[Leica] IMG: A Puzzler for Cessna Buffs

[Jim Nichols]

I spoke with the pilot of this pretty Cessna yesterday, because we have 
a mutual friend.  But I didn't really look closely at the airplane until 
he was taxiing away to go home.  I snapped a photo to get the 
registration number, thinking all along that it was a Cessna 180.

Lo and behold, when I ran the registration, I found it to be a 1956 
Cessna 172.  Apparently, at some point in its life, it was converted to 
conventional gear.  It makes a very pretty configuration, quite 
different from the conventional Cessna 170 with its rounded rudder.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/1956+Cessna.tif.html

X-E1 with 27mm

Any comments would be appreciated.

-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA