New Maule Owner!

Loogie · Post by **Loogie** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:24 am

Hello Maulepilots org! I look forward to your wise advise on my new to me Maule MX-7-180, it is an 86 model that was completely restored by a gentleman just south of ATL. 773MC is a gem of an a/c (no bias

) he took care of this a/c very very well. I have a fair amount of TW time but not in a Maule. Will be building my experience with it and enjoying my lifelong dream of owning a cool a/c like this. I have to find a name for it, off course she is a "she". Open to suggestions:)

I am a just retired fighter pilot of 28 years in the USAF, flew my whole career, my new day job is AA First Officer, and my hobby has been towing gliders from a Pawnee and Citabria.

VR
Loogie

Rezrider · Post by **Rezrider** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:31 am

congrats

I just got one too!

MAU MAU · Post by **MAU MAU** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:06 am

Congratulations on your new bird!

Where are you based for AA and on what equipment?

I am based in the ever shrinking base of BOS.

Mountain Doctor · Post by **Mountain Doctor** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:15 am

Congratulations.

Now that you are an owner any problems you may have has with excess time or money are solved!

We are waiting for pictures, BTW.

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:28 am

Congratz Loogie. Thank you for your service and where do you tow gliders?

Loogie · Post by **Loogie** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:26 pm

Duane wrote:Congratz Loogie. Thank you for your service and where do you tow gliders?

I tow and fly them at Tidewater Soaring, they have their own field at 3VA, south of Smithfield VA.

Loogie · Post by **Loogie** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:28 pm

MAU MAU wrote:Congratulations on your new bird!

Where are you based for AA and on what equipment?

I am based in the ever shrinking base of BOS.

I will be based at DC on the 737, back to training 25 Jan, been on MLOA for a while so I need to figure things out again...

Post by **andy** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 4:00 pm

Congratulations and welcome to the forum, Loogie. I also own a 1986 MX-7-180 that has been restored.

Loogie · Post by **Loogie** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 4:18 pm

Andy, looks like you are a little over 2 hours away, not sure where you base your plane, would like to pick your brain about the airplane and maybe fly mine there to visit in the future.

Flyhound · Post by **Flyhound** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:21 pm

Welcome aboard Loogie. I'm another relatively new MX7 owner. I got my 2002 MX7-180C in June. I flew it back from Seattle to my home in Manassas, VA. My plane is now based on an uncharted airpark in Summit Point, West Virginia.

I don't see any public strips in Smithfield. Are you hangared at one of the private fields around there ( Aberdeen, or Garner)? Friday is looking like good weather and I'll be out knocking around. I might make a run down that way.

By the way, what's the story behind your nickname?

Post by **andy** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 4:18 pm

I'm based at 9A9 in Marion NC, Loogie. It's a small public grass airport at the base of the mountains in western NC about 35 miles east of Asheville. I'd be happy to talk about my Maule experiences. I've owned this airplane for 15 years.

Tomkatz · Post by **Tomkatz** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:29 pm

Welcome and congratulations Loogie. I too am the proud owner of a MX7 180B. I'm looking at a possible Mid-Atlantic Maule Round up at Essex Skypark (W48). Great access to the Chesapeake bay and great beach runs up the Atlantic.
Tom K.

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 4:10 am

Good deal. I flew and instructed at Ridge Soaring in Pa for a while.

Loogie · Post by **Loogie** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:25 am

Flyhound wrote:Welcome aboard Loogie. I'm another relatively new MX7 owner. I got my 2002 MX7-180C in June. I flew it back from Seattle to my home in Manassas, VA. My plane is now based on an uncharted airpark in Summit Point, West Virginia.

I don't see any public strips in Smithfield. Are you hangared at one of the private fields around there ( Aberdeen, or Garner)? Friday is looking like good weather and I'll be out knocking around. I might make a run down that way.

By the way, what's the story behind your nickname?

Congrats on your aircraft as well! Plane is hangared at KAKQ Wakefield, west of Smithfield. I wish I could use Aberdeen, I am their neighbor!

Reason behind my nickname? It is an Air Force call sign, we dont call each other by our first names, we usually get named by committee when we are Lt's. Now how I got that call sign is classified

Loogie · Post by **Loogie** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:26 am

Tomkatz wrote:Welcome and congratulations Loogie. I too am the proud owner of a MX7 180B. I'm looking at a possible Mid-Atlantic Maule Round up at Essex Skypark (W48). Great access to the Chesapeake bay and great beach runs up the Atlantic.
Tom K.

Sounds great, looking forward to it!

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