Cessna 170 Photoshoot: Hayward, CA

MeeksDigital · Post by **MeeksDigital** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:12 am

I had quite the opportunity the other day... to photograph four beautiful Cessna 170's at the Hayward Executive airport in Hayward, CA. My friend manages Bud Field Aviation, and owns a '50 A himself. I flew to Hayward in my new (to me) '50 A model, and another friend of mine, who owns a '52 B came down as well. There is a 180HP 3-blade conversion B model in the hangar as well, so we pulled it out and photographed it along with our airplanes.

Well, what a combination. Two 170 A's and two B's. In order from front to back: 1950 C170A owned by Tyler Orsow, my 1950 C170A, 1952 C170B owned by Bob Berwick, and the 180HP 170B... I don't know who owns that.

I added a slight art fresco filter in photoshop and cropped the image down a bit... thats the only editing done to the image... for the most part it's straight out of the camera.

Camera used was my Canon Eos 1D Mark II N with Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Lens.

KMac · Post by **KMac** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:48 am

Very COOL!

MeeksDigital · Post by **MeeksDigital** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:35 am

thanks! i may be organizing another C170 shoot in the spring, so anyone in northern CA let me know if you're interested... maybe we can set something up.

jrenwick · Post by **jrenwick** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:23 am

Great! Send some pics to Doug Mowry for the next calendar!

doug8082a · Post by **doug8082a** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:54 pm

Thanks John! That's right Trevor, Get some good pics and submit them for the 2008 calendar. I've already had a few submissions.

MayflyPFG · Post by **MayflyPFG** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:04 pm

The mystery plane at the back of the line-up.

doug8082a · Post by **doug8082a** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:32 pm

A shot of this plane on the ground showing off that three-blade prop would be neat for the calendar...

lowNslow · Post by **lowNslow** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:23 pm

MayflyPFG wrote:The mystery plane at the back of the line-up.

This 170 is (was??) for sale - http://www.cessna170.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3924 by Glynn Dennis at Salinas airport near my homebase at Monterey. Nice airplane, are you the new owner?

MayflyPFG · Post by **MayflyPFG** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:46 am

Yup.

N2865C · Post by **N2865C** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:07 am

That is a very nice plane!!!

Post by **Bruce Fenstermacher** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:51 pm

Neat how new England lost and gained a 170. Or California for that fact.

Interesting sometimes how our planes have traveled about the world.

My friends 170A despite being owned by over 30 people, most being partners, has never been owned since delivery in '49, outside of Pennsylvania.

iowa · Post by **iowa** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:50 pm

very, very cool!!!
Q didn't all 170's come with wheel pants?
or was this an option?
i see none of these planes have them.
iowa

N2865C · Post by **N2865C** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:13 pm

iowa wrote:very, very cool!!!
Q didn't all 170's come with wheel pants?
or was this an option?
i see none of these planes have them.
iowa

It was a factory option. Here is a list of standard equipment on a '54. http://cessna1200.tripod.com/id27.htm

MeeksDigital · Post by **MeeksDigital** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:17 pm

doug8082a wrote:A shot of this plane on the ground showing off that three-blade prop would be neat for the calendar...

next time i'm in hayward, i'll see what i can do

doug8082a · Post by **doug8082a** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:58 am

MeeksDigital wrote:
doug8082a wrote:A shot of this plane on the ground showing off that three-blade prop would be neat for the calendar...
next time i'm in hayward, i'll see what i can do

I think you're out of luck. I might have to do it since it appears that it now resides in southern NH(?) If so, it's not that far from me.