[Leica] IMG: A Puzzler for Cessna Buffs

[Jim Nichols]

I just took another look at Google, and found that there is an STC 
(Supplementary Type Certificate) for a Texas Taildragger 172.  I knew 
that they had done this with Cessna 150s and 152s, but never encountered 
it in the 172 version.

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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