[Leica] IMG: A Puzzler for Cessna Buffs

[Jim Nichols]

I've never seen that, Sonny.  After I checked this one out, I looked up 
the Wiki history of the 172, and it reported what I recalled, that 
Cessna saw the customer demand for tricycle gear coming, and knew that 
the 170 sales would drop.  So, they made the change to tricycle gear.

I have only flown one 172, a 1957 model, and it was definitely tricycle 
gear.  I had to rent it from my FAA Examiner in order to demonstrate VOR 
radio navigation, because all of my training had been in a J-3 Cub with 
no electrical system, so that's what I used for my check ride.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/13/2015 2:18 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:
> 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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