The International Cessna 170 Association

I hope this isn't too far off topic, and I apologize in advance if it is. I have relatives in North Carolina who were hard hit by Hurricane Isabel and have been trying to figure out ways to help them and their neighbors. Most of the disaster relief is focused near Washington, D.C. and the coastal ar...

We looked back over the records, and I was a little off on some of my remembrances. Sorry... :oops: Our engine was overhauled in 1999, not 2001. It was having cylinder cracking problems, one of which happened while I was onboard, and scared me half to death. It was the second cylinder that had crack...

Bruce,
You got me confused with the original poster. Our engine was overhauled in 2001. We have 200+ hours on it now. I was only recommending a particular overhaul business if anyone needed one in the southeast - Graham.

If you want a good recommendation for an overhaul shop in the southeast, I can recommend Graham (no relation). They did an excellent job on our engine, and several A&P mechanics and shops have seconded that opinion.

Well, you can have both. We have a vacuum pump hooked into the same system as the venturi. They are backups for each other.
(Just call me the Peacemaker...)

For what it's worth: We have one of the old STCs for mogas, and we haven't had any difficulties with our engine or its performance. We follow our most experienced instructor's guidelines (he has over 3000 tailwheel hours, and dozens of 170 hours). He suggested that we use one 100LL tank for every ei...

Actually, I am a redhead.

I told Gary in an email to tell our mechanic at McCollum Airport that Susan, the redhead, sent him. However, there is a photo of me inside our airplane on its home page, so you can see for yourself!

It's not my database. The C170 picture database belongs to the 170 owners. I'm just taking care of it for a while. I didn't even originate it. Gary Craze did. The c170pics.org site is mine, but again it's for all 170 owners (including me!), and if comes down to it, I'll turn that one over to someone...

George, I value your advice and opinions highly, and I know I'm not the only one. If you get the time again, I surely would like to hear what you were going to say about paint schemes. Maybe it would help to put it into Notepad or Word and copy it all at once when you're done. What a shame to lose a...

I think I've mentioned this elsewhere. Our 55 170B has about 9200 hours on it, almost all of which was as a trainer plane for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, who bought it new from Cessna, combined with a long stint as a private trainer with a group of instructors in partnership wit...

The Cessna 170 picture database is at: http://susang777.home.mindspring.com/C170pics/ I'm happy it is helpful in picking out paint schemes, among other things. We're thinking in that direction now, too, and will have to repaint N3440D soon. I think we'll end up with a scheme that has elements of N18...

Somehow I never thought of swinging the tail around as fun, although I have noticed some people doing that. I think they tend to be men. :lol: I'm pretty logical and serious about flying. I'm also still a bit afraid of it, although that's getting steadily better as I learn more and gain experience w...

Thank you! That was most instructive and helpful.

Since the engine is so costly to rebuild/replace and I do not wish to have engine failure in flight, I think it is important to learn how to treat it right. N3440D thanks you, too!

At the risk of stirring up controversy, I'd like some opinions on startup engine procedures. I noticed that on the last day of the 170 convention this year, when many beautiful 170s were hightailing it out of there to catch a break in the weather, that there was a distinct difference in the startup ...

Still catching up on lost time, so I'm sorry to add to this so many months later. (My dad got prostate cancer last year, and it took basically all year to get him treated successfully and mostly recovered. Then it took me a while to catch up on life, and re-start my business, which I'm still doing.)...