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As promised here is the rest of my flight in the mooney..

After flying around for awhile to burn off fuel I have located Taku Harbor my final resting place if I don't survive...

Here I'm heading back towards the airport, and to my surprise the rest of my landing gear will not come down electrically or manually no matter how hard I try...

a quick prayer, fuel all but completely gone...I set up bring her in and of course the gear holds on for about half of the runway then gives way and she begins to slide on her belly, the prop stopped against the ground many yards before...


my prayers where answered, i survived and so far the plane hasn't blown up! Although we are off the end of the runway, I still see the airport back behind me...unfortunately no tower or FBO...just another field in the middle of nowhere...

pop the door open and get ready for a long trek across the hills...:-)

Hey Jared - My kind of flyin', Man  "On a wing and a prayer"  Yours were answered this time.........  lol

Nice pics - great flyin'  I likee that one

Splash (Ed)

How did you manage to get only part of you gear part way down???

bumping one of the wheels too hard, then retracting...

FS thinks you lost the wheel and doesn't retract it

bumping one of the wheels too hard, then retracting...

FS thinks you lost the wheel and doesn't retract it

lol...What he said...:-)

Check out the beginning of this trip as well:

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1078179126

Nice Jared. There is a mod for the Mooney which gives her 350 hp and some cool flight dynamics. If you are interested, let me know. I will see if I can dig the file up!

Dave

Nice Jared. There is a mod for the Mooney which gives her 350 hp and some cool flight dynamics. If you are interested, let me know. I will see if I can dig the file up!

Dave

Sure! Let me know where to find it..:-) I could really go for some more horsepower in the bugger...:-)

Just who exactly have you been letting work on your plane?  :)

hmm...I've been doing all of that myself...;-)

Jared, it is available her about half way down the page!!  ;D

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004props9.htm

FS2004/2002 Default Mooney Mod: Upgrades handling to a Riley Skyrocket cfg. This mooney has a 330 hp engine in it! 7K

 Seatbelt not included!!  ;D
Dave

thanks, will try it later,

No seatbelts needed...makes for an easy escape..:-)

Thanks for the story, shame about the gear, Your lucky your tanks were empty, you might have ended up like a fireball lol. Still, I bet the walk was refreshing eh? lol, Great pics. Sam

yeppers, it was a nice long walk with a brisk wind to the face the whole way...:-)

About two weeks sitting in uncle tom's (that's what he told me to call him) cabin...:-)

every waking hour I lay there listening for the sound of a gasolin engine whether it by plane train or automobile...

seems to me like I shall be stuck here forever...:-)