As a result of this interest, Ball's Mooney tome starts out with a strong description of the postwar GA market. He describes the emergence of Mooney Aircraft in 1946, production of the initial Mooney Mite models, and the Art Mooney design that was the precursor of the four-place planes we're flying today. It's an excellent book, with a complete description of the aircraft built over the years. It portrays the advancements that we've seen added to GA planes, yet is highly non-technical. Ball is probably his best at the start, where he adds lots of flavor and first-hand knowledge of the market.
Later chapters are more a recitation of changes in the product line as it matures.
Indeed, Al Mooney disappears by page 53 of this 200-page book. A photo of the M-22, a prototype Mooney twin that never saw production. Details on Mooney Aircraft involvement in both the TBM and Mitsubishi MU-2 programs. Ball re-interviewed some of the key participants in Mooney history to write this book, including former VP Engineering Roy LoPresti. Those Remarkable Mooneys closes with short blurbs on Mooney lore, such as the origin of the swept-forward tail and of the laminar flow wing.