Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > >