The International Cessna^® 170 Association

thot you'all might like some pic's from time to time!
like this one.
iowa

here's me at 17
flying ol' 150L (a C-150; i wonder whatever happened to that plane?)
out of nevada, iowa
in the wintertime!!
about 1969
dave

iowa wrote:thot you'all might like some pic's from time to time!
like this one.
iowa

Here's a trivia question!: What's inside this building? (I have another of this place taken from above when the place is full of ragwing trainers in 1928 and all the buildings except this one are painted checkerboard.)

gahorn wrote:

iowa wrote:thot you'all might like some pic's from time to time!
like this one.
iowa

Here's a trivia question!: What's inside this building? (I have another of this place taken from above when the place is full of ragwing trainers in 1928 and all the buildings except this one are painted checkerboard.)

I'd guess a water tower. The main building on the Naval Training Center Great Lakes has a nice ornate brick tower with a clock that was built to disguise the water tower. It was built around 1912 if remember correctly.

thammer: an educated person. (or at least an educated guesser!) Yep. It's the original water tower at San Antonio Randolph field, where Lindbergh attempted to report for Army flight training, still in use.

(Lindbergh, having landed in his rather dilapidated JN-4, was told by the base commander to get his "pile of junk" off the base.)

fascinating story about linbergh!!
bet that base commander was
a little chargrined later on.

BTW, i stated above that i wondered
what happened to 150L.
is there a data base on the internet
that one can look up to find
an aircraft if one know the N #?
thanks
dave

Here you go. don't enter the "N", just the rest of the number. For example: to find N1468D, just enter 1468D. The search utility assumes the "N" as the first character.

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry ... nquiry.asp

doug8082a wrote:Here you go. don't enter the "N", just the rest of the number. For example: to find N1468D, just enter 1468D. The search utility assumes the "N" as the first character.

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry ... nquiry.asp

Or, if you forget the address, just Google or Yahoo Search on the complete N-number and you'll be directed to the FAA Registry. A 1959 C-150 with the registration N150L is shown to be owned by a person in Wisconsin, but the the status of the registration is Revoked.

Miles

I like this version of the photo taken sometime later. Rumor has it George was PIC in the lead aircraft.

now that is pretty good!!
and thanks for the N # inquires address!!
dave

N9149A wrote:I like this version of the photo taken sometime later. Rumor has it George was PIC in the lead aircraft.

Joe Harris is in that green one at the tail-end of the "ZERO".

gahorn wrote:

N9149A wrote:I like this version of the photo taken sometime later. Rumor has it George was PIC in the lead aircraft.

Joe Harris is in that green one at the tail-end of the "ZERO".

NO, that's not me! I had just put a new tailwheel tire and tube on that day and splurged for the one that advertised/gauranteed a 5 knot increase in speed.

gahorn wrote:thammer: an educated person. (or at least an educated guesser!) Yep. It's the original water tower at San Antonio Randolph field, where Lindbergh attempted to report for Army flight training, still in use.

(Lindbergh, having landed in his rather dilapidated JN-4, was told by the base commander to get his "pile of junk" off the base.)

The architecture looked old and I knew the history of the 1912 tower at Great Lakes so it seemed a good guess. I was stationed there 1993-1998. They made nice looking solid stuff way back when. I wonder what'll be left of the modern stuff in 80 years.

iowa wrote:here's me at 17
flying ol' 150L (a C-150; i wonder whatever happened to that plane?)
out of nevada, iowa
in the wintertime!!
about 1969
dave

I remember when I could get in and out of a 150 like that.

Then I had to back out of 'em.

Then I had to "put it on".

Now I have to exhale first.

at 54 i don't just hop in and out
like i used too.
wt change from about 120 to 170!
dave