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The yard has been extended and tidied up.There are now lots of aircraft spares as well as test equipment and a batch of Lycoming engines (probably ex “bird dog”)as well as a couple of “Bird dogs”and a” fan trainer “.They are also restoring Willys jeeps!I can do more pictures if any one is interested.
By: J Boyle - 28th September 2015 at 04:39
That’s exactly what I mean!
Anything before 1970 is early for me.The leaf spring main gear and shape of door is clue.
Could be 175 too.
No 175 ever came with the “omni-vision” rear window.
Cessna T-41s were mid -60s 172s with larger engines. (I don’t have my Cessna book at hand so I can’t give exact years) but this a.c. has the smaller teardrop shaped rear side window common to those years.
Circa 1968 and later 172s have larger rear side Windows that are a bit squared with a more vertical back edge.
By: Flying_Pencil - 28th September 2015 at 03:47
Not an early 172.
The first omni-vision 172’s were introduced in 1964 (172E), but the earlier models (from the 172C onwards IIRC) had a swept tail. That is not a Bird Dog tail (they had a rounded fin), nor is it from a U-17 (Cessna 185).
Looks like a backyard creation to me.
Also the Lycoming engines are not ex-Bird dogs, as the Bird dog was fitted with a Continental O-470 engine. The engines look (at a brief glance) like VO-435’s, so are probably out of a helicopter.
That’s exactly what I mean!
Anything before 1970 is early for me.
The leaf spring main gear and shape of door is clue.
Could be 175 too.
Curiously the mount for wing strut is covered up, as is step and hand hold.
Guess it was damaged fuselage stripped and made into display.
By: Pacific flyer - 26th September 2015 at 07:39
Thinking it is a 172, and early 172 too.
Not an early 172.
The first omni-vision 172’s were introduced in 1964 (172E), but the earlier models (from the 172C onwards IIRC) had a swept tail. That is not a Bird Dog tail (they had a rounded fin), nor is it from a U-17 (Cessna 185).
Looks like a backyard creation to me.
Also the Lycoming engines are not ex-Bird dogs, as the Bird dog was fitted with a Continental O-470 engine. The engines look (at a brief glance) like VO-435’s, so are probably out of a helicopter.
By: wl745 - 20th September 2015 at 01:15
there was a tropical storm here this week and the place is flooded out!More pics later.I would guess that most of the equipment that arrives here is stuff from the Vietnam era left behind when the Americans left Thailand
By: Flying_Pencil - 20th September 2015 at 00:29
Very odd markings on the Cessna T-41 (mid-60s 172) not a Bird dog. Looks to be a film prop or tourist attraction (or just to make it pretty for some overseas buyer). The USAF never operated a T-41 in those colors.
Also, note the homemade fin. I’m not sure how good these projects/engines would be without paperwork.
Agree, homemade fin and all.
Thinking it is a 172, and early 172 too.
Like you suggest, tourist piece.
By: ozjag - 17th September 2015 at 14:13
I’m interested in more photos.
Thanks Paul
By: J Boyle - 17th September 2015 at 14:02
Very odd markings on the Cessna T-41 (mid-60s 172) not a Bird dog. Looks to be a film prop or tourist attraction (or just to make it pretty for some overseas buyer). The USAF never operated a T-41 in those colors.
Also, note the homemade fin. I’m not sure how good these projects/engines would be without paperwork.
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