Mooney M20J Flight to Palm Beach from New Jersey

[@jasonconsorti4905]

This was great. Thanks for sharing. It was especially educational for the tail wind landing in a Mooney and how you handled the bounce. What I got out of it was "keep a close eye on the speed all the way and don't hesitate on a go-around." Then getting pulled over by the same cop twice was a kicker. On top of all that, the award for "Most NJ Pilot" should go to you! Thanks again for sharing!

[@gilt8112]

Hahaha laughing at the most NJ pilot. So yeah, Mooney’s float forever. You have to fly the air speed on final or you’re floating forever. You see how far past the 1,000 marker and still floating at idle. I knew coming in at speed this wasn’t going down but with 11K feet I figured let’s see how much we can bleed off. The tail made it impossible.

[@georgeo162]

Thanks for posting! Thinking about getting an M20. Have always heard Mooneys are tricky to land. Lots of performance for the money compared to other planes, though.

[@gravitysdaughtr]

what a fun adventure! Cant wait to do some flights like this. long XC's just for fun. Also never even had to consider negative density altitude lol brisk indeed. great channel

[@mmcartwright]

Long ride! How far did you take V1 - down to CRG? And what was your route to F45

[@mainecooncharlie3409]

Pretty funky aftermarket dial, Gil. Oh, and the approach angles looked good from this Cessna guy. Bit of a chunky one with the tailwind, but it happens in unfavorable conditions. Decent, authentic content without filler, new sub here.

[@garymartin9806]

Nice Job enjoyed the go around. This is what people need to see. Thanks you and safe travels.

[@AC-jk8wq]

Nice pre take off check list Gil! 😃 The visual of 90kts ground speed is really interesting… Nice car collection in Palm Beach!

[@gilt8112]

Airspeed was 93. Ground speed was over 100 with the tail wind. Yeah, we keep some fun cars down there.

[@love2fly558]

Bada Bing! and Boing Boing Boing....It was like watching Tony Soprano fly a M20J and causing trouble in FL 😂. Can’t criticize though; you checked Density Alt, know the M20J well, managed NY airspace and long xcountry under VFR (anything longer than 75nm, I file IFR). Only things: 1) You’re PIC and can request rwy23 if you feel it’s safer, you don’t need to take what’s assigned to you. 2) Finals need to be slower and no flat landings in a M20...otherwise you know it, Boing....

[@Stans27]

Great Video! True Jersey Pilot with the NY/NJ Alphabet..(Every word starts with 'F'in') " Too much F'in Tailwind"! Love it!!

[@tootallsvlog103]

Great video, good safe pilot.

[@bucc5062]

Nice video, but question, asking as a ppl, if ADIS weather indicated runway 5, why accept the opposite and in your own words, deal with a 20 kt tail wind. As PIC you can say "unable" based on airplane and/or experience. Nice landing on second approach. It is something to go from 9 degrees to 75 in one day. Good life. Maybe don't drive so fast.

[@gilt8112]

ATIS suggested 23. Tower assigned 5 claiming “variable” so we tried it (11K runway). The outcome was a go around so we went back for 23 which is what I wanted in the first place. Joe was driving, not me.

[@kevinbaslee3262]

Good call with the go around, but remember you are the PIC and can request a different runway if you think another one is better suited. I flew a Mooney for several years. They are wonderful aircraft but very speed sensitive on landing. I think the tailwind caused you to be high and you tried to force the plane to the runway. (Tail wind was probably about 6 kts as I heard the controller say 270 @ 7) That just doesn't work in a slick plane like the Mooney. I see the haters below but I didn't see anything that made me think you were unsafe! I see inexperience, but we can only gain experience by getting out there and doing. Be smart about it and set personal minimums based on honest self evaluation and a trusted CFI's evaluation. Fly safe and enjoy that Mooney!

[@gilt8112]

Thank you, sir. I appreciate that post a lot. Only about 350 hours total and about 250 in the Mooney.

[@Marauder92V]

@@gilt8112After 33 years of owning the same Mooney, I’ll still get surprised on landings. Good call on the go around. When you said you were indicating 92 knots, your ground speed is 92 plus whatever tailwind component you had. If you held it off, you’d probably have a hard time landing even on that long runway. I shoot for 70 knots on final, slightly more if I’m heavy.

[@nope_not-showing-my-name]

Did they not teach you to include your call sign with all your transmissions, including read back?!

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

If too fast on the flare, you can cut the flaps to cut the lift. I used to teach that trick to my after solo students. On low wingers you need to stop the nose from raising when cutting the flaps on low wingers. It is a good trick. It avoids those go arounds. I used to teach in central jersey in the 1990's..

[@gilt8112]

Issue is at that ground speed with a tail wind it’s hard to control on the ground. Also, once cutting flaps a go around makes it more dangerous.

[@kenjohnson6137]

Great video. So where did you get the Mooney beanie from?

[@gilt8112]

Thank you. It was a few years ago on a website. Can’t recall which. Google Mooney branded clothing.

[@trevorhuppert7107]

Nice Vid!!! As a pilot myself I was curious as to why your read back altitudes as six point five instead of six thousand five hundred

[@gilt8112]

Pure laziness. Eventually we all get there. 🤦‍♂️

[@MarionBlair]

You and I have a lot in common, the "F" bombs and full bladder. ha ha. That's me when I fly.

[@skybound38]

Did you preheat the engine or was the hangar heated?

[@gilt8112]

Remote preheated is plugged in all the time. Controles from cell phone.

[@kasm10]

great job Gil

[@davidduvak943]

Great video gil .If you ever pass buy Tpa, stop by and say hi

[@gilt8112]

TPA in 3 weeks.

[@davidduvak943]

I’ll be here

[@ctn830]

great video. I fly out of ISP

[@WhisperJetAmerica]

Good vlog. IMO, you may benefit from polishing your radio skills.

[@BillyJ10]

👍

[@jamesbuckingham8073]

Two stops by police for ?

[@gilt8112]

Haterade.

[@michaelrabie1833]

Nice. Ignore the armchair popcorn munchers.

[@tjw5488]

561 to 303...Palm Beach Reprefuckinsent

[@gabekremer7148]

In 22 years of flying this video has tons of poor aeronautic decision making all over.

[@gilt8112]

When constructive criticism lacks a resolution it lacks the constructive aspect and just becomes criticism. You can do better. 🙏

[@Zavarcerealtor]

​@gilt8112 One of the things that caught my attention were the landings. Your approaches are too high, far exceeding an acceptable angle approach...I get that sometimes we can't do 3°, but when the runway looks the way it does outside of the windshield, you're too high. Go around until you're confident you have the right angle. As a student pilot, I've learned one thing: finesse. Instead of pulling and slamming the controls, be delicate. Delicate touch, good angles equals to buttery smooth landings......hope this helps

[@WalterFisher-gd6sh]

Was watching and seemed to be too be ramming controls too abruptly, and sloppy control.

[@garygilchrist1840]

Profanity is a sign of ignorance. ... and he is a pilot?

[@gilt8112]

Judgement of others is a sign of self disdain.