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 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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