It's a sleek performer that you can fly well, afford to maintain, and use to get around in comfort and style.
The stock 177B cruises at 124 knots, burns about 10 gallons an hour at moderate cruising altitudes (5,000 to 7,000 feet msl), and can take off and land comfortably within 2,000 feet. We're stripping this Cardinal to its bare metal and refurbishing the airplane from the inside out. With a factory-overhauled O-360 from Lycoming and new airframe parts from Cessna, this will be one slick bird.
We'll be installing a WAAS-capable Garmin GPS/nav/com avionics stack with a multifunction display, an S-Tec autopilot, an L-3 Communications Stormscope lightning detector, a J.P. Instruments engine monitor, and a backup attitude indicator. In addition, we're making the airplane conversant with ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) datalink technology so the lucky winner can access free weather and traffic information in expanding coverage areas.
Check out the restoration process at AOPA Online.
New features added to AOPA's Airport Directory Online
AOPA Online offers the most extensive online airports resources for pilots anywhere.
You can access a number of exclusive members-only features on AOPA's Airport Directory Online. Now you can view electronic sectional charts from any airport listing and click directly to runway and taxiway diagrams.
Click on the thumbnail view accompanying each airport listing to expand the sectional image.
You'll also notice colored shapes that represent weather-reporting stations and current conditions. Let your mouse cursor hover over the dot, and the current METAR for that location will pop up.
If a runway or taxiway diagram is available for an airport location, we now include a thumbnail view of that chart. If a taxiway diagram is not available, a new crisp digital runway diagram is provided.
Another enhancement is the addition of basic information for private-use airports. Prior permission to land is required at these airports, but you now have the telephone numbers and e-mail addresses to contact the owner and the coordinates to fly to the field.
Save the date: AOPA Fly-In set for June 2
Mark your calendars and cross your fingers for clear weather on June 2--AOPA's annual Fly-In and Open House.
It's your chance to tour AOPA headquarters in Frederick, Maryland, on a weekend; learn tips to become a safer pilot; and hear from AOPA President Phil Boyer about the association's advocacy efforts.
AOPA will boast an aircraft display with the newest aircraft on the market and offer more than 100 aviation exhibits.
For more information, visit AOPA Online.
Learn from AOPA Air Safety Foundation's Real Pilot Stories
Want to learn from veteran pilots?
The AOPA Air Safety Foundation offers Real Pilot Stories, in which pilots who really have "been there, done that" bare their souls to help the rest of us become better pilots.
The stories are on the ASF Web site, and each is told in the pilot's own voice and includes the nuggets of wisdom learned from experience.
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