Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >