An airplane power by an engine that is equipped with a training wheel...
Did you really expect a serious answer?
<table summary="This table charts the aircraft description" width="650"><caption>
</caption><tbody><tr><td>Serial Number</td><td>
</td><td>17273189 </td><td>
</td><td>Type Registration</td><td>
</td><td>Corporation</td></tr><tr><td>Manufacturer Name</td><td>
</td><td>CESSNA </td><td>
</td><td>Certificate Issue Date</td><td>
</td><td>06/17/1986 </td></tr><tr><td>Model</td><td>
</td><td>172N </td><td>
</td><td>Status</td><td>
</td><td nowrap="nowrap">Valid </td></tr><tr><td>Type Aircraft</td><td>
</td><td>Fixed Wing Single-Engine</td><td>
</td><td>Type Engine</td><td>
</td><td>Reciprocating </td></tr><tr><td>Pending Number Change</td><td>
</td><td>None </td><td>
</td><td>Dealer</td><td>
</td><td>No </td></tr><tr><td>Date Change Authorized</td><td>
</td><td>None </td><td>
</td><td>Mode S Code</td><td>
</td><td>52042306 </td></tr><tr><td>MFR Year</td><td>
</td><td>1979 </td><td>
</td><td>Fractional Owner</td><td>
</td><td>NO </td></tr></tbody></table>
Detailed enough for you??
And I am gathering since you are in NJ, and the airplane is in NJ and part of a flying club, it is the one you learned to fly in/currently fly/ something like that... correct?
A Cessna 172N powered by a Lycoming O-320-H2AD... quite possibly the worst engine ever built, well known for stripping the lobes off their cams on the delivery flight from the factory. Has an AD that needs compliance every 50 hours by adding an oil additive that supposedly keeps it from stripping its cam lobes off.
Anyway it's not so bad an engine anymore, but anyone who's anyone does the Penn-Yan 180hp conversion
The plane has been going to Penn Yan for engines as long as we have owned it. (About 20 years).
Pretty nice looking 172.
I like that scheme. Looks just right to me. Enjoy flying it.
Why not sooner than summer?
I completely missed the 172 in the foreground...was looking at the Pacer in the background and assumed that IT was the subject of the thread...
Seriously, nice looking machine. I agree that the paint scheme "fits" that airplane particularly well.
One question I have had. If I called Cessna or Beech and ordered a new piston single, but specified polished aluminum with trim paint, would they do it that way?