[Leica] IMG: A Puzzler for Cessna Buffs

[Jim Nichols]

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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