The International Cessna 170 Association

Thank you, johneeb and mmcmillan2! Part 2 I departed Tulsa for my 3rd day of the journey close to two weeks after I landed in Tulsa, due to the aforementioned weather systems rolling through the country along with some of the stuff I had to take care of back home. The weather looked good heading Wes...

Part 1 It was a super fun and epic journey bringing my new ‘56 170B back home. There are a few stories to share… The first is how I came to name her. My plane was offered for sale in Seymour, IN, which happens to be the small town where a certain singer songwriter is from. Once you scroll through t...

rnealon1 wrote:Welcome also!

We have our 1954 170B at MMK and our son is about to take his CFI check ride in it. The runway is fully repaired and in great condition.

Enjoy the new aircraft!

Bob

Thank you, Bob! I hope to fly back there sometime to see how MMK looks 3 decades later!

GAHorn wrote:

High Wing wrote:Thank you, JSwift! I did most of my Private Pilot training at KMMK not too far from your home base.

Does that help explain the cracks in the runway..?

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It very well might!

Thank you, JSwift! I did most of my Private Pilot training at KMMK not too far from your home base.

Thank you, Nathaniel, Dustin and Jim!

Richgj3 wrote:Congratulations and welcome.


Rich

Thank you, Rich!

Thank you, GAHorn and redacted! It’s a 1956 170 B with 2640 TTAF, and 1260 SMOH. It has the original 0-300 that had a major overhaul in the 80’s, and a Top end overhaul around the early 2000’s, if I recall correctly. It has the original paint, and looks original inside. It does have Cleveland double...

A lifelong dream of mine came true yesterday. I posted the following to my Facebook account yesterday… 飞机 When I was a baby, I had a Chinese nanny named Annie. The first words I ever spoke were in Mandarin, I have often been told. One of the very first of those was “Feiji,” which means airplane. My ...