On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:51:58 GMT, "Hilton" wrote:

and definitely not over
hills in a single engine with a 1956 172 (assuming it did not have the newer
6-pack configuration). You're welcome to say I'm too conservative, but
there you go.

That clarifies a lot for me.

And no, I would not say that you're too conservative. Not knowing more
about the route than looking at it using FliteStar, I, too, would not fly
it night IMC in a 1956 C172.

But you're unadorned statement that started this particular thread left me
wondering about *your* reasons.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)