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Hello to everybody on the 'Coupers List from
Japan,
as the new owner of Steve and Susan Dold's 1970 Mooney N 9547V
I wanted to say "thank you so much" for all the support on various
questions I had regarding the purchase and operations of the aircraft. All your
answers and suggestions were very helpful and have contributed to my better
understanding of the airplane and to the decision(s) I made. Tom Dunston and
crew of Premier Aviation in Redding did a very good job on a fresh annual and
some additional installations on the airplane such as a GPS and an engine
monitor, and I can highly recommend him for similar jobs any of you in Northern
California / Southern Oregon may contemplate. After I flew it from Redding to
Hayward, the little Mooney is now in a container and on its way to Japan.
It will be the only plane of its kind in this country, and I am tremendeously
looking forward to flying it in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Let me also say that I am very pleased to see a nice increase
in awareness for this type of Coupe, not least through articles in various
publications recently. The feature in Private Pilot had some great pictures. If
the reports about that very plane being up for sale are true, though, let me add
that the price indications reflect the special features of this airplane. The
"realistic" market level is still different, and lower than the USD
35,000 spoken. But it surely is a "classic", and a great little
aircraft.
Also, I am looking forward to continuing to be a member of
this forum, hopefully increasingly on the "contributing' side rather than
on the "asking and receiving" side of the line.
As a "by-product" of this purchase, I have a set of
wheel pants for sale, as I decided against the use of wheel pants generally.
Those who might be interested, please see my separate message in this
respect.
Best regards,
Stefan Fanselow, Tokyo, Japan
M-10 N9547V
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