The International Cessna 170 Association

Aryana wrote:Brad, what came to be of the 170 sitting on the ground there?

Aryana,
Unfortunately, still "sitting". I have all the parts to rebuild the engine, just no time!

Original UC-61 was powered by a werner 145. Upgrades were to the Ranger 220. This is the only known Jake powered 245 UC-61 known to me. Owned by My Dad and Joe Hauk....Sweet flying aircraft. Helen Keller could drive this thing....

Tom, you've got a lot of experience with Warner engines. What's your opinion of how good the combination of a 170 airframe and a Warner 145 would have been? The Warner powered 170 would be one sweet aircraft. the warner was an easy engine to start, run, and maintain. here's the warner running http:...

But it is what keeps your valves lubed, George, TCP just keeps it from sticking...

Cool...

As Bruce mentioned, Mogas is refreshed often in a car. Not so, in an aircraft. When I flew most every day I burned nothing but Mogas. Absolutely no problems. When we had the shop fire, the 172 sat for about four months. Before I saw a problem, the carb had started leaking, and ruined the paint on th...

Bruce Fenstermacher wrote:Kyle, when I see a picture of your fine looking grey/white plane first thing that comes to mind is I must be looking at a B&W image of a nice GREEN 170.

HA!!!!

Welcome Ken!
Like Bruce said...not original, although, an original, with the sheath wearing on the wire can give the same feel. Something to give a second look at.
Brad

Bruce Fenstermacher wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE[/youtube]

Yep.....My favorite, spam.....

Having your airplane 50 steps away from your back door is a God send. With me, that's also where I work. Sometimes, work just never goes away....At least Jan knows where I am...

Bruce Fenstermacher wrote:

blueldr wrote:Boy! A '57 Model. That's the newest one I ever heard of.

It is serial 27167 the 3rd to the last 170 ever made if our records are correct.
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Stefano, welcome to the Association. Sure would like to see more pictures of your 170.

I knew someone would jump on that.....Welcome Stefano

DuaneShockey wrote:Duane Shockey Montgomery Field (MYF) San Diego, Ca. (858)278-9676

It's about time you got on the list!....Ha

Boy was I disappointed.... I barely found any text on mine....Let alone pics.....

I'm on this, like stink on a skunk.....I have a sexy N number

I only liked the idea of dry-ice cuz there's no clean up, if you are only cleaning rust or oxidation..

Duh.....rust or oxidation mean's the same thing, Doesn't it? You know what I mean......