The International Cessna 170 Association

Gary, Having flown to the main airports of Senegal, I'm pretty sure that there is no more than 15 or 20 general aviation planes here. Dakar aeroclub owns 3 PA-28 160, small taxi companies own a few more PA-28s, one Cheyenne, two light piper twins, I've once seen a C-150, a private owns a TB-20 (PH r...

Olan Hanley. Have spoken with him via email a few times, specifically regarding the gill vents on the cowling. I saw the airplane in person at Oshkosh this year, and it's stunning. He was parked way back in the south 40 and I didn't make it back out that way to try to speak with him. Took lots of p...

Hello,
Does anybody knows this nice 170B ? Would like to talk to the owner.

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/ph ... 1623L.html

If you plan to fly four people you may want to consider an airplane with a 180hp engine conversion. They are expensive but the extra power will get you away from the ground a lot faster. Also, parts for Lycomings are more available than parts for O-300s. Not that the stock airplane is inadequate, b...

Thanks a lot Bruce and Ryan for your valuable information ! I have seen a lot of 170s for sale, most of them in the USA, some of them polished aluminium. I like the early 170 with their rounded wingtips. I will ship the 170 to Dakar where I live and fly, it will be the only example of 170 there of c...

Hello dear C-170 enthusiasts ! I'm a french private pilot living in Senegal, former owner of a Broussard, then a Stampe, both sold when I moved from France to Africa. I'm now looking for a nice 4 seaters taildragger to enjoy flying in Africa with wife and two boys, and C-170 seems to be a good choic...