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Members should remember to visit the CFO Community for nearly real-time discussion. The "Community" tab in the menu contains information and links, and there is also a link on the left toolbar of this page.

On 2/17/23 AD2023-02-17 was issued requiring visual and eddy current inspection along with a CIC coating within 12 months or 200 hours. This AD is past due.

See AD2023-02-17 here.
Visit this page for information about the actions to take as a result of this AD.
Find or share eddy current inspection sources here.
Find the NPRM comments here.

Additional historic information about past spar inspections can be found below. These pages include an opportunity to let us know how your inspection turned out:

- For the spar cap inspection (in the wing) click here.
- For the spar bottom flange inspection (in the cabin) click here.

Plans for Upcoming Events:

Reports from Selected Past Events:

Winter Haven 2023
Winter Haven 2022
Oshkosh 2022
Sporty's 2022
Texas STEC convention 2018
Ohio Hartzell convention 2017
2001 European CFO Flyin in Belgium, Europe
The wedding was great! Covington, GA 2001
Check out many other reports on this page.

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Critical issues to be aware of:

Read This! before replacing your governor on a -D engine.
The most common Alternator problem
The 'Missing Gasket' that has brought down Cardinals.

The Cardinal Flyers are a group of owners, operators and flyers of the Cessna® 177 Cardinal. This is our web home, the Cardinal Flyers Online.

Our purpose is to bring Cardinal Flyers together around the world, both virtually and physically, while communicating our member's experiences, wisdom and knowledge in creative and effective ways. We are about technical knowledge exchange, but also about building a community of Cardinal owners.

We do this through our CFO Community, and this web system. This web system currently contains over 2000 pages and 15,000 images and files. This page is your launching point to navigate this system.

The CFO Community is an active system of interactive communication containing several questions, answer and comments between and among the CFO membership. Through the community and its archives you can access represents hundreds of years of combined experience. If you want to really know your Cardinal, you need to engage with the CFO Community.

The CFO web system provides free access to a pre-purchase section for people who are exploring the Cardinal as a possible aircraft for purchase. This section discusses the history and facts of the Cardinal, exploring the reputation of the Cardinal as well as the realities of owning one.

Start here, but once you decide that the Cardinal is the airplane for you, we recommend that you join CFO and dig in more deeply. Many members tell us they learned enough in one evening on CFO to save them hundreds of dollars while shopping for their Cardinal.

The rest of this website requires member access and provides a library supporting the exchange of information and ideas as CFO members learn more about their Cardinal in-depth and share the joys and challenges of operating, maintaining and enjoying their Cardinals.

You can learn a great deal about the Cardinal, as well as the Cardinal Flyers, in the public areas. But if you are getting serious about purchasing a Cardinal you need to get the more in-depth details of inspection, maintenance and ownership of a Cardinal. You will need (and want!) to become a CFO Member.

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These pages are a collection of the ideas and impressions of the Cardinal pilots who frequent this site. This information is anecdotal, informal and may not be completely accurate. The Cardinal Flyers are not certified mechanics and do not guarantee the accuracy of the contents of these pages. Please research and confirm anything that is referenced on these pages with the experts appropriate to your situation.

As always, the aircraft maintenance, operations and flight manuals, the FAA and the advice of a certified mechanic and flight instructor, should be your primary sources of information regarding safe maintenance and operation of your aircraft.

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