The International Cessna 170 Association

A good friend of mine is looking to buy his first airplane and take flying lessons.

We've been looking at older C172's, C170's, Tripacers and Pacers.

He likes the taildragger's and is really looking hard at Pacers. Being a former 172 owner I'd like to see him in a 170

Does anyone know of any for sale? He's looking to spend around $30K on the plane.

I looked through the trade mart and didn't see anything.

Dave

I think you'll find it pretty tough to locate much in the way of a C-170at thirty grand today. I'd think that would be, on the average, about five grand light. But don't give up. Keep looking. You never can tell when a sleeper will pop up.

He oughta be able to find a pretty nice Pacer for that price. Don't knock them, a friend of mine has one (a 150 horsepower converted TriPacer) that out climbs & out cruises my 170, and will pretty much match it for takeoff & landing distances.

Eric

zero.one.victor wrote:He oughta be able to find a pretty nice Pacer for that price. Don't knock them, a friend of mine has one (a 150 horsepower converted TriPacer) that out climbs & out cruises my 170, and will pretty much match it for takeoff & landing distances.

Eric

Ditto Eric's comments. Not nearly as comfortable or roomy, but a 170 in the same condition as a Pacer is likely to bring $10-15K more than the Pacer will. There have been some really nice looking Pacers advertised lately. I'm sure you know this though, you used to own a Colt didn't you.

I had a Colt and Tripacer

I agree that the Pacers are very nice planes and I'd love to fly one, deep down I'm a cessna man

Dave

I started with a c140 to see if I liked the tail wheel experience.
Aster 25 years of flying 150 and 182 the little c140 with 85 HP puts some manners and a smile back on my face. Then I ran into a c170 that I had to have. Now I fly them both. Will be selling the 140 soon, will be sorry when it goes. If I had a hanger that big enough for both I would not sell the 140

I think it can be done for 32-35K. There's always one for sale on Barnstormers, I'm sure that they are out there. Be patient, finding one that doesn't nickle and dime you is another thing. Oh yeah aviation thats $500 and a $1000 a pop

Dave, my hangar is large enough. You can put the 140 in my hangar and you wont' have to sell it!

There is a 170A in Maine listed in Trade-a-plane. I've flown in it and it's clean. The guy has two 170's and wants only one. Or send a PM and I'll give you his name and phone number. He is a 170 member.

In my post above the plane is in your price range.

A Pacer is a nice little airplane, but-----it really needs a hangar, as do all fabric aircraft. So does a C-170.
A great many areas command a hangar rent that would be well beyond my ability to pay.
That's when you must think "all metal", as in C-170A or C-170B.

I think you need a hangar, or at least access to a hangar, for any airplane you plan on maintaining yourself. I used to own a C150 that I kept tied down on the infield at our airport. I got real tired of losing parts in the grass, and having to coordinate maintenance & repairs with the weather was a pain also. A hangar also gives you somewhere to keep your spares, gas cans, etc, and to hang out, flight plan, and go "hangar flying". There's a reason they don't call it "ramp flying"....
We've never had a hangar collapse at our airport, but several tied-down airplanes have come loose & flailed themselves to death in windstorms just in the 10 years I've been around there.

Eric

zero.one.victor wrote: We've never had a hangar collapse at our airport, but several tied-down airplanes have come loose & flailed themselves to death in windstorms just in the 10 years I've been around there.Eric

Sounds like a good place to have a knot-tying seminar... or start using chains instead of rope. I've been around Tehachapi for 9 years and I've never known an airplane to get loose. (We have several thousand wind turbines here, so guess what the wind is like.) At $450/month, I'm considering putting'98C out to pasture (asphalt?). At that price I can repaint and install new windows about every other year.