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Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
Produced 1950- 1959
Introduction date 1950
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Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
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| General information | |
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| Type | Observation aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Cessna |
| Status | Active as warbirds and with civilian pilots |
| Primary users | United States ArmyUnited States Air Force United States Marine Corps Royal Thai Air Force |
| Number built | 3,431 |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1950-1959 |
| Introduction date | 1950 |
| First flight | 14 December 1949 |
| Retired | 1974 (U.S.) |
| Developed from | Cessna 170 |
| Variants | Cessna 308 |
| Developed into | SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019 |
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History Cessna Aircraft Company
Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
Produced 1950- 1959
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 branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, was not retired until the 1970s in a number of variants, and also served in the Vietnam War. It was also called the OE-1 and OE-2 in Navy service, flying with the Marine Corps, and in the 1960s it was re-designated the O-1. It remains a civilian-flown warbird aircraft, and there are examples in aviation museums. It was the first all-metal fixed-wing aircraft ordered for and by the United States Army following the Army Air Forces' separation from it in 1947. The Bird Dog had a lengthy career in the U.S. military as well as in other countries, with over 3400 produced.
It was further developed into a turboprop-powered version in the 1970s, the SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019. An experimental variant was the Cessna 308, a one-off to explore the possibility of a 4-person liaison version.
Design
The U.S. Army was searching for an aircraft that could fly over enemy locations to collect information related to artillery fire target locations and distances, as well as perform liaison duties, and preferably be constructed of all metal, as the fabric-covered liaison aircraft used during World War II (primarily Stinson and Piper products) had short service lives. After the specification for a two-seat liaison and observation monoplane was issued, the Cessna Aircraft Company submitted the Cessna Model 305A, a development of the Cessna 170. The Cessna 305A was a single-engine, lightweight, strut-braced, high-wing monoplane with a tailwheel landing gear
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Cessna Aircraft Company
Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
Produced 1950- 1959
Cessna Aircraft Company
Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
Produced 1950- 1959
General Info
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- Crew: one/two
- Length: 25 ft 10 in (7.87 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
- Height: 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
- Wing area: 174 sq ft (16.2 m2)
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Powerplant
- Empty weight: (732 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: (1,102 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 41 US gal (34 imp gal; 160 L)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental O-470-11 air-cooled flat-six, 213 hp (159 kW)
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Performance
- Maximum speed: (185 km/h, 100 kn)
- Cruise speed: 104 mph (167 km/h, 90 kn) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
- Range: 530 mi (850 km, 460 nmi)
- Service ceiling: (5,600 m)
- Absolute ceiling: (7,600 m)
Related development
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- Cessna 170
- Cessna 172
- Cessna T-41 Mescalero
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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Links to Youtube & Others
The O-1G was a two-place observation and liaison aircraft developed from the commercial Cessna Model 170 in 1949. Originally designated L-19s, Bird Dogs were used by the U.S. Air Force, Army and Marine Corps for such tasks as artillery spotting, front-line communications, medical evacuation and pilot training.
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Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
The USAF ordered more than 3,200 Bird Dogs, most of which were built as L-19As
between 1950 and 1959.
Youtube Link
Skywagons University Flies the L19 Bird-Dog. Touch and go. Cockpit view. Warbird. Vietnam era aircraft. Bush plane. STOL aircraft. Taildragger. Wheel landing. Military aircraft. Restored aircraft
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