New C170B owner
Moderators: GAHorn, Karl Towle, Bruce Fenstermacher
New C170B owner
Hi all!
As of last week I’m a new owner to a 1954 Cessna 170B.
Currently under a Finnish registration but going back to an N-reg soon.
We picked up the aircraft in Poland and ferried the aircraft to it’s new homebase in Belgium.
750NM travelled, 3 fuel stops, 8 hours flown and ~55 USG consumed.
With only limited taildragger experience (~30 hrs) of which I had 0 hours flown in a C170 it was going to be quite the adventure. Luckily the previous owner set aside some time to take me up and do some circuits to get a feel for it.
After some “ok” circuits I felt somewhat reassured enough to begin the adventure, we selected a beautiful day for it with light winds initially with some stronger winds in the afternoon in Germany, after carefully selecting airports with grass runways with marginal crosswind components we got stuck at our last fuel stop due to deteriorating weather at destination, we decided to wait it out and continue the next morning.
First thing I did the day after arriving was giving it some much needed TLC, a good and thorough washing.
From top to bottom, front to back. And polishing the belly to get rid of any remaining dirt, grease, oil, … And for being an almost 70 y/o aircraft, it looks really good all cleaned up. We then did some light maintenance and rectified some squawks we found during the pre-buy. I hope to have the paperwork of getting it N-reg’d done within the next couple of weeks so we can go into our first summer season together.
My father and I already have some ideas of modifications we’d like to do so it’ll be a ever changing aircraft and I can’t wait to get more familiar with it.
Looking forward to gathering more experience/opinions/ideas/… from this forum/association!
I wanted to attach a photo but unfortunately I don’t see the option to do so.
As of last week I’m a new owner to a 1954 Cessna 170B.
Currently under a Finnish registration but going back to an N-reg soon.
We picked up the aircraft in Poland and ferried the aircraft to it’s new homebase in Belgium.
750NM travelled, 3 fuel stops, 8 hours flown and ~55 USG consumed.
With only limited taildragger experience (~30 hrs) of which I had 0 hours flown in a C170 it was going to be quite the adventure. Luckily the previous owner set aside some time to take me up and do some circuits to get a feel for it.
After some “ok” circuits I felt somewhat reassured enough to begin the adventure, we selected a beautiful day for it with light winds initially with some stronger winds in the afternoon in Germany, after carefully selecting airports with grass runways with marginal crosswind components we got stuck at our last fuel stop due to deteriorating weather at destination, we decided to wait it out and continue the next morning.
First thing I did the day after arriving was giving it some much needed TLC, a good and thorough washing.
From top to bottom, front to back. And polishing the belly to get rid of any remaining dirt, grease, oil, … And for being an almost 70 y/o aircraft, it looks really good all cleaned up. We then did some light maintenance and rectified some squawks we found during the pre-buy. I hope to have the paperwork of getting it N-reg’d done within the next couple of weeks so we can go into our first summer season together.
My father and I already have some ideas of modifications we’d like to do so it’ll be a ever changing aircraft and I can’t wait to get more familiar with it.
Looking forward to gathering more experience/opinions/ideas/… from this forum/association!
I wanted to attach a photo but unfortunately I don’t see the option to do so.
- Bruce Fenstermacher
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Re: New C170B owner
Sorry, I've flipped a switch and set you up correctly. As a TIC170A member you can now post pictures and see a lot more info on the form. To post pictures see these instructions.
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Bruce Fenstermacher, Past President, TIC170A
Email: brucefenster at gmail.com
Bruce Fenstermacher, Past President, TIC170A
Email: brucefenster at gmail.com
Re: New C170B owner
Welcome to the association and wonderful world of 170 flying! Beautiful aircraft!
1955 C170B N2993D s/n 26936
1986 DG-400 N9966C
1986 DG-400 N9966C
Re: New C170B owner
Welcome to the association, flying in Europe must be a blast. Good luck with her.
Jim McIntosh..
1953 C170B S/N 25656
02 K1200RS
1953 C170B S/N 25656
02 K1200RS
- Kevin Pearce
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- Joined: Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:03 am
Re: New C170B owner
Welcome to the group.
You will love your 170B.
You will love your 170B.
Re: New C170B owner
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!
Re: New C170B owner
Flying in Europe can be magical but it also has it's limitations. I'm hoping to discover a new aspect to European Aviation with the 170.c170b53 wrote:Welcome to the association, flying in Europe must be a blast. Good luck with her.
Re: New C170B owner
How hard is it to find an Authorized Inspector in Belgium to annual your plane once you put it on U.S. registration?
Gary
Re: New C170B owner
Not incredibly hard, we have an A&P/IA at our home base, there are a fair amount of those around in Europe.n2582d wrote:How hard is it to find an Authorized Inspector in Belgium to annual your plane once you put it on U.S. registration?