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I don't know that I have seen this shot before. I want to put a straight tail on one of these! You can see in this shot that there were playing with rotating the nosewheel 90 degrees as it came up!

It was one of those planes that you don't forget seeing - was previously owned by a National Airlines pilot, and had their livery - an orange and yellow sun on the tail, matching orange and yellow stripes!

I don't have first hand knowledge. I would suspect it was the owner of record. The plane had been sitting on the ramp at Erie for several years. The guy I sold the plane to lived in or near Bend Oregon at the time, but had ties to this area. I recall him saying his sister was here. He had in...

Might be!

That would be a 1961 Model Year Cessna 210A, the second model year badged the 210. The FAA shows it as a 1960 because it got its original Airworthiness Cert in 1960. The engine on the stock 1960 210 or 1961 210A was not a Continental O-470 (Carbureted Opposed - 230hp) but a Continental IO-470...