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Rear End Dragger

By General Aviation News Staff · January 30, 2017 ·

Don Dugas sent in this photo, taken by Dean Ayars, of Don’s Cessna 150 taildragger as it was taking off from Shell Creek Airport in southwest Florida. “N150RD — it’s a Cessna 150 and the RD means Rear End Dragger,” Don explains.

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  1. John R Merola says

    January 31, 2017 at 7:05 am

    Why would anyone mutilate a perfectly good Cessna 150?

    • Graeme Smith says

      January 31, 2017 at 7:55 am

      ‘Cause Cessna stopped building the 140…….. 🙂

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