I've joined your exalted ranks
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:01 am
Today I became the proud owner of N3455C, a 1954 170B. It's got a 180hp O-360 and CS prop. The airplane has lived in CO, UT, and NV its whole life and is clean and shiny throughout.
I would like to have bought a completely original airplane and missed two different ones by one day each. Over the past year I spent way too much time surfing Barnstormers, TAP, and the For Sale forum here, but wouldn't you know it, the airplane I bought was right down the road in Boulder. It's not all original but had so many of the things I wanted in an airplane that I couldn't turn it down. With a home field elevation of 5100 I'm pretty sure I'll appreciate the extra horsepower on every takeoff.
I'd like to publicly thank Bruce Sdunek and Miles Bowen for volunteering to look at airplanes that came up for sale in their neighborhoods.
Here's a picture of me with the two former owners, both UAL pilots. I'm the guy in the middle, and I was smiling a whole lot more than you might guess from that picture. Actually, the guy on my left is retaining a small interest in the airplane so that he can continue to fly. Can you believe it, his wife didn't want to sell.
NOW ALL I GOTS TU DU IS LERN HOW TO FLY THE GOLDURN THING WITHOUT HURTING IT OR MYSELF!
Here it is in its new home
I would like to have bought a completely original airplane and missed two different ones by one day each. Over the past year I spent way too much time surfing Barnstormers, TAP, and the For Sale forum here, but wouldn't you know it, the airplane I bought was right down the road in Boulder. It's not all original but had so many of the things I wanted in an airplane that I couldn't turn it down. With a home field elevation of 5100 I'm pretty sure I'll appreciate the extra horsepower on every takeoff.
I'd like to publicly thank Bruce Sdunek and Miles Bowen for volunteering to look at airplanes that came up for sale in their neighborhoods.
Here's a picture of me with the two former owners, both UAL pilots. I'm the guy in the middle, and I was smiling a whole lot more than you might guess from that picture. Actually, the guy on my left is retaining a small interest in the airplane so that he can continue to fly. Can you believe it, his wife didn't want to sell.
NOW ALL I GOTS TU DU IS LERN HOW TO FLY THE GOLDURN THING WITHOUT HURTING IT OR MYSELF!
Here it is in its new home
You sure bought yourself a beautiful plane. Why don't you think about flying it to the Duluth Convention, with your airline partner, next year 
As highly modified as the plane is you might go home with the Best Modified 170B trophy 
). Your new plane sure looks nice and yes, you will appreciate the extra hp & csp when getting off the runway or climbing even in the flatlands. Let us know how your progress is with getting to know her 
Welcome to the "clan". No doubt you will have many hours of exciting time in the air and of course many hours of excruciating pain in the wallet when you filler up! Where are basing your plane? (Aside: We used to live in Federal Heights when My Dad worked for AEC in Denver. This was in the early '50s, so I imagine lots has changed.)