Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA