Seven-Five-Eight-Quebec-November

Seven-Five-Eight-Quebec-November is a 1980 Cessna R172K Hawk XP... It lives at the Craig-Moffat County Airport in Craig, Colorado... Word has it that she hasn't moved or flown in many years, which is a shame. The one thing that is hardest on an airplane above all else is to leave it sit. It is one thing to see an old Bonanza, or an old Cessna 310 sitting and rotting away on a ramp somewhere. That is at least understandable since it usually costs way more to bring some of those back up to airworthyness than they are worth. But to see this thing sitting and rotting brings a tear to one's eye, a Hawk XP is a serious mountain capable airplane, since it has a constant speed propeller and a Continental 195 HP IO-360 on it in place of the 160 HP Lycoming that a regular 172 of this vintage would have had on it. From what I was told, the owner is some obstinate son-of-a-bitch who lost his medical years ago, but yet won't sell it. People like that make me sick.