Birds of a feather flock together. That old saying applies to birds of aluminum as well; just ask the owner of a “cult” airplane. Any time they meet, cult plane pilots swap stories and hash out flying or maintenance issues, especially when gathered at a fly-in.

Beginning in 1990, pilots of one of the all-time great cult airplanes – the Bonanza – started flying en mass to the big Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) convention and airshow at Oshkosh, Wis. Eight years later pilots of another popular cult airplane, one who’s very name, Mooney, sounds like a cult, emulated the Bonanzas with their own mass fly-in to Oshkosh. …