Talk:Mooney M20

message: The usual Wikipedia article layout features a short paragraph, and AFTER that a table of contents. Full size photographs are not usually shown, they are thumbnailed and floating left or right. I updated this article conforming to this. --Ysangkok 21:51, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Layout 

message: The bit about Porsche requiring M20L owners to convert to Continental engines isn't true.  There's an airworthy M20L on eBay right now with the original engine, for example.  But I haven't edited the article yet because I know that many M20Ls have been re-engined, and I don't know what role Porsche played in those conversions, or whether they still offer any support for the several examples still flying with Porsche engines.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jelliott4 (talk • contribs) 12:52, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy 

message: I've taught in Mooneys for the last 5 years and have owned a Mooney for the last 10. I think the discussion regarding the gear safety swtich is mixing up two different thing. First, all models of Mooney have a "squat" switch to prevent retraction of the gear while on the ground (most all aircraft have this). Second, a few of the older model M20's also had an air switch that forced the gear to extend when below a certain speed. This was to avoid gear up landings, and has nothing to do with grand retraction.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.143.12.119 (talk) 08:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gear safety 

message: If you have flown an M20 series Mooney, please feel free to put this userbox on your user page!
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- Ahunt (talk) 15:35, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Userbox 

message: Hi, I understand that the more common abbreviation for knots (nautical miles per hour) is 'kts' rather than 'kn' which is used in the article (I noticed it in the section on the M20TN, where it was comparing speeds with other aircraft. I was going to edit it, but it is written in a way that I don't know how to edit without possibly messing up the conversions (being a Wikipedia novice!) Any thoughts anyone?
Cheers, Oliver.
92.233.84.225 (talk) 15:31, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You have to leave it as is, due to the templates involved, if you edit them it will break the templates. The use of kn for knots was arrived at through a consensus process on units in Wikipedia in general, due to the fact that officially 'kt' means kilotons and not knots. - Ahunt (talk) 17:07, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Knots abbreviation kn / kt 

message: As a non-airplane person, and one who is just trying to gather information, I found that the article contains a big problem.  The various models' headings are a great idea, and one would assume that they represent the dividing line between subjects, but they do not.  One model is often mentioned in the area reserved for another, and the whole article blurs this line, causing the reader to wonder which sentence was about which model.  This only causes confusion in an article that should be factual and simple. It needs a re-write. - KitchM (talk) 13:41, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I just re-read the variants section and I am not clear what the problem is that you are describing. When each model is an incremental evolution upon an earlier model, as is the case with the M20 series, it is rather difficult not to describe models in terms of improvements or changes to the previous design. Perhaps you can point out a specific instance where you found this confusing? - Ahunt (talk) 15:49, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion 

message: I'm very confused as to what this heading represents? I think it is suppose to refer to famous Mooneys or famous Mooney pilots. Could someone explain why the heading is called "Survivors"? Thx! --RobertGary1 (talk) 22:15, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for pointing that out. The reference for what this means is at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Aircraft/page_content#Survivors, which says: "Survivors should be information on aircraft that have survived following the retirement of the aircraft type from normal military or commercial use. It should include airworthy aircraft and any non-airworthy aircraft not on public display but otherwise notable." It is really designed for privately flying examples of retired military aircraft and is not appropriate for this article. This section should be retitled "Aircraft on display" as per Wikipedia:WikiProject_Aircraft/page_content#Aircraft_on_display, which I will do. Thanks for bringing this up! - Ahunt (talk) 23:44, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Survivors" ??? 

message: Article has outdated reference to 1981 thru 1990 period (or some accident records almost 30 years old???)  How is this relevant to today's world (i.e. - updated avionics, better pilot training, better models, weather avoidance, etc.).  Also seems to infer that "clouds" by themselves cause accidents?  No mention on how many of the total accidents were fatal or whether the accidents may have simply been mis-haps, hard landings, etc., etc.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.137.156.44 (talk) 19:32, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It was challenged as unsourced almost three years ago, so I have removed it. - Ahunt (talk) 20:35, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Safety Record 

message: What does that mean?
Please remember to keep language in the encyclopedia understandable to the general public, and use wikilinks for jargon terms.
-- BjKa (talk) 11:06, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Just looks like someone editorializing. . - Ahunt (talk) 11:36, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Mooney's checkerboard history" 

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