Mooney Aircraft Company
Type	private company
Founded	1929
Headquarters	Kerrville, Texas
Industry	general aviation
Products	Mooney Acclaim, Mooney Ovation 2 GX, Mooney Ovation 3 GX
Website	www.mooney.com

The Mooney Airplane Company (MAC) is a U.S. manufacturer of single-engined general aviation aircraft. Mooney has been a leader in civil aviation even though the company has gone bankrupt and changed ownership several times. Among their achievements were the first pressurized single-engine piston-powered aircraft (M22 Mustang), the first production aircraft to achieve 201 mph on 200 hp (320 km/h on 150 kW) (M20J 201) and the fastest transcontinental flight in a single-engine, piston-powered production aircraft (M20K 231). All Mooney aircraft have the signature vertical stabilizer with its vertical leading edge and swept trailing edge that gives the illusion of being forward-swept. Image File history File links Mooney_aircraft_logo. ... A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... Kerrville is a city in Kerr County, Texas, United States. ... General aviation (abbr. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... General aviation (abbr. ... // The Mooney 20J (also known as the M201 because of its ability to cruise at 201 mph) is a 4 seat general aviation aircraft. ... The vertical stabilizer or fin of an aircraft is found on its tail, generally pointing straight upward. ... The Leading Edge is a Speculative fiction magazine founded in 1981, located in Provo, Utah, and which has published stories by Dave Wolverton and Orson Scott Card, among others. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

History

Mooney Aircraft Corporation was started in 1929 by Albert and Arthur Mooney with funding from Bridgeport Machine Company of Wichita, Kansas. Their only living relatives known to date are living in England, Surrey. Mooney Aircraft went bankrupt in 1930. The Mooney brothers worked for other aircraft companies from then through World War II. In 1946, Albert started Mooney Aircraft, Inc. with Charles "Pappy" Yankey in Kerrville, Texas. The next year Arthur joined the company. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Kerrville is a city in Kerr County, Texas, United States. ...

A Mooney M20M "Bravo"

The first aircraft produced by the new Mooney company was the small, single-seat, Mooney Mite M-18. It was designed to appeal to the thousands of fighter pilots leaving military service (some thought the Mooney Mite looked so much like the Messerschmitt Bf 109 that they called it the "Texas Messerschmitt"). The Mooney Mite established some of the design concepts that are still used by Mooney today. The model Mooney M20 entered production in 1955 and outwardly looked like a scaled-up Mite. Mooney is still producing variants of the M20 today. Image File history File links A Mooney M20M (notice fire damage on wing tip) Photo by Michael Simmons Spring 2003 at Gillespie Field (SEE) Licensed for use in accordance with the GFDL. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this... Image File history File links A Mooney M20M (notice fire damage on wing tip) Photo by Michael Simmons Spring 2003 at Gillespie Field (SEE) Licensed for use in accordance with the GFDL. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this... The Mooney M-18 Mite is a low-wing, single-place monoplane with retractable, tricycle landing gear. ... German Airfield, France, 1941 propaganda photo of the Luftwaffe, Bf 109 fighters on the tarmac The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in the early 1930s. ... // The Mooney 20J (also known as the M201 because of its ability to cruise at 201 mph) is a 4 seat general aviation aircraft. ...

In 1953, before funds were put in place for production of the M20, Mooney's financial backer, Charles Yankey, died of a stroke. In 1955 Albert Mooney sold his stock in the company to Harold Rachal and Norman Hoffman then left the company to work for Lockheed Corporation. Shortly after, Arthur left Mooney to work for Lockheed too. The Lockheed SR-71 was remarkably advanced for its time and remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. ...

