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Mooney Aircraft Co. Shrinks To Skeleton Crew, Seeks Investor Support
AvWeb ^ | 11/19/2010 | AvWeb

Posted on 11/19/2010 6:09:41 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour

Mooney Aviation Company began a company-wide "draw down" Friday that will see its staff cut from 53 positions to "less than 10" by Jan. 1; the company says it is not shutting down and its aircraft will be supported. AVweb spoke with Mooney's Susan Harrison Friday, who confirmed the details. The layoffs will be staggered through December. Beginning in 2011, Mooney will be staffed by a skeleton crew that will maintain the company's facilities, its type and production certificates, and parts inventory, and provide technical support to owners. The bottom line appears to be this: Come January, the phone at Mooney may sometimes go unanswered, but, for now, that does not mean the company has closed shop. Mooney has been involved in negotiations with potential investors for 18 months and says those efforts will continue.

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To: patton

I believe the V tailed Dr. Killer is the Beech Bonanza V-35.
I share a hangar with one. And yes, it is owned by a doctor.


21 posted on 11/20/2010 2:30:30 PM PST by CFIIIMEIATP737
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To: CFIIIMEIATP737
ROFLOL, how many trucking companies are in the united states and how many drivers???

And they have paid enough taxes to more than build every damn inch of the interstate highway system.

A system that serves the entire nation and all of it's people not just a few thousand elitist.

Hobby air ports are a black hole to pour tax payers money down. Make them make a profit are sell them to some pig farmers, those runway would make a good foundation for many pig barns.

22 posted on 11/20/2010 2:32:56 PM PST by org.whodat
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To: CFIIIMEIATP737

"Honey" Mooney over Dents du Midi in the Swiss alps September 2001.

23 posted on 11/20/2010 2:36:34 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: org.whodat

I ask you again, what is a hobby airport? Can you name one specific airport that you call a hobby airport? (Besides William Hobby Airport in Houston)


24 posted on 11/20/2010 2:38:41 PM PST by CFIIIMEIATP737
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To: CFIIIMEIATP737

You are correct - my bad.


25 posted on 11/20/2010 6:03:50 PM PST by patton
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To: CFIIIMEIATP737

whodat is just another loser that failed to get his pilot’s license becaue it scared the snot out of him and now he is anti general aviation. He thinks all pilots are “cocky arrogant bastards” and desires to see them suffer. He’s just a cowardly loser.


26 posted on 11/21/2010 9:08:40 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: org.whodat

“And they have paid enough taxes to more than build every damn inch of the interstate highway system.”

No, they haven’t. You’re just a lying sack of sh*t and throw out emotional garbage because you hate pilots. Coward.


27 posted on 11/21/2010 9:10:29 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: CodeToad
Ignorance is a terrible thing, back in the 80’s average tax per truck was about $7,000 per year. Haven't check in a long time. What I hate is welfare people thinking I should pay for their hobby.
28 posted on 11/21/2010 3:35:24 PM PST by org.whodat
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To: CodeToad

I was beginning to arrive at the conclusion. Thanks for the info.


29 posted on 11/21/2010 6:03:15 PM PST by CFIIIMEIATP737
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To: org.whodat

What I hate is a liar like you that says such things out of spite, hatred, and jealousy. Go learn to fly instead of being a pussy and wishing you had.


30 posted on 11/21/2010 7:14:45 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: CodeToad
You sure display a lot of ignorance, go shake your tin cup somewhere else. I aways pay for my own hobbies.
31 posted on 11/21/2010 7:38:40 PM PST by org.whodat
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