The International Cessna 170 Association

George, Have you considered reducing the temp of the hot water. This might reduce the separation of the lime a little...thereby extending the life of the water heater and save propane. Just a thought. Also, an old friend in Ventura (CA) recently installed a tankless water heater which seems to work ...

I favor elegant solutions . A hungry cat can handle the mouse or mice problem on the ground and is also handy for unplanned IFR flight as in ye old "Cat & Duck" method. Anybody, besides me, remember that?? Just remember to use a clean cat . chuck

Fer what its worth....Why go with any of that "Heavy" stuff unless you need IFR capability. If you can live with VFR, consider Garmin SL40. Light weight and reliable. Or I-Com 200. Give me a handheld GPS, a SL40 with all its features and a X-ponder with mode C, and I'm good to go almost an...

Jrcubbuilder has a winning formula. At least from my experience. We had precisely that arrangement in Orange County California with ten members, of which only three were very active. But luckily, all the members were very reliable at paying their monthly dues which ranged from $150 to $165 per month...

Everybody has their own ideas and opinions :) . For me, I have used the Clark's H10-60 in an open cockpit Great Lakes for several years. Inverted 8) , you don't notice the weight of the headset. A friend allowed me to use his Bose set once and they were great, actually a bit too good. I missed some ...

George is so right. I was a Flight Test engineer on DC-10-10 Number 2 in 1970 and quite surprised to learn this a/c is being used for low level work. It is a wonderful airplane for what it was designed to do. As an example, the USAF originally purchased sixty KC-10A Tankers in 1980. In the last 26 y...

This is kinda late, but my two centavos worth... Ten years ago, I acquired a Garmin GPS/COM 190 which I really like. It has a push to talk built in and has a plug you can attach to the side of the unit for your headphones. Bought it because I was operating a Great Lakes biplane (single com) out of O...

John,

Beautiful panel. With all em multi-colored flashin lights, you ain't likely to get bored. Are sunglasses on yur minimum equipment list now ?? Yeah, I'm envious too.

What is the small lighted panel immediately below and to the right of the Artificial Horizon ??
chuck

I know its a bit far fetched....but the opening scene of Second Hand Lions is simply priceless. A Stearman flying through a highway overpass where a Smokey sits half asleep just blows me away. Course, I like Stearmans and I disdain Highway patrol folks/superiors who are far more interested in money ...

Yeah, Blu-elder, but ain't nothing wrong with your wit . I truly hope you continue to entertain us with your sage comments. You are the one who introduced me and so many others to the aviation departments in Pep Boys and K-Mart . BTW, what happened to your second 170???
chuck

It was not mentioned in the thread, but one of them Aviation Consumer operations ran a series of tire tests a couple of years ago and bottom line was: The inexpensive (did I say Cheap?? :roll: )Desser Monster re-treads out performed/outlasted all comers including Goodyear, Michelin, McCreary, Condor...

FYIW: I flew a Great Lakes Biplane for five + years with Cleveland single caliper brakes and solid aluminum brake lines. Howsomeever, the brake lines did have a generous loop near the caliper apparently to allow the caliper to move slightly for brake pad wear. The year of Manufacture was 1976 and I ...

Trevor, I installed one outboard bracket on the left side of my 56 model. Don't know about other's experiences, but this effort gave us a whole new definition for the word difficult. If you didn't know better, one would think the whole airplane was designed around the gear box. The outboard bracket ...

Yep, we all love 'em AWNAMs. (Acronyms With No Apparent Meaning)
chuck

Re: Polishing an airplane.... Several years ago, someone posted a question on one of these airframe websites which went something like: "I'm thinking about removing the paint and polishing my airplane. Any suggestions on how to proceed??? Response was: "First, seek mental help." FWIW ...