Australian Mooney Pilots Association

MOONEY MAINTENANCE SURVEY

Many of our members ask where to get their Mooneys serviced or where other members get their aircraft serviced.  This is actually a difficult question to answer – and your committee has decided to survey members to gain knowledge of who is servicing our Mooneys across the country.  This will be useful information, and we will share the response (with privacy and traceability concerns duly considered) with members.

Please be as honest as possible.  Recognising that performance changes over time, please bias your responses to those applicable to your most recent interactions with the companies involved.

LOG IN TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY

SPRING FLY-IN

Put the dates in your diary for a fly-in to Mudgee (September 18-21).

Click the links below for preliminary information and registration forms.

Information   Registration pdf  Registration Word

PILOT SAFETY PROGRAM

JANDAKOT  WA  PSP  – November 13-15  2026

Building on the success of the 2024 Perth PSP and the recent Maintenance Seminar also held in in Perth (and elsewhere), we will hold the 2026 PSP at the Royal Aero Club of WA (RACWA) over three days: Friday 13, Saturday 14, Sunday 15 (half day) November. This is a very popular course and very useful for both people who are new to Mooneys, as well as experienced Mooney pilots who want to operate their aircraft more safely and efficiently.

The plan is for students to arrive Thursday afternoon. Airside access will be via RACWA.

Friday will be all day in a classroom at RACWA

Saturday we will split the group and ½ will go flying, half doing more ground school, then swap.

For the flying sequences, you’ll be accompanied by senior flying instructors with extensive experience on Mooneys.

There will also be PSP Dinner on Saturday night at a local restaurant

Sunday will be flying only, finishing about 2pm Sunday

Flying we plan to use Murrayfield (YMUL) for circuits, and the Class G airspace South of Jandakot for the air work.

AMPA will organise discounted hotel accommodation for anyone who  needs it – details on that later.  

For those who use the AMPA Insurance Scheme with Gallagher’s, attendance will get you $300 discount off your insurance premiums.

Registrations will open later this month.

NO BACK SPRINGS

AMPA has a small supply of springs for Eaton and Avionics Products brand electric gear actuators.   Spring kits are AU$4,200 each.  Contact our treasurer (treasurer@mooney.org.au) to make the transaction.

If you have a Plessey actuator, Steve Nelson (Nelson Aviation Services in Corowa) has obtained an engineering order from CASA to modify an Eaton No Back Spring to fit a Plessey actuator.  The EO cannot be circulated so Steve Nelson must do the modification to any other aircraft and he will charge a fee for the service.  Also, the paperwork for each aircraft must be submitted to CASA and the DER charges a minimum fee of A$1,700.

MOONEY PARTS SUPPLY

LASAR Aircraft, the largest Mooney parts distributors for nearly half a century, was chosen by Mooney International to be the firm’s exclusive customer support organization and parts provider.