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Mooney VideosWe've lost a few over the years, as people have moved domains or eliminated video files but there's quite a collection here. The most-recently added videos are at the top -- and we'd be happy to add other links: NEW:Jolie Lucas' tribute to the late Bill Wheat, a long-time Mooney employee who died in April, 2016. Video link 6 minutes, 26 seconds Boots on the Ground: the Men and Women Who Made Mooney, filmed by Jolie Lucas and Mitch Latting. Includes interviews with folks who worked 20-50+ years at Mooney in this sample, which will be followed by a bonus DVD with extended interviews with Bill Wheat [engineer, test pilot] and Mike Miles [test pilot] among others. Video link. 3 minutes, 26 seconds. Puget Sound trip with a Go Pro camera on the wingtip during the first half of the flight -- and on the vertical stabilizer for the return flight. Flight is from Paine Field in Everett, WA (KPAE) to Tacoma Narrows (KTIW). 14 minutes. IMC to VFR on-top at Coos Bay, OR in an M20J (August, 2008). 4 minutes, 27 seconds. Arrival at North Las Vegas (KVGT) in an M20J. 5 minutes, 59 seconds. IFR training flight, complete with pre-flight briefing, Lille-to-Merville, France. 9 minutes, 38 seconds. ATC audio and narrative of an engine failure at night in N9575M, an M20F that results in an off-airport landing. Lake Tahoe fly-in for Vintage Mooney Group, June 13-15, 2008 done by Jim and Gerry Price. 9 minutes, 56 seconds. Rolling an M20C over Salinas, KS. 17 seconds. 1968 video of St. Petersburg, FL and Treasure Island taken from a Mooney Statesman (G model), N6712N. Departure and landing is at St. Pete's Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG). 4 minutes, 28 seconds.
Night flight around Melbourne, Australia in VH-UDD, a 1977 Mooney 201 piloted by Stephen Gale. 10 minutes, 17 seconds. David Klain departing Denton, TX (KDTO) in N99386, June 2007. 59 seconds. Dave Morris flying past a Cessna 172 near Gainsville, TX. 52 seconds. Vintage Mooney Group fly-in to Paso Robles (set to music) from June 9, 2007. 7 minutes, 42 seconds. Inside the Mooney Acclaim at Sun 'Fun, April, 2007. 57 seconds. Eastsound (Orcas Island) to Friday Harbor (San Juan Island), WA. 6 minutes, 19 seconds. Victoria, BC to Ocean Shores, WA. 5 minutes, 1 second. A Mooney Mite in flight at Livermore Municipal (KLVK) in California. Shows the "wig wag" gear indicator very well. 2 minutes, 36 seconds. Dave Morris has a landing in his A model shot from in the cockpit -- and from the ground. Done on RWY 22 at Double Eagle II, a field in Albuquerque, NM at 5800'. Cockpit version: 1:11 and ground version 1:29. Flying from Vero Beach to Okeechobee A trip in an Ovation 2 (N20835) meets a little convective activity. Very well-done video with music too. 10 minutes, 28 seconds.
Palm Beach to Freeport: to the Bahamas with excellent audio and a little reggae too. Trip is in an M20G, N6871N.5 minutes, 52 seconds.
Berlin and Tempelhof Airport: Flying over the city of Berlin in F-GNGG and landing at Templehof (THF).5 minutes, 58 seconds.
Landing RWY28 at Zurich-Kloteen 5 minutes, 21 seconds.
An attempt to reach the North Pole Wings over Canada's story of two American pilots trying to reach the North Pole through Quebec. For purchase: 26 minutes, 46 seconds, $0.99.
A new Lycoming IO-360 Uncrating a new Lycoming IO-360 to install on N1159P, a 1982 201. 55 seconds.
A landing at Los Alamos A Mooney Executive 21 comes in to land ahead of an approaching storm. 2 minutes, 23 seconds.
A fly-by in the mountains at 200 mph. 19 seconds.
London to Dublin just above the overcast layer. 1 minute, 0 seconds.
Blackberry distraction (flying Dublin to London) A little distraction while emailing, when air traffic control makes a radio call. 21 seconds.
Mooney C model takeoff from Cedar Key (KCDK), a 2300' strip. 45 seconds.
Low pass at Cedar Key done with a Mooney C model. 39 seconds.
Landing at Cedar Key, a 2300' strip in a Mooney C model. 1 minute, 12 seconds.
Takeoff at Herlong (KHEG) in Jacksonville, FL in a C model. 47 seconds.
Goodbye Meigs: takeoff in a Mooney Ovation owned by Western Michigan University about 4 months before the city of Chicago ripped up the runways on March 30, 2003 at night. 47 seconds.
Palm Springs, CA to Lake Havasu, AZ: includes a low approach over the river and the proper use of the Johnson bar in a Mooney C model. 4 minutes, 18 seconds.
A "circuit" at CYXT: flying the pattern at Terrace Airport (CYXT) in British Columbia. 3 minutes, 39 seconds.
Formation flight: Lively video of a Mooney and a Cessna. Done with a cellphone, but reasonable quality. 3 minutes, 28 seconds.
Las Vegas to Van Nuys (KVNY): in a Mooney C model. 2 minutes, 37 seconds.
Night landing: in a Mooney Bravo at San Andres, an island in Colombia. 1 minute, 3 seconds.
A collection of five videos covering different operating techniques in a Mooney A model, N6030X. Dave Morris has pre-start (1:48), runup (1:11), takeoff (49 seconds), cruise (48 seconds) and landing (2:59).
Don Kaye's arrival at Oceano, CA (L52) 2 minutes, 28 seconds.
Jim Murphy's video of a Mooney landing on frozen Alton Bay, NH. During the summer it's a seaplane base but no Mooneys have been spotted in the summertime. 1 minute, 36 seconds.
Peter Wordsroth's video of taking off (heavy) from a rough 3,300' dirt strip on an Australian outback camel station. 1 minute, 36 seconds.
Stan Protigal's M20C taking off from Port Angeles, WA and flying alongside a Mooney 252 (with gear down). 1 minute, 3 seconds.
Approach and landing at Paine Field (KPAE) in Everett, WA, with a Boeing 777 fresh from the factory there awaiting takeoff. 1 minute, 4 seconds.
ILS into Port Angeles, WA (KCLM) in IMC. 1 minute, 31 seconds.
Video + audio of a rough landing at Langley RWY 34 (on Whidbey Island) that almost resulted in a crash. 1 minute, 26 seconds.
Local TV coverage of Mooney Caravan 1998 by Madison TV station 27. The plane in flight at the end is N252AK, which met its demise in 2003. 30 seconds.
A Mooney meeting its untimely end in a movie stunt. Different view of the same . 15 seconds (each).
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