The International Cessna^® 170 Association

Cessna was very excited about the "Land O Matic" landing gear (as this ad shows)

Here is some detail that must be read to understand the "excitement"




Here is a 170 owner that must have been swayed

I must admit, I actually learned how to be a "pilot" on a 172.
I learned a lot more about "flying" once I bought the 170...
Cheers Eric

The aircraft pictured N9202A is listed as belonging to Robert Bishop IC170A member 6938. It is a 1949 model Cessna 170A. This makes the third 170 I have seen converted to have a nose gear. The other two were fabric coverd 170's. Both had been converted back to tail drggers. I wonder if Roberts has been converted back into a tail dragger .

You can tell the "Professional Pilot" from the "Business Man" because he is wearing COOL Aviator sunglasses.

N9149A wrote:You can tell the "Professional Pilot" from the "Business Man" because he is wearing COOL Aviator sunglasses.

Bruce,
While you may not like the moderization to a nose wheel by Cessna, you have got like them dropping the requiremant that we have to wear a neck tie to fly a Cessna.

johneeb wrote:

N9149A wrote:You can tell the "Professional Pilot" from the "Business Man" because he is wearing COOL Aviator sunglasses.

Bruce,
While you may not like the moderization to a nose wheel by Cessna, you have got like them dropping the requiremant that we have to wear a neck tie to fly a Cessna.

I still remember very vividly the lobby at the FBO at Illini Field (now Frasca Field) in Urbana Illinois back in the mid-60's. My dad had his first flying job there and I was about 4. The walls were literaly covered with mementos of "first solos", and they were not shirt tails - they were all the bottom 6 inches of ties! Even the students dressed the part back in the day. What a cool place to be a little kid!

Bruce

I know this is a little weird but.... I had a nightmare a while ago that I sold 9222A and the new owner converted it to a nose dragger!!! The plane in the thread is 9202A! Woha! Man Iam glad that was a dream.

You can tell the pros cuz they only need one hand to wrangle their steed:

Freeing up their other hand for important cockpit tasks.

tripslip38 wrote:You can tell the pros cuz they only need one hand to wrangle their steed:

I noticed that to. Also notice he is just using his finger tips, while the other two are strangling the yoke.

Also notice he is just using his finger tips, while the other two are strangling the yoke.

Probably because they're taxiing. "F*ing thing won't...TURN..."

I think the other two were models. Like they found midgets for the rear seat photos in the brochures.

Hey 4-Shipp

Nice photos in this months Model Aviation. I guess you and your Dad are really famous now. Celebrities

Dave

Thanks, Dave. I have not seen the pics yet as our issue did not arrive.

Famous...? Harldy!
Imfamous...? Occasionaly!