The International Cessna 170 Association

Sorry I have a great mechanic based at X58 Indiantown. Copa Air Maintence. His contact is on ForeFlight. Super good guy.

I have a B model for sale in South FL. Check out my post here on the forum. I plan on posting it on barnstormers soon.

Congrats on your first airline job! I have 2 words of wisdom that I received and I will pass on to you. Always have FUN and remember your one of the lucky ones that gets to do what you love. And second is to ALWAYS, Always, live below your means. This industry is crazy so you will never know if you ...

Sweet Caroline (1949C) So like all great ideas in life... I was sitting around one evening with my wife drinking a cocktail. I looked at her and said "Honey, we should sell our Harleys." Without blinking an eye, she said "Ok, lets buy a plane!!!" Now the rest of the story. I grew...

Great topic Richard! I have great respect for distraction. It’s a huge factor in my job as a professional pilot. I like to say “speed kills, slow down to go faster”. Translations is hurrying to get things done ends up bad. Leaving 5 min late is not a big deal in the big picture. We use our 170 as th...

Sounds like a great trip!!! We too would love to have a Cessna 195 and it’s on my wishlist. But our 170 is now part of the family so not sure If I could ever part with her. As my boys get bigger, I might be forced to upgrade but that’s years in the future. That’s the longest post I have ever read. L...

Thanks for the open invite KG! Next time we will hit you up. I did do a local sightseeing flight in Nashville one day so that would have been fun to swing in and say hi. Gahorn, YES 4.5 hours in a 170 is a LOOOONNNGGGG leg and no, no one one board was in diapers. :roll: However, as with everything i...

I know this is a old thread but I really love it. :D We loaded up the family and flew from Stuart Fl to Nashville TN for thanksgiving. The weather was Amazing, tail winds both ways! That never happens! Severe clear going and coming home. Our first leg was 4.5 hours non-stop to ATL to visit some frie...

I came across this website and seems these are drop in replacements with no re wiring required. I have not used them just some info to pass along. Hope to get them for my birthday or Christmas so will post a pirep after i install them. https://www.aero-lites.com/ $75 a piece sounds like a good deal ...

We have the utility buckle and have no complaints. This might be one of those Chevy versus Ford discussions. They all do the job so which type do you like. The hard question for us is which back seat shoulder harnesses to get. That will be in another year or so. We have been very happy with the util...

LOL :D , I will try to write an article for the association in the future. Right now we are crazy busy cleaning up after the storm!! Ryan I am from Denver NC, and learned to fly at Lake Norman Airpark back in the 90's when I was in high school. Lake Norman has been bought by an outfit that is turnin...

I know this is an old thread but just wanted to add running from a big hurricane!! We loaded up my wife, 2 boys, and I and evacuated from south FL to NC running from a huge hurricane. We left Friday and just flew back today. We missed a ton of traffic and avoided gas shortages that left many people ...

I was just poking back at you!! :lol: Hence my smiley faces. I did not even know my tail pipes are on wrong. That's why I like this forum so much. I learn something new about these planes every time I log in. I have my annual coming up so I will see about correcting that along with all the other sur...

Gahorn, I do realize it's not "oringinal" but as I said my 54 is not "original" due to the 175 wings and other mods that had already been done to her when I bought her. With that said, Fishdoc's plane is still beautiful. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so to speak. ...

Thanks for the input guys. I think i agree with Bruce, put them in and log it, easy breezy!!