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GAHorn
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Sequential Serial Numbers with Pictures

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alaskan9974 wrote:
gahorn wrote:At 2200 lbs the stock 170 performs really well. Add 200 lbs and it gets slightly underpowered, but still doable. Many of these airplanes are actually operated slightly overweight, I believe, because the WT/Bal is not up to date and empty wts are more than owners know. This leads to opinions of marginal performance. Don’t carry around unnecessary junk in the back... it adds up.
From reading your signature, looks like our birds came out of the factory pretty close together.
Got a picture of yours?

N146YS SN:25713 rolled off assy-line Nov’52 went straight to El Salvador Cessna dealer as YS-146 w/ag and camera kit.
Outside our hangar while re-familiarizing Bob Lavery in preparation for his “Right Seater” course at GLS convention
Outside our hangar while re-familiarizing Bob Lavery in preparation for his “Right Seater” course at GLS convention
Taxying out at Lompoc after the Tehachapi convention
Taxying out at Lompoc after the Tehachapi convention
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons. ;)
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Re: Sequential Serial Numbers with Pictures

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N3068A SN 25712, was delivered to the dealer on March 10, 1953, sold to a doctor, Dr. Day on March 16, 1953 in Whiteville, KY. Was then sold in the 60's and moved to Florida. Onto California in the 70's and eventually up to Alaska in 2005.
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'53 B-model SN:25712
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