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The Mooney Airplane Company (MAC) is a U.S. manufacturer of single-engined general aviation aircraft. Mooney has been a leader in civil aviation even though the company has gone bankrupt and changed ownership several times. Among their achievements were the first pressurized single-engine piston-powered aircraft (M22 Mustang), the first production aircraft to achieve 200 mph on 200 hp (320 km/h on 150 kW) (M20J 201) and the fastest transcontinental flight in a single-engine, piston-powered production aircraft (M20K 231). The M20M Bravo DX is the fastest piston-powered aircraft, single or twin-engine, currently in production. It cruises at speeds and altitudes comparable to some turboprops. All Mooney aircraft have the signature vertical stabilizer with its vertical leading edge and swept trailing edge that gives the illusion of being forward-swept.
Mooney Aircraft Corporation was started in 1929 by Albert and Arthur Mooney with funding from Bridgeport Machine Company of Wichita, Kansas. Mooney Aircraft went bankrupt in 1930. The Mooney brothers worked for other aircraft companies from then through World War II. In 1946, Albert started Mooney Aircraft, Inc. with Charles "Pappy" Yankey in Kerrville, Texas. The next year Arthur joined the company.
The first aircraft produced by the new Mooney company was the small, single-seat, Mooney Mite M-18. It was designed to appeal to the thousands of fighter pilots leaving military service (some thought the Mooney Mite looked so much like the Messerschmitt Bf 109 that they called it the "Texas Messerschmitt"). The Mooney Mite set the design that is still used by Mooney today. The model M20 was produced in 1953 and outwardly looked like a scaled-up Mite. Mooney is still producing variants of the M20 today.
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Check out Paul Mooney new book "Black Is The New White" so funny.
onealmcknight (O'Neal McKnight) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:28:50 -0000
Check out Paul Mooney new book "Black Is The New White" so funny.
RT @isanaka: paul mooney, is your beanie bejewled? he still talks shit about white people better than anyone else.
Mrxtrabusy (Ryan H.) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:01:29 -0000
RT @isanaka: paul mooney, is your beanie bejewled? he still talks shit about white people better than anyone else.
Paul Mooney was hilarious on Lopez Tonight
hmburg07 (Hector M Burgos) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:57:11 -0000
Paul Mooney was hilarious on Lopez Tonight
i like Paul Mooney, like as a person he always has something clever to say! i kinda wanna go get his book "black is the new white"
Naeboo_ (Janae Tipton) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:53:13 -0000
i like Paul Mooney, like as a person he always has something clever to say! i kinda wanna go get his book "black is the new white"
Buggin at paul mooney on lopez show
go_dee_jay (D. Mckoy) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:53:12 -0000
Buggin at paul mooney on lopez show
Paul mooney is a bad mother fucker!
tysoncoleman (tyson coleman) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:52:51 -0000
Paul mooney is a bad mother fucker!
Mooney Junction - Home of the Mooney Aircraft mail list and its archives. Software resources for Mooney aircraft owners. Photos and activities from Mooney events, including the Caravan to OshKosh and EAA Airventure.
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