[Leica] IMG: A Puzzler for Cessna Buffs

[Sonny Carter]

Somehow, and I don't know how I know, that the early 172's were draggers
like the 170.

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> 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
>
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Sonny
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