Cessna 01 Bird Dog

Cessna 01 Bird Dog. Cessna O1 Bird Dog Untitled Aviation Photo 5652707 Army and the creation of a separate branch of the armed forces as the U.S Photo courtesy Canadian Forces History: One of a long line of civilian light planes converted to military use (like the Taylor, Piper, and Stinson "Grasshoppers" of World War II fame), the Cessna L-19 "Bird Dog" observation and Forward Air Control aircraft traced its origins to the Cessna 170, a 4-place civilian light plane, with its military power upgraded from 145 to 213hp

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The Bird Dog was re-designated the 0-1 in 1962 and was flown in Vietnam until that war ended in 1975 Army and the creation of a separate branch of the armed forces as the U.S

Cessna O1 Bird Dog Untitled Aviation Photo 1401589

Photo courtesy Canadian Forces History: One of a long line of civilian light planes converted to military use (like the Taylor, Piper, and Stinson "Grasshoppers" of World War II fame), the Cessna L-19 "Bird Dog" observation and Forward Air Control aircraft traced its origins to the Cessna 170, a 4-place civilian light plane, with its military power upgraded from 145 to 213hp It was the first all-metal fixed-wing aircraft ordered for and by the United States Army since the U.S Armed Forces, was not retired until the 1970s in a number of variants, and also served in the Vietnam War

Cessna O1A Bird Dog (305A/L19A) Civil Air Patrol Aviation Photo 1816363. Photo courtesy Canadian Forces History: One of a long line of civilian light planes converted to military use (like the Taylor, Piper, and Stinson "Grasshoppers" of World War II fame), the Cessna L-19 "Bird Dog" observation and Forward Air Control aircraft traced its origins to the Cessna 170, a 4-place civilian light plane, with its military power upgraded from 145 to 213hp The Bird Dog was re-designated the 0-1 in 1962 and was flown in Vietnam until that war ended in 1975

Cessna O1G Bird Dog > National Museum of the United States Air Force™ > Display. Armed Forces, was not retired until the 1970s in a number of variants, and also served in the Vietnam War The aircraft received the name "Bird Dog" as a result of a naming contest among Cessna employees