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OT, My New C-140 Project

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O-1Driver

Charter Member 2011
Guys,

I have been spending a lot of time at the airport the past week or so working on my latest project. I picked this little C-140A up a couple of weeks ago and have started doing some cosmetic restorations to it. It has excellent exterior paint and a good low time engine. I know the previous owner and he had owned the plane the past 23 years. Very minor damage history and no corrosion. A real solid Bird with a Cont. C-90 engine.

I have been working on restoring the instrument panel, here are some before and after shots. In one picture you can see the new black plexi panel being held up and where it will be installed to replace th old one which is faded and crazed. I also have yet to add the compass correction card and the C-140 decals to the control yokes.

The plane flys like a dream, is light as a feather and cruises at 110 mph on 5.6 GPH.

After the panel, I will be replacing the window and door latches and doing some additional interior work.

Steve
 
Garsh, nice work yer doin', there!!!
How 'bout an exterior shot also, pleeze... Then
BOP on out ta L.A. an' take me fo' a RIDE... :)p: I promise not ta crack us up!)
 
popsaka said:
Garsh, nice work yer doin', there!!!
How 'bout an exterior shot also, pleeze... Then
BOP on out ta L.A. an' take me fo' a RIDE... :)p: I promise not ta crack us up!)
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Posaka,

Here are a couple of external shots. It is a 1951 A model near the end of production. They only built a few hundred of this model with the all metal wing and single strut. All of the rest of the 120's and 140's came from the factory with fabric wings and dual steel struts rather than the single aluminum strut. Cessna replaced the C-140 series with the C-150 shortly after ending production of the 140. The tricycle gear 150 is easier to learn in and fly than the tail wheel 140.

Steve
 
But I'd sooner the taildragger... I'd think it would seem more compact w/ less 'stuff' ta slow ya down...
Is it at all aerobatic w/ metal wing? (Does that make it stronger in maneuvers?)
 
Steve.

Do you still have the Citabria?

Are you now a two plane family or is this a replacement ?
 
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