No #10 First manufactured in 1955 with wooden wing spars that required lots of inspections to keep in airworthy condition, the Mooney M20 quickly became an all-metal aircraft. Eventually, different variants of the family were produced in three fuselage lengths and the M20's engine power -- and cruise speed -- grew until it became the fastest production piston single available. Some 52 years after the Mooney M20 first flew, it is still in production as the Mooney M20TN Acclaim, which cruises at an impressive 272 mph at up to 25,000 feet. The aircraft pictured is a 1965-built M20C.
