I was stationed at Glynco, GA during period 1960-1963. The aircraft during much or all of this period was owned by Roy Riser, who was a Connie pilot At Glynco. I did my night checkout in it and flew it once to Jax for some parts. It was a fine ship.

Bought N77126 a 140 in 1968 learned to fly and enjoyed every minute in that plane. What a great plane if you didn't want to go too far too fast.

I have a 1950 140A, it is the most fun to fly in and out of grass and dirt airports.
It is inexpenseive to own and fly.

I owned 1947 Cessna 120 for 14 months in 1962 & 63. Took the flight test in it. Spend 15-20 hours learning how to do wheel landings, and then the exam never ask for a wheel landing. They can be wild at first.

Ihad a Cessna 120 license N72997 Used to fly it from MSP
to Ann Arbor, Michigan where I worked. Had a full instrument panel and operate in all inclement weather.
Love my aircraft and felt terrible when I sold it.

Owned a Cessna 120, N77488, back in 1967. Bought it from my flight instructor for $2000. Took my private check ride in it at Statesboro, GA. Check pilot was a Roy Riser. After he signed my log book, he told me to check my maintenance manuals. Turns out he owned the airplane when he was in the Navy, stationed in Rhode Island! I sold it to a LTjg stationed at Glynco in 1969 for $1800. Located the plane at California, Missouri. Belongs to an elderly farmer there. Updated and looks really great! Still flying, to! Sure wish I had that plane. One sweet flying machine!

I got my private pilot's license at age 17 in a C-140 (64N) at Austin, TX. Have fond memories of that 'tail dragger'.

Owned and restored 1946 , C-140, Emron white and blue, sold it back to the Guy I bought it from yrs later...kicked myself ever since, loved that little bird, easy 3 point, fun to fly...a great econo -low and slow

Owned and restored 1946 , C-140, Emron white and blue, sold it back to the Guy I bought it from yrs later...kicked myself ever since, loved that little bird, easy 3 point, fun to fly...a great econo -low and slow

Back on August 31, 1947 I flew a solo cross country from Donovan Hughes airport, Staten Island, NY to Washington National Aiport, with a Airboy battery radio, slept on a couch in the mezzanine. Got up in the morning and flew back to Donovan Hughes. That's how little air traffic there was then. It was Cessna 140 NC72211, checkout by Woody Wittman, Instr. #97729. I retired from USAIR Airlines in 1990 after flying 32,000 hours.

These are great old airplanes. I own 89334 SN 8362 and just got done doing a ground up restoration. Changed every nut bolt, wire, cable, and tube on the airplane, re-skinned parts of the fuselage and recovered the wings and put in a low weight leather interior. . Parts of it had 7 coats of paint on it including day glow orange!! Somebody told me that for a short time in the late fifties there was a directive that civilian airplanes have day glow orange wing tips and tails but that few owners did it before the fed reversed the order. Got the empty weight down to just over 900 lbs and it flies great. It even has the engine that came with it from the factory.

I rented a 140 from Aviation Icon Sam Baker at Brunswick, GA for my homeymoon. AC was N89180. Flew to West End for 3 day honey moon. gret little air craft with Superhomer VHT3. The year was 1962.

When I got out of the AAF in 1949, I bought a C120 for $1100, later, in 1981, I bought a 1966 Citabria. Then I thought, what progress that was over 32 years. basically the same airplane!

My first airplane was a Cessna 140, N76905. Paid $7,500 for it with a partner in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Found out about 20 years after selling it that a rancher in Wyoming now ownes it. It was a delight to fly, land, take off and own.

Back in 1957, in Fairbanks AK, I started flying N77377, a C-120. After being in an 'Air Knocker' the C-120 seemed like a real fast airplane, to a then very young pilot. I did lots of hours around central Alaska during 57 & 58. Over the years I got back into a C-140 a few times and enjoyed every trip. Even flew the C-140 on skies during the winter months.

N89572. I bought my '46 C-140 a little over 4 years ago and have loved every minute of time in it. I fly it literally every weekend except when it's down for the annual, about 50 hours a year. Metalized wings. Manufacture date is June 10th, 1946 and I purchased it on June 10th, 2006! Didn't realize this until a few days after I flew it home and looked closely at the dataplate. Mine was upgraded with a Lycoming O-290D (125 hp) back in the '90s so it's a real rocketship!

In response to Ron Wiener's claim of having the oldest 120 flying, I want to add that I have ONE of the oldest 140's flying. Serial #8015 N#89011 Born April 3, 1946, now located in Victoria Texas.

Purchased 140A, N5354C 1966 thur 1968 received private,commercial,most of Instrument, and CFI ratings in it. I loved that little Cessna! Sold it in 1970. Wish I still owned it!

Two friends and myself bought a 1947 Cessna 120 in 1970 for $2,100. We all obtained our fix wing pilot liciences and flew out of St. George, UT. We flew the airplane 600 hours and sold it in 1975 for $3,000. Wished I still had it. One of the many great things I loved about it was just letting go of the controls and it would fly itself. 3 September 2010

As I'm about to build a model of a 120, it would be interesting to get some input about which maneuvres the full-scale version was capable of. Just so I will be able to fly my model in a scale-like fashion.