L -19 Bird Dog Cessna

L -19 Birddog Cessna
Three place observation / reconnaissance airplane. The first ones reportedly came into the KYARNG inventory in 1951. Manufactured by Cessna Aircraft Co. Engine: Continental 0-470-11 - 216hp.

Max speed: 130mph Service ceiling: 18,500ft Range: 530mi Produced from the end of 1950 and remained in service until the late 1970s. The Bird Dog was derived directly from the Cessna 170, a commercial model in production in 1950. In 1962 the different versions were renamed, in sequence, O-1A, O-1B, TO-1D and O-1E. In 1965 the Army turned over all fixed-wing observation aircraft to the Air Force.