What kind of plane did Aunt Bea solo in?

[Lou]

Well?

[Steven P. McNicoll]

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Cessna 182

[Jim Macklin]

If I remember, an old straight back, straight tail model.
But it might have been a 172, been a while since I saw the
show.


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[Kev]

>From various accounts, it was a 1956 Cessna 182A, and possibly this
one:

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N5955B.html N5955B

Kev

[Steven P. McNicoll]

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> If I remember, an old straight back, straight tail model.
> But it might have been a 172, been a while since I saw the
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It was a 182.

[Tony]

Did 182s have CS props back then?

On Mar 11, 8:43 am, "Steven P. McNicoll" >
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> > If I remember, an old straight back, straight tail model.
> > But it might have been a 172, been a while since I saw the
> > show.
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> It was a 182.

[Steven P. McNicoll]

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Yes.

[Newps]

Tony wrote:
> Did 182s have CS props back then?

182's never had anything else.

[RST Engineering]

182s had CS props from Engineering Prototype Serial #1 on.

Jim



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[Robert M. Gary]

On Mar 11, 6:12 am, "Tony" > wrote:
> Did 182s have CS props back then?

I used to fly a C-182A. Its almost like a C-172XP. The body was much
more narrow than a more recent 182, if it was any wider than a 172, it
was slight. It was a bit faster than later 182s as a result of being
more narrow though. At the time my

-Robert

[Newps]

Robert M. Gary wrote:

> On Mar 11, 6:12 am, "Tony" > wrote:
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>>Did 182s have CS props back then?
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> I used to fly a C-182A. Its almost like a C-172XP. The body was much
> more narrow than a more recent 182,

Four inches narrower. The wide bodies started in 1962. Previous to
that the 182 was the same fuselage as the 180.

[Robert M. Gary]

On Mar 12, 11:54 am, Newps > wrote:
> Robert M. Gary wrote:
> > On Mar 11, 6:12 am, "Tony" > wrote:
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> >>Did 182s have CS props back then?
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> > I used to fly a C-182A. Its almost like a C-172XP. The body was much
> > more narrow than a more recent 182,
>
> Four inches narrower. The wide bodies started in 1962. Previous to
> that the 182 was the same fuselage as the 180.

Its amazing how much difference that 4 inches makes in a GA plane!!

-Robert

[Robert M. Gary]

On Mar 12, 11:54 am, Newps > wrote:
> Robert M. Gary wrote:
> > On Mar 11, 6:12 am, "Tony" > wrote:
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> >>Did 182s have CS props back then?
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> > I used to fly a C-182A. Its almost like a C-172XP. The body was much
> > more narrow than a more recent 182,
>
> Four inches narrower. The wide bodies started in 1962. Previous to
> that the 182 was the same fuselage as the 180.

Its amazing how much difference that 4 inches makes in a GA plane!!

-Robert

[RST Engineering]

Thanks for the straight line.

Jim


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> Its amazing how much difference that 4 inches makes

[AJ]

On Mar 10, 8:41 pm, "Lou" > wrote:
> Well?

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