Cessna scheme

I delivered this Cessna 172R Skyhawk from Independence, KS to Battle Creek, MI. when I worked for Western Michigan University. We flew down in the early morning with three ferry pilots in a Mooney Ovation and came home later that day in a loose gaggle. All the aircraft were delivered in plain white, and the ribbon scheme (my design too) was then added in vinyl over the next few weeks. A total of 42 C172s were on line, and over half of them eventually carried this scheme. The earlier ones were left in the "mission brown and fawn" scheme you can just see in the background. This wasn't a particularly attractive colour, or scheme, and made it a little difficult to eventually sell the aircraft when WMU upgraded to Cirrus SR22s.