The International Cessna 170 Association

I have a polished 170A and use Extreme Simple Green to clean my stains. It also works well to clean the oily belly. It is inexpensive when purchase by the gallon and mixed.

I hope I don’t take too much flack for saying this but I have always thought that the Swift was the best looking plane I have seen. :wink: If I had deeper pockets I would have one in a hangar. Unfortunately, at this stage of my life I like having four seats and can’t afford two planes. Last week...

I tend to have the opposite problem. My crosswind or gusty landings feel OK while my calm wind landings tend to result in a small bounce. I have always assumed the wind covers up my poor landing abilities. :? My main problem with calm wind landings is judging the flair. I often flair just a little h...

It looks like I give some miss information. I was going through the pile of parts from several annuals ago and it turns out my A&P didn’t manufacture one of the bulkheads as I had remembered but several smaller parts. In addition to the one pictured, he made a similar part that was a little sm...

I had the same problem with my 1950 170A. I believe my A&P purchased one and manufactured another – he may have manufactured both but I saw the jig he used for one. He manufactured the new one by first building a wooden form that fit perfectly inside the cracked bulkhead. He then flattened the...

Richard – I used Met-All and then Nuvite. It has actually been about two years since I polished what you see in the photos. I decided to devote all of my polishing time last year to the wings. I got the top and about a quarter of the underside done. I hope to finish the rest of the undersides this...

I thought I would share some pictures I took earlier today. The photos were taken at the Tillamook Air Museum (Oregon) during a visit by a B-17.

Paul,

I traded my FLH Shovelhead for my dad’s polished 170A – plus some cash. He has since purchased a newer Harley with all the money he saved by not having the 170.

Your photo almost looks like it could have been taken in front of my Hangar.

I had a similar problem with my Narco AT150 transponder causing a buzz in my ValCom. The local avionics shop replaced the board in the AT150 and the problem went away. As I recall it cost me around $150.

During the first annual after getting my 170 the A&P removed my bug guard. When I asked him about it he said they cause more problems than they salve.

Just wondering how many of you are into RC flying. When I was a kid my dad and I built and crashed a number of U-control airplanes. At the time, RC was too expensive so we never got into it. As I got older I discovered motorcycles and girls and totally forgot about model airplanes. Then about a year...

Anyone know if the Randy Alcorn listed as a passenter in the above video is the christian author who wrote "Treasure Principle" and "Heaven" and lives in Gresham, Oregon?

My mechanic is about to install a new u-joint in my 170. He suggested swapping the left with the right but after looking closely we decided it was better to just replace the left one with a new unit. I didn’t measure my movement but I would guess it is close to one half inch if not more. My right ...

I liked it as well - I’ve flown over much of the same countryside. I muted my speakers after two…

I live just west of Portland, Oregon and on a clear day we can see the Pacific Ocean from about 3,500 feet. We joke that it rains in Portland until after the Rose Festival which ends in June – some extend that to July 4th. Looking at my log I flew twice as many times in May than in August this yea...