Photo ID: 1011218
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Model: 195 Businessliner |
Registration: N145V |
| Year: 1948 |
Serial Number: 7135 |
| Engine(s): Jacobs R755-A2 or B2 |
Owner: Currier's Flying Service
Greenville, Jct., Maine |
Location: Moosehead Lake
Greenville, Maine |
Photographer: Stoltzfus, Ken |
| Date: 2003, September |
Present Registration: Same |
Present Owner (FAA info): |
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Notes: 10/17/03 - A step back in time - - but hey, Maine has a way of doing that.
Roger Currier has owned Cessna 195, N145V since 1986. This aircraft has spent most of its life in New York and the New England States, much of the time as a commercially operated floatplane. |
Photo ID: 1011219
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Notes: The 195's distinctive wing profile! |
| Photographer: Stoltzfus, Ken |
Photo ID: 1011220
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Notes: Comin' atcha! |
| Photographer: Stoltzfus, Ken |
Photo ID: 1011221
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Notes: It probably takes nosedragger pilots a while to figure out how you see where you're going in a '195. And N145V isn't even in a three-point attitude! It's a lot like the 450-Stearman sprayers I flew "way back when". |
| Photographer: Stoltzfus, Ken |
Photo ID: 1011222
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Notes: Water transportation Currier style. |
| Photographer: Stoltzfus, Ken |
Photo ID: 1011223
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Notes: The Beaver is six years younger then N145V. They are two very different aircraft. The '195 was called the "Businessliner" and was designed for comfortable and reasonably fast cross-country travel. The Beaver was designed more as a STOL aircraft to carry big loads into and out of shorter runways and lakes. However, Currier says that, given enough lake, the '195 will handle a good-sized load. One must remember too, that the Beaver has 450-HP to the 195's, 275 or 300-HP. |
| Photographer: Stoltzfus, Ken |
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