Here are old news items saved from The Mite Site News page....
January 2008 - Now
August, 2008  
   
July, 2008  
   
June, 2008  
 

We are sorry to have just found out that Ted Stewart, N4150, passed away about two years ago. Having talked with 80-year-old Ted several years ago, we knew that although he had not flow the Mite since 1976 he was too fond of the airplane to consider selling it. Frank Scully, whose father once owned N4150, went looking for the plane this past weekend only to learn from Ted's one-time neighbour in Mason, NH that the Mite has disappeared from its barn. If anyone can tell us the present location of N4150, we would much appreciate it. 2008-06-01

Here's notice of another fly-in event of interest to Mite owners. Homer Ellis extends a special invitation to the EAA Fly-In at Bartlesville, OK in September, 2008. We understand that if enough interest is shown, there will be a Mooney Mite Tent forum. We'd like to see a good response, but it's up to you owners and enthusiasts in the southern USA. 2008-06-01
May, 2008  
 

Old newspaper articles about Mites not already published on the Mite Site are pretty rare, so we were pleased to receive three "new" ones, sent in by Keith Mackey, N4159. Given to Keith by his friend and neighbor, Jeff Abrams, they are about Jeff's father, Maynard Abrams, and Margaret "Peggy" Lennox, a well-known aviator from Florida. 2008-05-29

Our report on the May, 2008 WAMM Fly-In is now ready for viewing. This report links to a special page of aerial photos, the first time we have been able to offer this kind of thing, thanks to a local Porterville helicopter owner, Cory Johnson, and an unidentified photographer. 2008-05-22

At the recent fly-in, WAMM member Doug Triplett of Rosamond, CA gave us some photos to share. They seem to indicate that he has been looking for the right Mite for at least ten years! 2008-05-20

Thanks again to Boyd Maddox for giving us our first look at what's happening inside his "Mite Factory" at Houston Southwest. 2008-05-14

We've a received a series of photos from Boyd Maddox showing the arrival of Leon Buenger's N4188 at Boyd's shop at Houston Southwest. Leon recently trailered N4188 a distance of 40 miles, with police escort, in order to have Boyd put the finishing touches on the Mite. 2008-05-12
April, 2008  
 

Special Invitation: Mite owners are invited to the Golden West Regional Fly-In on Friday, June 6 through Sunday, June 8, 2008 at the Yuba County Airport, Marysville, CA. Details. 2008-04-19

Porterville Alert: We've just learned that motel rooms are going to be scarce on the weekend of the WAMM Fly-In, May 16 - 18. Here's an e-mail received today from WAMM president Michael Harms:

"Don Deaton has alerted me to other goings-on at PTV during the weekend of the combined Mooney Mite and Vintage Mooney Group Fly-In. The Red Star Pilots Association will have another Red Star Yaks get-together. Check out their web site.

"There will certainly be lots of activity around the airport! Last year the Red Star Yaks made the newspaper with an article and pictures of their many formation flights over Porterville. Ben Favrholdt wrote me: 'For the past five days, we had a YAK Fly-in here at PTV. There were over fifty YAK airplanes and two L-39 jets doing a lot of formation flying and the jets making low passes. I haven't seen this much activity here since our Moonlight Fly-in's many years ago. There were huge crowds and the motels were booked solid.'

"It's always fun to see people having fun around airports. If crowds aren't your "thing" you can sit at the hangar and talk Mites. Or, if you want to mingle and see other planes, you can do that too. But ... if you want to sleep in a motel you'd best get crackin'.

  • Best Western (559) 781-7411
  • Holiday Inn Express (800) 345-8082 (new)
  • Motel 6 (559) 781-7600
  • Super 8 (559) 562-5188 (Lindsay, CA 10.2 miles away)
  • Or check out Yahoo.com yellow pages under Porterville, CA.

"See you next month, Michael."

2008-04-09

Back in July of 1998, Ted Teach, N4122 received field approval for a nifty installation of an alternator in his M-18C. Having received many inquiries from admirers over the years, Ted has finally found the time to complete an information package, consisting of sketches, documents and photos, which is now available for downloading from the Mite Site. Ted's package, in PDF format, can be found via the Conversions and Modifications link on our Maintenance Page. Thank you, Ted! 2008-04-06

March, 2008  
 

Those of you who attend WAMM Fly-Ins regularly may recall that Ted Teach of Ohio was expected at the May, 2006 gathering in Porterville but never showed up. We learned later that he made it as far west as New Mexico, then had a landing mishap. Ted used the subsequent rebuild as an opportunity to install some more goodies in his already beautiful Mite, N4122. We are pleased that he has sent some photos for us to share with you. 2008-03-27

Look again. More information has been added to the article about N3165K (below). Jess Hackenberg sent us an interesting e-mail today outlining the history of this Mite, which his father purchased directly from Mooney. 2008-03-17

February 2008  
 

Out of the blue, we've just received some "new" photos of Jess Hackenburg's N3165K, the first we have of this airplane. They were kindly send to us by Job Conger of Springfield, Illinois who is putting together a book on the history of aviation in his home town. To see what he's been up to, have a look at his website: http://www.aeroknow.com Thanks to Bill Larkins for giving Job a heads-up about the Mite Site. 2008-02-24

Perhaps because of our offer to assist, the NASM has gone ahead and produced their own information package for ordering Mite drawings from their archives. It is essentially the same as the one we've been offering, including the order form, list of drawings and additional paperwork, published in PDF format for downloading. The only thing still withheld is the price list, so acquiring copies will still require two submissions in writing. Our pages have therefore been removed and the link on our Maintenance page will now take you to the NASM document. 2008-02-02
January 2008  
 

For those of you not in the e-mail loop, here's a message from WAMM president, Michael Harms:

Hi Guys,

This is advance notice of our May 16-18, 2008 Mite Fly-In in Porterville. Mark your calendars.

And the Vintage Mooney Group will be joining us! They have proposed we all do something more than just show up, like a spot landing contest or "something fun". In the next 5 months we should be able to come up with something that would give us a natural advantage. Like a flour drop (ever try to get that flour bag out of a small "big Mooney" window flap? Or the slowest time around the pattern? Or how many Mooneys can you put in one hangar at the same time? Anyway, start thinking and start planning to attend.

And for your additional advance planning, Porterville will be bring back the Porterville Moonlight Fly-In on the weekend of June 21. This was always a big hit until they stopped having them due to liability insurance costs.  There will be lots and lots of people, airplanes, and food booths.  Maybe we can get a bunch of Mites to show up and all park together.

Won't it be nice to put Winter behind us and play outside with the Mites in the green grass and blue skies again?

Michael

If you wish to make a suggestion for the program or can confirm that you will attend, we'd like to hear from you. Remember, WAMM membership is free and everyone is welcome. 2008-01-23