[Leica] IMG: A Puzzler for Cessna Buffs

Jim Nichols jhnichols at lighttube.net
Sun Sep 13 12:53:50 PDT 2015


That link gives an awful lot of information.

The guy flying N6888A told me that he used to live southwest of Fort 
Worth when he worked at General Dynamics.  I expect the conversion was 
done in that area.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/13/2015 2:43 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:
> 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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