It has been a while since I have posted so I figure I would say hi. Since the 170 ground loop I have been involved in a small club at my airport. We basically have 10 guys and 10 planes. Everything from a twin, rv's, bonanza, stearman, and some odd ones like a culver cadet. Recently we traded the twin and the stearman for a globe swift and a c-190. The 190 is in my hangar and I am getting used to flying it. I still would like to eventually end up with a 170 again. The rest of the guys in the group want a 180hp 170 or a c-180. In the meantime if anyone is interested in trading their 180hp 170 for a 190...
Arash, I just missed you a couple of Sundays ago. We had the family in the twin at HAF. I was getting ready to say hi when you blasted off before the field went totally IMC. We left a few hours later and luckily there was still a small hole. I didn't really want to file IFR. I did have to take off on 12.
What became of the 170? Sold for salvage or is it being rebuilt? Good to see that you're back in a Cessna taildragger. A friend has a 1949 C195 (converted 190) that I flew with him for about an hour in. They're sweet, sweet airplanes. I want to be like a Richard Pulley when I grow up...own a 170, a 180, and a 195.
buzzlatka wrote:It has been a while since I have posted so I figure I would say hi. Since the 170 ground loop I have been involved in a small club at my airport. We basically have 10 guys and 10 planes. Everything from a twin, rv's, bonanza, stearman, and some odd ones like a culver cadet. Recently we traded the twin and the stearman for a globe swift and a c-190. The 190 is in my hangar and I am getting used to flying it. I still would like to eventually end up with a 170 again. The rest of the guys in the group want a 180hp 170 or a c-180. In the meantime if anyone is interested in trading their 180hp 170 for a 190...
Arash, I just missed you a couple of Sundays ago. We had the family in the twin at HAF. I was getting ready to say hi when you blasted off before the field went totally IMC. We left a few hours later and luckily there was still a small hole. I didn't really want to file IFR. I did have to take off on 12.
There's a guy at work who recently informed me he'd traded his Swift and C-190 for a Stearman. This has got to be the same deal!
(Ron Huckins is a (former) 170 Assoc'n Member. He tried to talk me into going out to El Paso to pick up the Stearman where he left it due to weather and finish ferrying it to Kansas. I not only told him "NO"... I told him "HXXX NO! There's a REASON Clyde made CABIN AIRPLANES!" when I saw it was a wet and cold weekend.
I hope everyone is/will always be happy with their new rides!
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention. An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
Good decision George, Stearmans (or is it Stearmen?) are only fun for about 30 minutes.
Richard Pulley
2014-2016 TIC170A Past President
1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
Owned from 1973 to 1984.
Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
It's not for sale!
A buddy of mine, Dave Roberts, has a beautiful 1931 Waco RNF. At the time he was living in North Carolina, and decided to fly up to Oshkhosh as RARE Aircraft had just done a restoration on the airplane. I believe it took them about 16 or 18 hours going up through two rainshowers. I flew in the airplane with him a few times on calm summer evenings, but I'm not sure I'd be that intrepid. I think he flew it back from Minnesota to NC, and then his company took him to Texas, and finally Arizona. So far as I know, he flew both his J3 and his Waco down each time.
It seems once again we know the same people. The trade was with Ron. The swift is a rocket ship.
And I ran into another who knows you. Spent some time with Dan Hopkins in Dallas last week. Weather was too crummy to fly his 170.
It seems once again we know the same people. The trade was with Ron. The swift is a rocket ship.
And I ran into another who knows you. Spent some time with Dan Hopkins in Dallas last week. Weather was too crummy to fly his 170.
The 170 did not end up with my data plate.
HA! Yep, Dan and I go waay back. I've got only the highest regard for him.
(Danny is the guy who explained the "most important tool" rule to me.)
The most important tool a pilot can have in his flight-bag is a magnifying-glass.
Whenever getting into an unfamiliar cockpit...
Pull out the magnifying-glass and look at each switch very closely.
If any of them have DUST on them,...
Don't Touch 'em!
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention. An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
