I took about 10 shots today at a local airport...this is the only shot which looked decent.

 

Beauty!

I saw a silver that I almost went for, but brilliant black won me over. Very nice photo, very nice car!

 

You take some damn nice pictures. Nice car too.

 

If you can only get that silver 8 up next to a vintage P-51 Mustang, now that would be a picture for the books

 

If I can find one, I'll go for it




Thanks for the compliments, guys.

 

was that a 170B or a 180? Cabin's too short to be a 185, and the shape of the cowling is making me think it's a 170.

 

Sure...lol..I have no idea...it was a pretty, shiny AirPlane, so I parked beside it.

:D

 

That silver car is way too close to that silver plane.

People may say that our silver cars are cursed. But a plane that looked very much like that one crashed less than 15 feet from me once. no joke.

 

id say the plane would win in a race...hahah

 

I doubt it - depends, I suppose...on the race conditions. In an autocross, I'd SMOKE it...

:D

except in a free-fall dive, I'd bet my car has a higher top (ground) speed, too!

:D

 

It's an ~1953 vintage Cessna 180. The 'square' tail eliminated it from being a 170A or 170B, and having only one window behind the door makes it an early generation of the 180. The details of the cowling, rivet lines, etc. confirmed it once I found some pics to compare it with.

Here's one for comparison.

 

It happens to be for sale! Want me to go back and get a phone # for ya?

 

No, I've thrown enough 10's of 1000's at aviation without being able to get a flight job, don't want to throw more money in a hole-in-the-air.

If I *did* win the lottery and decide to buy a light plane, it would be a Beechcraft (Bonanza or Baron, with the old 'throwover' style controls).

 

That's an awesome picture...Really great lighting and wonderful angles.

 

Why thank you Zephyr. Really...I appreciate it.

- darin