The Cessna O-1 Bird Dog is a liaison and observation aircraft that first flew on December 14, 1949, and entered service in 1950 as the L-19 in the Korean War. It went to serve in many …

The Cessna L-19/O-1 Bird Dog is an all-metal, tandem seat aircraft with downward sloping sides to increase visibility. In 1950, the company began building 2,400 L-19s for the US Army, …

With the French, it may have served as a reconnaissance aircraft in either the Algerian War of Independence in North Africa or the First Indonesian War in Vietnam. Or it may have flown …

The Cessna L-19 (later O-1) Bird Dog was produced to fulfill the US Army’s need for an aircraft that could perform liaison and observation duties as well as adjust artillery fire. They requested …

2011年6月1日 · Cessna's Model 305 became better known as the L-19 Bird Dog - an apt name because of how well it enabled pilots and their rear-seat observers to search for and locate …

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 …

The L-19A/O-1A was an aircraft designed by Cessna to serve as a Liason/Observer. It was based on the Cessna 170 but with the crew in a tandem configuration. L-19’s served in both the …

2013年10月22日 · Originally called the L-19, these planes saw extensive duty during the Korean War from 1950–53, often in the hands of veteran World War II fighter and bomber pilots. The …

Why is it nicknamed “Bird Dog”? The L-19 received the name Bird Dog as a result of a contest held with Cessna employees to name the aircraft. The winning entry was chosen because the …

2018年9月7日 · OE-1 were 60 original USMC Bird Dogs in the L-19A standard, becoming the O-1B in 1962. The OE-2 was the OE-1 but with Cessna Model 180 wings and a revised fuselage. …