KERRVILLE, Texas — Mooney International delivered three new M20TN Acclaims to their owners this week.
The deliveries were made at Mooney’s Kerrville Texas facility. The new Acclaims will be based out of Louisiana, Florida, and New York. These Acclaims follow the delivery of the first B Registered Acclaim delivered last December to Henan, China.
Delivery of multiple Acclaims in a month is a positive sign of Mooney’s progress with the FAA and growing manufacturing capabilities and capacity, according to company officials.
Mooney’s production lines have been updated by investments made earlier in 2014 that continue. Investments have been largely focused on new manufacturing equipment and building a more technologically advanced manufacturing facility.
Several key upgrades include new factory lighting, heat treatment equipment and chemical process line, modern CNC machinery, 3D modeling, 3D simulation and visualization, and 3D printing.
The newest M20TN Acclaim Type S models are equipped with the TSIO-550-G-Turbo Normalized engine and Garmin G1000 dual glass avionics system and GFC700 autopilot.
Is Mooney investigating diesels for the Chinese market? My understanding is that 100LL is darn near impossible to find there. This would also broaden their appeal in markets outside North America, where Jet A/A1 are much easier to find and MUCH cheaper.