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Yep - as much as the FAA, insurance companies dictate general aviation. I was recently in the market for a 310, but the insurance company shut that idea down pretty quick. You could always fly with liability only. Or like many people in my area, fly with no insurance at all.

The wings were in a barn, at another house (son of the seller). Prop, but no engine. Luckily it did have the engine cooling tin. The interior was a mess of red velvet and depression, with antique radios. I bought an engine on eBay, and I used a lot of parts from project plane #2 - including...

I believe all 210s were retract, and 6 seaters. The one in your photo is from 1966, the last year of the wing struts.

Project #3. Somebody told me about a plane sitting in a back-yard.

You mean the fastback, no suffix model? Yes - only 575. But if you mean "all 210s" then the count is hundreds and hundreds more. If sticking with strutted wings and fixed gear, the 182 is the next step up from a 172, and then the 205/206 gives you 6 seats like a 210 (since they evolved from...

Being from SC, I like to spread the word about this club to anyone within reasonable range. If you're looking for an excuse to fly your plane, here it is. Every other Sunday since 1938, pilots and aviation enthusiasts have met for breakfast at airport s across South Carolina and a the...

After the N model was sold, I bought an M from a flight school in Georgia. I paid $5,000 USD. But I missed something in the pre-buy inspection. The A-post had a "kink" in it. Not big enough to be obvious when walking around, but once you see it you cannot un-see it. It would have flown, but...

The avatar is a C172N. It was the first Cessna that I owned. I had it go for a full strip & repaint, added a GNS-430W, and replaced some of the interior plastic. That was about it on this one.... it was otherwise a good aircraft. (maybe "restored" is a bit inaccurate of a claim in this instance)

I own a 1956 Cessna 182 that I did a tip-to-tail restoration (and modification) of about 5 years ago. I move around a fair bit for my job and currently live in Alaska while I finish out this contract, but my airplane lives in SC. I have restored a couple of C172 airplanes, and this C182, and I...

Do you mean the wire that runs up to the beacon? Or do you mean the wire that runs up to the VOR antenna? Or do you mean the ADF wire that runs from the fuselage to the tail?