Marketplace and Industry News and Current Events.  This can (and may) include late breaking important AD's and SB's, as well as Mooney News which may affect us Mooney Owners and Operators.

It will also be your place to include a personal snapshot of your Mooney and you to share with all the other Mooniacs world wide.   We would also like to include a short note of how you use your Mooney and interesting features, and/or perhaps interesting places you have visited with your Mooney.  Please Email or mail us photos and your  "Mooney Memories" soon.

Mooney News & Current Events

Mooney Discontinues M20J and Encore Production:
Opening with a statement that a new "lower price" (read; Lean Machine style) Ovation was soon to be introduced, Mooney Management recently stunned the aviation community with announcement that the vernable and (industry pace setting efficiency champ) 200 hp M20J and turbo M20K/Encore was soon to be discontinued. This flies in the face of past Mooney promotions and seemingly company product philosophy of "Performance Through Efficiency Of Design". The Ovation is powered with a 300hp TCM 6 cyl engine as apposed to the M20J's 200hp or the Encore's 220 hp.

Many GA industry insiders feel this stance is taken to fend off the up-coming competition from the newly certified 300 hp Lancair Columbia and Cirrus designs as the Ovation does edge the MSE out in cruise speed and overall climb etc. performance by a significant margin. It does not however offer the economy of the fuel mizerly 200 and/or the amazing MPG of even the turbo 220 hp Encore. We will sorely miss these aircraft as alternately they were usually considered the backbone of the Mooney production line for nearly 2 decades and were usually considered some of (if not THE) best designed and engine/airframe marriages in all of General Aviation.....!

Mooneyabelia & Mooney Memories

This is where your Mooney Memories could be. Think of it as sort of your own personal Mooney Home Page ...... Don't be shy, send us your pics and some interesting stuff about you and how your Mooney makes your life (or work) more efficient, fun, and interesting.

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