On 2006-04-05, texasflyer wrote:
I recently had the opportunity to fly a 1956 year model Cessna 172. It
does not fly like our 172L at all. It leaps off the ground at a mere
50MPH indicated, climbs at what appears to be a Vx of about 57MPH and a
Vy of about 65MPH.

So it essentially flies like a 170B.

One thing I noticed - a 170A can take more crosswind than a 172N (we
landed both within minutes - the 172N pretty much ran out of rudder but
the 170A had plenty left). Of course the N model has a swept tail which
is reputed to not have the rudder authority that the original straight
tail had.

big Cub. A very pleasing aircraft to fly and it was amazing to think
that I was flying around in a machine a half-century old!

Well, the Auster we fly at Andreas was built in November 1945 - 11 years
before your C172 :-)

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