In 1965 the company became the U.S. distributor for Mitsubishi aircraft and began selling Mooney Mu-2 operating as Mooney-Mitsubishi Aircraft Inc. In 1967 Mooney acquired production rights to the Ercoupe from Alon Aircraft Company and produced a slightly updated version as the Mooney M10 Cadet. The M10 became the final Ercoupe variant, and production ended in 1970. Mitsubishi Logo The Mitsubishi Group ), Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies, all refer to a large grouping of independently operated Japanese companies which share the Mitsubishi brand name. ... A Mitsubishi MU-2K at Tyndall AFB. Another Mu-2 is behind. ... The Ercoupe is a low wing monoplane first manufactured by the ERCO aircraft company shortly before the second World War. ...

Mooney went bankrupt again in early 1969 and was sold to American Electronics Labs then to Butler Aviation, which ended operations in 1971. For about three years Mooney failed to produce any aircraft. In 1973 Republic Steel Corporation acquired the rights and tooling for Mooney and resumed production in 1974. The company continued aggressive product development, working on yet another pressurized single-engine aircraft to compete with the Cessna 210. The turboprop Mooney "301" eventually became the TBM700 and is now produced by Socata Aircraft. Republic Steel was once the third largest steel producer in the United States. ... Cessna 210 Centurion Cessna T210L A Cessna T210L shows the designs strutless cantilever wing A Cessna P210N Pressurized Centurion with its distinctive small windows The Cessna 210 Centurion is a 6 seat, high-performance, single-engine general aviation aircraft which was first flown in January 1957. ...

In 1984 Mooney merged with the French distribution firm Alexander Couvelaire. In July 2001 Mooney was the victim of yet another bankruptcy and the company was acquired by Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures, Inc. (AASI) in 2002. AASI resurrected Mooney under the name Mooney Aircraft Company, Inc.; a division of Mooney Aerospace Group, Ltd. AASI or Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures Inc (originally ASI, Aerodynamics and Structures Inc. ...

In 2004, MASG (AASI) sold off the Mooney assets to Allen Holding Finance in May, and filed for bankruptcy on June 10. In December 2004, MASG restructured and reacquired MAC (Mooney Aircraft Company) back from Allen Holding Finance. AvWeb has the complete story. AASI or Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures Inc (originally ASI, Aerodynamics and Structures Inc. ...

In November, 2004, Gretchen Jahn joined Mooney to became the first female CEO of an aircraft manufacturer. She served for about two years as a turnaround specialist. She succeeded in rebuilding Mooney's sales and dealer network. She also oversaw the development and introduction of the M20T Acclaim and the new all-glass Garmin G1000-equipped Ovation2 GX and Bravo GX. Mooney now has a waiting list of a few months to accept delivery of a new airplane. In June, 2005, Mooney added a second shift and 50 new workers to boost production.[1] Garmin Ltd. ...

Mooney M20T Acclaim

On April 4, 2006, Mooney Airplane Company announced the release of their all-new M20T Acclaim at the 2006 Sun 'N Fun fly-in at Lakeland, Florida. The M20T also features the Garmin G1000 Avionics Display Suite, four heated and leather-wrapped captains chairs with lumbar support, a range in excess of 1,650 nm (400 miles greater than the Bravo GX), and a top speed of 265 knots (305.8 mph) which is also 30 knots faster than the Ovation 2. Image File history File linksMetadata MooneyM20TNAcclaimN312TN07. ... Image File history File linksMetadata MooneyM20TNAcclaimN312TN07. ...

Mooney was a publicly traded company after emerging from bankruptcy under symbol MNYG (OTC BB) until October, 2006 when Mooney Aerospace Group arranged financing to buy out public shareholders.

List of Mooney Aircraft

• A2
• M10
• M18
• M20
• M20
• M22
• Ovation 2
• TLS Bravo

The Mooney M-18 Mite is a low-wing, single-place monoplane with retractable, tricycle landing gear. ... // The Mooney 20J (also known as the M201 because of its ability to cruise at 201 mph) is a 4 seat general aviation aircraft. ...

See also

External links

• Mooney Airplane Company website
• The Mooney Mite Site
• History of Mooney models
• The Al Mooney Story: They All Fly Through the Same Air
• FAA type certificate for all M20 models
• History of the Mooney 301
• Vintage Mooney Group
• German Mooney Community