The International Cessna 170 Association

Interesting Puzzle - Deserves an explanation. One thought to explore may be the engine mount itself. The engine block and engine support. Have they been married for fifty years ? Engine mounts get Rebuilt, usually a one up rebuild from custom jigs at a custom shop. Who is Reading the ruler? Bruce ha...

I have a small 5 x7 Booklet that came with the 1954 C170B.
Can that be termed the Operations Manual for the C170?

Is that all there is to instructional documentation.

What about supplemental releases ?

Something seems vague.

Locate an AP/IA outside the area. You are searching for expert opinion. Send copies of Logs /pertinent records - Your outside guy studies then - emails questions. You pay Expenses for OS Guy to fly to PHX. Do hands on evaluation. Purchase the airplane. Many early aircraft are flying museum artifacts...

You gave a few clues. Replacing engine crankcase halves is major. Does your current engine still have the orig data number plate attached? I will hazard a guess as to what may have happened. The split halves of crankcase were milled flat because of slight fretting. Then the halves were joined and an...

I used to love the smell of 80 Octane fuel burning. Just what my engine was designed to consume.

Think we were promised a Direct replacement. Did that happen?

Your correct part is out there some place.. Superseded parts numbers are a pain in the intellect. Cessna and its Vendors found a way to sell off inventory of NOS parts from A/C models ceased production. Very smart list price at that time frame. I have purchased arcane NOS parts from puzzling locatio...

This morning 6-27-2019 a Loose Plastic water bottle causing causing concern at Reagan DC airport runway 1.

Each individual has an increased responsibility to KNOW what happens to our used containers.

make earth a paradise.

Electric flight 10X times cheaper. Not my words Just viewed tesla fans Now You Know - they stated 4X times cheaper. The denisity of Lithium carries more Charge. Weight of batteries probably influenced the tail dragger design - If I ever fly in ALICE at 400 mph I want to be served Salad!

It will be a viable topic. Consider PARIS airshow. A USA company Cape Air inked the deal; always wonder if they used a Mont Blanc pen with Blue ink. attorneys are involved. Double digit order for purchase of ALICE. Pure Electric flight, Nice looking airplane. 9 passengers short flights. Flight dista...

An accountant employee has intense interest in Soccer. One of his soccer associates climbed Mt Everest at age 71. Confirmed to the top. Lukla airport built by Sir Edmond Hiliary - fly school textbooks to Nepal plus eliminate 3 week trek just to get to base of Everest. Increase tourism. So you are 71...

It is simply an idiom

"Take your eye off the ball." - a failure could result.

Has a modern expectation of advanced technology caused Commerce to take it's eye off the ball?

MCAS.

There is a lot of seat belt knowledge on this forum. Just had the BAS inertial seat belts installed in N2890C 2 wks ago. Took a lot ribbing on auto purchase half a century ago. Purchased the darling of the showroom, dealer delayed delivery. 1964 Cadillac Coupe Deville; first car delivered w factory ...

Have a great time together - Wish I was there in person. I will be at 60th High School Reunion Messick. Memphis TN. Rock N Roll was being birthed. A class member wrote Green Onions, Co wrote "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay". His greatest thrill was being the band in the "Blues Brother...

Surely the question has asked before. Curiosity. 35 years ago I think I heard of some one rebuilding C170 and C172 wings as flush riveted. Is this still feasible? What would be the results? Could one use a std C170 wing rib, convert it to counter sunk configuration w/o having to build a new rib? Wat...

Really where should we discuss Avionics Pilot Lounge or Hanger? I have an ancient Nav/Com that could stand replacing. It works but looks old. Did I hear that VORs are going to be decommissioned? It is a GENAVE 200 Nav/Com. Heard they hog the batt. Don't want to fund GARMIN Glass at this point. What ...