The International Cessna 170 Association

c170b53 wrote:I’m not sure I have sufficient confidence to do the trip now Miles.

I figured that anyone who would fly across the Bay of Fundy would fly anywhere.
I’ve been as close as Fort Nelson, on the way home from Anchorage.

Site of the 1983 170 Convention. I’d had my 170 only a year at that time and just didn’t have the confidence then to take on a trip like that.

GAHorn wrote:DAYTON, COLORADO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton,_Colorado

…which hasn’t been extant since Wilbur Wright was a toddler, so they wouldn’t have had an airport at which to hold a 170 Convention.

IA DPE wrote:I was unaware there was once a 73 Octane Aviation Fuel.

Interesting also that 80 Octane Aviation Fuel didn’t contain Lead. That gives me more comfort to use MOGAS.

I’ve never seen anything lower than 80, but my Dad’s Stearman was placarded for “73 Octane or Higher”.

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My new to me tug and airport runabout. Figured I’d better get black to keep up with Miles.

Yours is blacker than mine, and has that fancy roof.

sfarringer wrote:#3 on the map list says Dayton, Colorado.
But the dot on the map sure looks like it is more likely to have been Dayton, Ohio!

It was Dayton, Ohio. I’ve been updating this map for YEARS and you’re the first who has been observant enough to notice the error.

Looking forward to meeting you too Paul! Based on the address on your registration we probably have some mutual friends.

170 Convention site map from the Association’s convention page:

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I’d bet that Del Lehmann knows the answer to this one right off the top of his head, and is usually forthcoming with advice when Association members ask.

Thanks for all the responses. Years ago the airplane had a wing replacement, so I'm now thinking it may be at the strut. There is no adjustment at the strut. You have the correct strut or you don't. You have a B model and therefor you need any B model strut and perhaps even early 172s might be the ...

I don't have the PPonk kit installed but Mountain Airframe was able to correct a 6-inch wing-low condition on my B-model with AN washers under the gear attach bolt.

Every time I look at a calendar, it seems it’s a month closer to Convention time! So far I’ve received Convention registrations from only about half of the people registered at the hotel. Just a reminder that the registration fee goes up $25 on June 1. Also, space on the Pictured Rocks and Soo Locks...

I just got a call from Jay Baeten offering his home strip as a staging area for 170s going into Oshkosh after the convention. His strip isn’t on the chart but is in aviation databases as 9WS2 . It’s about 35 miles northeast of KOSH, located about 8 miles south of KGRB, about a mile west of the GRB ...

For anyone wanting to rent a car for the convention, Damon at Soo Line Limo in Kinross, 906-0635-0427, http://www.soolinelimo.com, has a few Buick Encore SUVs for $77/day. July is peak season so early reservations are necessary and the rates are high but $50/day less than Enterprise. Damon will eit...

Any chance we could get the maintenance forum recorded or streamed this year for those of us unable to attend? If someone has the equipment and could volunteer to do the recording and distribution, that would be great. These forums usually last several hours, and I don’t think your usual phone or t...