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| Description | The L- 19 (O-1E) Bird Dog
Built as a private venture and first flown in December 1949, the model 305 was the winning contender in an April 1950 US Army competition for a tandem two-seat liaison and observation monoplane. Ordered in June 1950 as the L-19 and named Bird Dog, the aircraft was redesigned O-1 in 1962. The first production Bird Dog was rolled out in November 1950. Subsequently a total of 2,499 of the O-1A version was built. A further 66 were completed as O-1Bs for the US Marine Corps and 307 with dual controls, known as TO-1Ds. The definitive series model was the O-1E, of which 494 were delivered. The last mentioned variant, introduced in 1957, featured uprated equipment, and served with distinction with the USAF in Vietnam. Fuji in Japan built 14 L-19E-1 and eight L-19E-2 instrument trainers after delivery of 107 ex-US Army L-19As to the JGSDF in 1954/55, with the local name of SOYOKAZE (Breeze). Despite their age, more than 200 Bird Dogs remain in active military inventories worldwide, the principal operators being the South Korean Air Force(20), and the army air components of Pakistan (40), Thailand (28),and Turkey (50). Other operators include Austria (5), Italy (3) and Malta (5).
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Posted Comments
John
(2004-10-03) | Is it the grob tutors little sister?? | Fred
(2004-11-05) | any other paint schemes (the US Army, Marine)? | ExtremeRook
(2005-01-04) | not only is and L-19, but it's CAF too!! what more can you ask for? | dannyboy2005
(2006-11-16) | bloody history lesson's. NOT READING | moore
(2007-05-11) | replaceed by the 0-2 | jianqing
(2009-10-16) | Canada Army |
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