The fleet
A small fleet, kept to one standard.
Every aircraft is owned, maintained and flown by Del himself. One is flying today. A second joins the hangar soon.
01In service
Mooney M20E Super 21
N3483X · Based at Lunken Airport
A classic of American general aviation, engineered to waste nothing and kept to an exacting standard.
- Cruise
- ≈180 mph
- Seats
- 4
- Landing gear
- Retractable
- Home base
- KLUK
Draft: specs to be verified against the aircraft's POH
The engineering
A tail that moves as one
Most airplanes trim with a small tab on the elevator. Al Mooney pivoted the entire tail instead, a cleaner design with less drag.
Nothing left hanging
Even the passenger step retracts in flight. Few designers bother; Mooney did, and it shows in the speed.
Three miles a minute
Around 180 mph in cruise, on far less fuel than you'd expect. Columbus or Louisville in under an hour.
02Joining the fleet
Hangar reserved
Photographs to follow
P-51D lineage
S-51 Mustang
A scaled-down replica of the World War II P-51 Mustang, the fighter that escorted bombers over Europe and that the Tuskegee Airmen made famous. Same profile and bubble canopy, without the guns.
Details, photographs and what it will be flying for will be posted here when it arrives at Lunken.
- Design
- P-51 replica
- Scale
- About ¾
- Seats
- 2, tandem
- Status
- Coming soon
Draft: confirm make, scale and seating with Del
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