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New member
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:07 pm
by simon
Hey everybody, just wanted to say Hi. I have been lurking here for a while and I finally bought an airplane this summer. I picked it up in RAP and flew it out here to Seattle. Great trip. It's a work in progress but it's airworthy non-the-less. What a great resource this is and I'm excited to be part of it. Looking forward to meeting you all.
J. Simon
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:10 pm
by doug8082a
Welcome aboard Simon. There's a tremendous amount of knowledge and good people here as I'm sure you've discovered.
Keep us posted on your "work in progress"
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:13 pm
by iowa
hello
welcome
i really like pics
please post them
thanks
iowa
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:56 pm
by c170b53
"Simon" Good luck with your new found treasure. Don't know whether you're a member, but in our last quarterly I wrote about my experiences at our annual convention. Probably the best thing about this group is that when you get to know and sometimes meet the participants, you'll appreciate to the full extent the knowledge, passion and good humour that they bring to this group. I found them even funnier in person than they appear in print.
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:42 pm
by simon
Not sure how to do pictures. I'd be happy to post some if I knew how.
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:07 pm
by Bruce Fenstermacher
Oh no, you bought a '53.
Welcome
See this post for instructions on how to post pictures
http://cessna170.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1574
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 3:08 am
by simon
Here are a couple of pics.
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:59 pm
by Bill Hart
Beauty A. Love those big wheels.
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 3:08 pm
by Dave Clark
Bonney Lake Eh? Could you perhaps be Jevon Simon, that intrepid avator I solo'd in my Chief on your 16th bithday? We lived a t Glen Cawley's South Prarie Airport for about seven years
Say hello for me. Loved the photo of Rainier in the background. Very nice looking plane. I see you're a dad now. Time flies..........
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 3:43 pm
by simon
Dave, how the heck are you? Gosh it's been a long time. I see your still snow-birding in the winters, but when you get up here for the summer I'd love to get together. I wish I lived out at South Prarie, maybe someday. I am real close and I drive by there whenever I get an excuse. I remember that blustery november day you soloed me like it was yesterday. Time does fly. PM me and I'll fill you in on the last few years. Good to hear from you.
Jevon
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:56 am
by blueldr
Simon,
I'm happy to hear that you picked up a new aiplane in RAP.
Where in hell is RAP?
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:13 pm
by flat country pilot
Congratulations Simon
It's a great feeling to buy a 170. I don't think the novelty of it ever wears off.
What size tires does it have?
Do you carry those wheel chocks with you or just pick them up only when needed?
Bill
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:19 pm
by HA
"Where in hell is RAP?"
I used to live out that way, always preferred the ICAO identifier - KRAP
used to be fun to share the pattern area at Ellsworth AFB with the B1's
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:37 pm
by simon
I have never trusted airplane parking brakes. The tires are 8.50's but somehow the paperwork got misplaced by the previous owner.
I am in the process of correcting the oversight. Anybody know who has the STC for the big tires and what is required by it?
Another thing it has is the Kenmore STC'd 80-40 prop, which really pulls it off the ground well. Unfortuneatly, once airborne it takes a while to go anywhere. It was a factory floatplane and then it spent some time in Alaska, so it has Atlee Dodge ski fittings on it. Between the big tires and all the junk hanging on it, I only get about 105mph on a good day at 2450. My solution, fly low so it looks like I'm going fast.
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:26 am
by Joe Moilanen
Let me know if you want to sell the prop.
Joe 4518C