[Leica] IMG: A Puzzler for Cessna Buffs

[Sonny Carter]

I seem to recall one at a fly-in here, and I was surprised that it wasn't a
tricycle.

This article seems to bear it out, and solve your N6888A mystery.  (love
the number, I wonder who he had to kill to get it!)

https://www.americanflyers.net/airplanes/cessna_172.htm

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> 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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