Hugh Mattern

Good morning Joe and Thomas. Hugh Mattern was kind enough too pull his 200 into the hangar for the maintenance session at the 2017 fly in. This is always one of the highlights of the fly in. So much to learn from these guys. Some are A&Ps, some have rebuilt numerous planes, some have owned their girls for 30 plus years. None of them are just…[Read more]

Thanks Greg The bonanza bunch sure can get frustrated with the Meyers Im particularly excited about the 550 birds coming up and running hopefully we can see some real 200ktas speeds 230mph for us pre ’66 guys The plane i would be interested is the Mooney Ovations with the Big engines They are probably gonna be the plane to beat Will try to…[Read more]

Hello all! would like to get all these different models of 200s, with different engines and props the 470/520/550 , and meet up to have a race together and really have some fun tweaking these lil ferraris of the sky. Check out the sport air racing league and sign up, John and I have had a few runs, at race settings 259M will turn 2750rpm at…[Read more]

My 200C which I also race has the IO-520A with Gami’s and setup to cruise at 2350 RPM and what ever MP I can get which is obviously dependent on Altitude and other. Also run ROP. On average though, I cruise at 9 – 10,000 ft and avg. 21″MP @ 2350 @ 14 GPH which typically gives me around 186KTS True Airspeed. CHT’s are generally around 350 and EGT…[Read more]

All: Regarding OTW landings, grass, hard surface runways and crosswinds – FAA certification of Part 23 (OTW were certified under CAR 4, the previous certification standard before FAR Part 23) is 15 mph ‘demonstrated cross wind’. Factory test pilots are required to certify all Part 23 airplanes to 15 mph crosswinds, therefore, it then depends upon…[Read more]