Got a new toy--this isn't gonna help me get the 8 finished!!

lancef53 · Post by **lancef53** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:20 am

Went and picked up our new to us 1954 Cessna 180 last week-very cool!!

3000 hrs TT, mid time engine, and an autopilot!!

http://www.backcountrypilot.org/gallery ... by&uid=489

clreding · Post by **clreding** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:57 am

Very Nice! I am very jealous!!

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Went and picked up our new to us 1954 Cessna 180 last week-very cool!!

3000 hrs TT, mid time engine, and an autopilot!!

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Post by **Spike** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:13 am

Excellent!

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:44 pm

Awesome!!!!

That might just be the perfect airplane!
I love my 170 but an older 180 is my dream plane!

Congrats!!

Thomas

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:54 am

Lance, WICKED NICE!

I fly the same plane on straight floats during the summer. I love it!

Great choice!

CJ

dons · Post by **dons** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:25 am

If all that avionics and instrumentation still works, it is very well outfitted inside. The outside looks really nice.

hngrflyr · Post by **hngrflyr** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:14 pm

Congratulations!

When I was becoming an airport bum at the age of 13. A couple stopped at our field for gas in their brand new 1954 Cessna 180. They were on their way home from the Cessna factory with their new airplane. It was bright metal with metalic green trim. I thought it was beautiful. After all these years they are still beautiful airplanes.

Bob Severns

lancef53 · Post by **lancef53** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:26 pm

Thanks for all the replies, it took a while to find what we wanted, but this fit the bill.

Yes dons, amazing enough, everything works. I really like the S-Tec 50 AP coupled to the GPS and VOR's, the altitude hold is very cool. I can see the dollars adding up when it is time to fit my 8 with a panel, this thing is going to spoil me.

The paint and interior are 15 years old, but show very well. I think it was only outside when it was in motion.

Thanks, Lance

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:18 pm

My dream plane...

Actually a 170 with a 180/CS combo is my dream plane. But this comes as close as anything.

dons · Post by **dons** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:13 am

Yup Lance, if you use all that working avionics, it is definitely going to spoil you for sure. It's going to be tough not to put a lot of toys in the RV if the mission is going to be similar.