Rob Perkins wrote in message . ..
(Dan Thomas) wrote:

The 172 letter suffixes indicate some design changes. There is
literally nothing in common between the original 172 and the 172N or
P, to say nothing of the most recent models.

Um...

The wings are still "up there", aren't they?

:-)

Rob


Still on top, so it still looks like a 172, but so did the
Rockwell Lark and Darter Commanders. They tried to look like 172s, and
could fool the average airplane watcher, but they sure didn't have
anything in common with any 172.

Dan