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Old March 10th 08, 01:00 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Dan[_10_]
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On Mar 9, 7:20 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dan wrote in news:42b5622c-9f2a-4376-814a-
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On Mar 9, 7:07 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:


It's part of the STC to remove it when it's converted to a Pacer, but

it
hadn't been done for some reason.


Bertie


Thought so.


I just wonder who came up with that Tri Pacer gear...
=


Who came up with it? Probably Pug Piper. It was just to meet the demand
for more milk stools in the fifties. A number of airplanes were modified
by the factories to trike configuration. the C 170 the 180 and 140, for
instance and the particularly unfortunate WACO N.

Bertie

Bertie


Yikes.. that was a selling point? It looks like it's about to tip over
if the Line boy sneezes...