Today’s Top Pick is a 2000 Mooney M20M Bravo 

For years Mooney owners touted their compact, aerodynamically clean aircraft for maintaining a fast pace with small, fuel-sipping engines. They were a textbook case of doing more with less. Indeed, they often burned half as much fuel as competing four-seat retractables with larger engines and more power.

By the time this 2000 Bravo rolled off the assembly line, things had changed at the company and M20s were getting brawny. Packing a 6-cylinder, turbocharged Lycoming 540 engine, this airplane can climb quickly to 25,000 feet and cruise at speeds above 200 ktas.

With paint and interior in great condition and just 1,253 hours on the airframe, this Bravo has a long life ahead and is full of possibilities for pilots who want to cover long distances quickly. Other features include dual batteries and alternators, a factory oxygen system, leather-covered yokes, air vents and reading lights at all four seats along with cup holders.

The IFR panel includes a Garmin GTN 650, dual Garmin GI 275 flight instruments, GTX 345 transponder with ADS-B in and out, King KFC 150 autopilot, and more.

If you are looking for a family hauler that will handily outrun most of the competition, consider looking into this Mooney M20M Bravo, which is available for $259,000 on AircraftForSale. You can arrange financing of the airplane through FLYING Financial Group. For more information, email info@flyingfinancial.com.

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The supplemental type certificate (STC) for the Hartzell prop was approved this week. Airplanes covered by the STC are powered by TIO-540-AF1A and TIO-540-AF1B turbocharged Lycoming Sabre engines.

“Installing Hartzell’s scimitar-style prop covered by this STC delivers 8 to 10 percent improvement in climb performance, a 2 to 3 knot increase in cruise,” said Hartzell president JJ Frigge, adding that the propeller has the Hartzell Top Prop 2,400-hour, 6-year time between overhaul, and warranty until first overhaul.

According to Hartzell, through the years, about 10,000 Mooney airplanes have been equipped with Hartzell props. One of the launch platforms of the first Hartzell two-blade compact aluminum propellers in the early 1960s was the Mooney M20C. Through the decades, the M20 airframe was improved with the addition of metal wings, generations of avionics advances, fuselage stretches, increased gross weights, and more horsepower.

A Hartzell company spokesperson notes, “There have been regular inquiries on a prop for these aircraft in the years since their manufacture (1989 to 2006) to improve on the original propeller’s performance and take advantage of Hartzell performance. When we realized we had a winner and had the time and manpower to run the STC program, we gave it the green light. 

“With only a couple of exceptions, for most of the M20 series manufacturing run, Hartzell has been the propeller of choice. This fixes the gap in coverage with arguably the best high-altitude blade ever installed on a six cylinder turbo-charged M20.”

The Hartzell Propeller Top Prop kit, HC-I3YF-1RF/F7498-1, is available for $15,839. The kit includes a propeller, an all-composite spinner assembly, and STC documentation. 

Hartzell Propeller and sister companies, Hartzell Engine Technologies LLC and AWI-AMI, form the general aviation business unit of Tailwind Technologies Inc.

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