180 gear? Lady legs? What about a NOSE WHEEL!

4stripes · Post by **4stripes** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:46 am

Cessna was very excited about the "Land O Matic" landing gear (as this ad shows)

Here is some detail that must be read to understand the "excitement"

Here is a 170 owner that must have been swayed

I must admit, I actually learned how to be a "pilot" on a 172.
I learned a lot more about "flying" once I bought the 170...
Cheers Eric

Metal Master · Post by **Metal Master** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:24 am

The aircraft pictured N9202A is listed as belonging to Robert Bishop IC170A member 6938. It is a 1949 model Cessna 170A. This makes the third 170 I have seen converted to have a nose gear. The other two were fabric coverd 170's. Both had been converted back to tail drggers. I wonder if Roberts has been converted back into a tail dragger

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spiro · Post by **spiro** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:03 am

http://cessna170.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=929

Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:46 pm

You can tell the "Professional Pilot" from the "Business Man" because he is wearing COOL Aviator sunglasses.

johneeb · Post by **johneeb** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:12 pm

N9149A wrote:You can tell the "Professional Pilot" from the "Business Man" because he is wearing COOL Aviator sunglasses.

Bruce,
While you may not like the moderization to a nose wheel by Cessna, you have got like them dropping the requiremant that we have to wear a neck tie to fly a Cessna.

4-Shipp · Post by **4-Shipp** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:59 pm

johneeb wrote:
N9149A wrote:You can tell the "Professional Pilot" from the "Business Man" because he is wearing COOL Aviator sunglasses.
Bruce,
While you may not like the moderization to a nose wheel by Cessna, you have got like them dropping the requiremant that we have to wear a neck tie to fly a Cessna.

I still remember very vividly the lobby at the FBO at Illini Field (now Frasca Field) in Urbana Illinois back in the mid-60's. My dad had his first flying job there and I was about 4. The walls were literaly covered with mementos of "first solos", and they were not shirt tails - they were all the bottom 6 inches of ties! Even the students dressed the part back in the day. What a cool place to be a little kid!

Bruce

KMac · Post by **KMac** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:05 am

I know this is a little weird but.... I had a nightmare a while ago that I sold 9222A and the new owner converted it to a nose dragger!!!

The plane in the thread is 9202A! Woha! Man Iam glad that was a dream.

1SeventyZ · Post by **1SeventyZ** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:19 pm

You can tell the pros cuz they only need one hand to wrangle their steed:

Freeing up their other hand for important cockpit tasks.

lowNslow · Post by **lowNslow** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:00 pm

tripslip38 wrote:You can tell the pros cuz they only need one hand to wrangle their steed:

I noticed that to. Also notice he is just using his finger tips, while the other two are strangling the yoke.

1SeventyZ · Post by **1SeventyZ** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:59 pm

Also notice he is just using his finger tips, while the other two are strangling the yoke.

Probably because they're taxiing. "F*ing thing won't...TURN..."

Dave Clark · Post by **Dave Clark** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:26 pm

I think the other two were models. Like they found midgets for the rear seat photos in the brochures.

Hey 4-Shipp

Nice photos in this months Model Aviation. I guess you and your Dad are really famous now. Celebrities

Dave

4-Shipp · Post by **4-Shipp** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:35 pm

Thanks, Dave. I have not seen the pics yet as our issue did not arrive.

Famous...? Harldy!
Imfamous...? Occasionaly!