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The Mooney M20 is a family of piston-powered, propeller-driven general aviation aircraft, all featuring low wings and tricycle gear, manufactured by the Mooney Airplane Company.〔Munson, Kenneth & Michael Taylor: ''Jane's Pocket Book of light Aircraft'', page 143. Janes Publishing, 1982. ISBN 0710601956〕〔Montgomery, M.R & Gerald Foster: ''A Field Guide to Airplanes, Second Edition'', page 38-39. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. ISBN 0-395-62888-1〕〔Plane and Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', pages 54-55. Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. ISBN 0-918312-00-0〕 The M20 was the 20th design from Al Mooney, and his most successful. The series was produced in many variations over the last 50 years, from the wooden-wing M20 and M20A models of the 1950s,〔 to the M20TN Acclaim that debuted in 2007. On 5 November 2008, the company announced that it was halting all production as a result of the late-2000s recession, but would still provide parts and support for the existing fleet. With the injection of Chinese capital after the company's purchase, production of the M20 resumed in February 2014. ==Development== The Mooney M20 series has been produced in three fuselage lengths: the "short-body" through M20E, "medium-body" (M20F through M20K), and "long-body" types. Although all M20s have four seats, the fuselage length increase provided more rear passenger legroom, but with a slight performance decrease. Other airplane improvements over the years in most cases more than compensated for the effects of a longer fuselage; for a similar engine and vintage, for instance, the shorter-fuselage model is faster, ''e.g.'', M20E vs M20F. In July 2008, Mooney signed a memorandum of understanding with Rolls-Royce to develop a version of the M20 that was to have been powered by the Rolls-Royce RR500 TP turboprop powerplant. The project was announced as being a joint "marketing investigation" and "exploration project", but does not appear to have come to fruition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mooney M20」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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