My 1947 Cessna 140 – From Switzerland to Poland | Ferry Flight, First Solo & Tailwheel Flying

Part 2 of the Cessna 140 series: the story of my own airplane. Cessna 140, serial number 127227, built in 1947 – formerly G-BTBV in Switzerland, today D-ETBV, based at Elbląg (EPEL), Poland. It started with an article about a bush-flying ski course in Alaska that required tailwheel experience. I found this 140 in Switzerland, a pre-buy inspection found a broken cylinder stud, Covid grounded the Alaska plans – and on 6 May 2020 we flew a Mooney to Switzerland to bring her home: Goleniów, Bückeburg, Bern, Zweisimmen, Mannheim. Then crosswinds, training at Słupsk and my first solo. Nearly eighty years old, and she still flies great. Thank you, Uwe and Przemek! CHAPTERS 0:00 Title 0:05 My Cessna 140 0:19 How it started 0:45 Pre-buy inspection, October 2019 1:01 Grounded by Covid 1:10 The ferry flight, 6 May 2020 1:40 Zweisimmen 1:56 Mannheim, EU customs 2:05 Słupsk, first solo 2:24 Today at Elbląg (EPEL) 2:44 D-ETBV today – vortex generators 2:56 In the owner's words 3:12 Reflections 3:34 Credits Part 1 – Cessna 140: The Story of a Classic:    • Cessna 140 – The Story of a Classic   CREDITS Photos and video: Paweł and friends (own material) Music: "Tranquility" – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ke... Narration: synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US "Ryan") #Cessna140 #Taildragger #FerryFlight #FirstSolo #VintageAircraft #GeneralAviation #Poland #Switzerland