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hilltop170
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I have a split rear seat but not from a 170. I can see if it fits. You would also need an extended baggage with the old style stretcher. I have never seen one of those.

I have a new style stretcher that came with my 1958 C180. The previous owner hauled dead people for a funeral home. I have not used it for anything.
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Richard Pulley
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hilltop170 wrote: The previous owner hauled dead people for a funeral home. I have never used it for anything.
Ewww, creepy!!! At least that's the one type of passenger that will never complain!
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rydfly wrote:
hilltop170 wrote: The previous owner hauled dead people for a funeral home. I have never used it for anything.
Ewww, creepy!!! At least that's the one type of passenger that will never complain!
Actually they do complain sometimes. I talked to a guy who used to do this, and he said there were instances where pressure changes would cause the "passenger" to groan. 8O
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After flying that plane for 32 years I hardly notice the smell anymore.
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Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
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Is there risk while taxiing a 170 with the tail low attitude that the stretcher patient's blood will all run to their head?
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hilltop170
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Only if you put the patient in backwards!
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1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
Owned from 1973 to 1984.
Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
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Arash, Now you can call them directly and offer them a realistic price. My original comment that this is not the right stretcher for the 170 was not entirely correct. This later style stretcher is an approved model according to the last Service Kit shown here.
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That diagram above shows the stretcher in a C-206 with reclining middle seats. It is eligible for 170, 172, 175, 180, 182, 185, 205, 206, and 210. Reclining rear seats are not required. It is an optional equipment Cessna Service Kit made under PMA by Custom Air Inc, Stuttgart, AR. I'm hoping those are storage stains on the canvas.

Getting the stretcher out of storage for the pictures below made me remember I had used it one time back in the early 1980s on a CAP mission. A gas fired water heater exploded and blew up and burned down a house in Iraan, TX about 200 road miles south of Lubbock. I lived in Odessa about 70 air miles north of Iraan and got the call about 1:00am that the only survivor was a 9yr old girl and she was badly burned and not expected to survive the 3+hour ambulance ride to the Lubbock burn center. So while she was getting stabilized I rushed to the airport and installed the stretcher in the CAP 182 and was on the ground at Iraan when the ambulance arrived. It was not a pleasant flight to Lubbock but luckily the air was smooth and the little girl survived. The airport closed with dense fog just after landing. I got a letter from her about two years later thanking me for flying her to the hospital.
Eligibility
Eligibility
Installed position using a C206 middle seat
Installed position using a C206 middle seat
Installed position using a C206 middle seat
Installed position using a C206 middle seat
Underside details showing strapping
Underside details showing strapping
Stowed position
Stowed position
Richard Pulley
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1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
Owned from 1973 to 1984.
Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
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Aryana wrote:Wow, that's quite a day taking that little girl to the hospital. Thanks for the pictures Richard, it's neat to see actual photos of this stuff instead of just line drawings in service kits or catalogs.
Yeah, after looking at it, it looks like you could modify a patio lounger to fit in there just fine.
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