New M-6-235 owner in CA

[Lumber]

Hey all,

Just wanted to say that I just closed on an '81 M-6-235 currently residing in ND. Once the local shop gets the Uavionix ADSB in/out gear and AV30s installed I'm going to fly out to bring her home to Oakland, CA. This is my first Maule and my first single owner plane so hopefully I know what I'm doing. If there are any other Maule owners in the area (or even if you aren't) feel free to ping me. The adventure begins!

Cheers

[andy]

Welcome to Maule ownership and the Maule Pilots Forum! This forum has a wealth of Maule knowledge and no ads.

[robertsandberg]

Congrats, you gonna love her. I picked up my 89 M6-235 earlier this year in Georgia and flew her home to Los Angeles.

Doing the same thing as you and installing a new 345 transponder, radio 2, audio panel and 2x Av30 in June.
Let me know if you are ever around, im doing a lot of trips up and down the coast so it would be awesome to go fly together.

Robert

[Lumber]

Thanks all.

Andy, I've been lurking around for a while soaking up all the great info for when I was looking for a Maule to buy. This site has been a great resource for me.

Robert I'll definitely give you a ping when I head down that way once I finally get my plane. I've been trying to get this purchase done since January, seems like every bit of paperwork has had a delay but I think we're in the home stretch. I'm going to fly the crap out of this plane once I get it back here!

[robertsandberg]

Love it, there are some cool places to land for us here in California thats for sure.

Let me know if you have any questions, i did a good amount of training over at Maule in Georgia with their test pilot and learned so much from it.

[yanknbank]

Not to hijack, but I'm taking my m5 to the San Fran area and North to Oregon. What are the cool areas to land that you speak of? I'll make a detour!

[Lumber]

Not to hijack, but I'm taking my m5 to the San Fran area and North to Oregon. What are the cool areas to land that you speak of? I'll make a detour!

If you want to visit San Francisco (watch out for poop) then landing at Oakland is probably your best airport for a stopover. It's pretty close to SF and there's a huge car rental terminal close to the FBO but I hear the overnight fees are a bit high. If you go East to the Sierra foothills Columbia is a great little airport where you can camp and walk into town, I highly recommend Columbia Frosty. If you are looking for a breakfast/lunch stop on your way North try Willows-Glenn County and eat at Nancy's Cafe on the airport, it's excellent diner food! There are a bunch of others, Half Moon Bay, Monterey, South Lake Tahoe, etc. It thins out a bit as you go North from the Bay Area but tons of interesting places up there as well.

Good luck on the flight.

[robertsandberg]

Here are some fun airports/strips worth checking out;

CA66, CA17, 022,2O3, 1Q5, 0Q5, KLLR, 2O3, 17CL, 1C9, 89CA

Have fun

[yanknbank]

Thanks for that!