The International Cessna 170 Association

Some years ago at my old airline we could reset the circuit breaker once. IIRC someone reset a breaker once and it fried the wires to the FO's pitot heat and started a fire in the console on the FO's right side inflight and melted a bunch of wires. After that only maintenance could reset a breaker u...

If anyone is interested Sanford airport (KSFM) in Maine is now selling mogas for $3.50/gal self serve on the west side of the airport next to the PBY.

I was wondering about these holes when I was at the airport yesterday. I've got a '63 172D model and it has 27 holes on the right aileron and 8 on the left. According to the logs the wings were replaced in 1971 and the plane repainted then.

You're correct George. That's exactly like saying the FAA lives off our tax dollars, and the more they regulate, the more they get. The CDC is as full of bureaucrats as any other government agency. How did we survive before it existed? Talk about the Surgeon General. 75% of the time, they are neith...

I think I found this on the Swift site. It might explain a little about oil cooling on the Conny. Continental was opposed to external oil lines on their engines, and the "C"-series of engines was designed without them. Although an oil cooler design was produced by TCM (Continental Motors C...

Make sure you go to their 'Aviation Dept.'.

Now I'm curious. What do they have planned between 1945-2015Z on the 15th??? KB18 ALTON BAY 02/068 - RWY 1/19 CLSD. 15 FEB 19:45 2009 UNTIL 15 FEB 20:15 2009. CREATED: 13 FEB 21:43 2009 02/067 - RWY 1/19 IR. 13 FEB 22:00 2009 UNTIL UFN. CREATED: 13 FEB 21:40 2009 02/066 - RWY 1/19 NOW 2400X81 FOR CU...

In the late 80's I was in the military and some military pilots were getting out and trying for the airlines. I was able to get my hands on an old Piper Apache. 5 of these folks would come up to the control tower where I worked in the evening and study for the FAA comp exam. All 5 had the flight tim...

W.J.Langholz wrote:We reached a balmy -10 today, -30 tonight, may get to zero by Friday......just can't remember where I put my long johns..........

And that stuff is coming my way. I FOUND MY LONG JOHNS TODAY !!!

I was married on the 29th of Feb 1992 so I get to forget our anniversary every 4 years...

http://www.airnav.com/airport/7B3
http://www.hamptonairfield.com/
If this is not too far for you to go (about 40 miles north of BOS) they have good instructors for tailwheel birds. After the ride you can take a walk for some fried clams or have a hamburger there at the field.

http://www.aerotechlou.com/generators.shtml

I had my generator rebuilt last year by these folks. The generator that was in my plane was also from them and lasted about 1500 hours.

Can't remember where I found this. But it does make sense explaining the O300 & oil cooling. Continental was opposed to external oil lines on their engines, and the "C"-series of engines was designed without them. Although an oil cooler design was produced by TCM (Continental Motors Co...

George, I used to have the site bookmarked that had all of the "Sky King" eposodes listed but lost it a year or two ago. Do you know what that site is? Harold Here's the other episodes of Sky King. Now which one shows Penny blow drying her hair by cranking up the right engine of the 310??...

Here's the other episodes of Sky King. Now which one shows Penny blow drying her hair by cranking up the right engine of the 310???

http://www.americanflyers.net/entertainment/skyking.asp