I photographed these Cessna O-1 / L-19 (Cessna 305) Bird Dog examples in Idaho, Ohio, Washington, Georgia, Washington DC, Alabama, Oshkosh and Texas. The L-19 Bird Dog was a military version of the Cessna Model 170 developed in 1950, and was redesignated as the O-1 in 1962.
O-1A Bird Dog
This is the actual plane that was used to evacuate a family during the fall of Saigon in 1975, landing aboard the USS Midway (CV-41). It is in the museum despite never having served with the Navy, Marines or Coast Guard.
Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
Warhawk Air Museum; Nampa, Idaho 2021
Cessna Bird Dog
McChord AFB 2012
O-1A Bird Dog
NASM Udvar-Hazy 2015
L-19A Bird Dog 50-1327
Flown by Jack Upham, whose A-2 Jacket is also on display in the museum at Ft Novosel
Fort Novosel 2024
O-1G 51-11917
NMoUSAF 2018
O-1A 51-12857
Robins AFB 2024
1961 Cessna L-19E Bird Dog 61-2986 (#305M-0032)
Oshkosh 2024
951 Cessna L-19A Bird Dog #21198
Oshkosh 2024
1951 Cessna 305A #21533
Oshkosh 2025
Cessna 305A #21714
Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston 2024
Cessna 305A #22048
Oshkosh 2024
1951 Cessna 305A #22111
Oshkosh 2024
1951 Cessna O-1A Bird Dog #22285
Oshkosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
1951 Cessna 305A #22452
Oshkosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
1951 Cessna 305A #22566
Oshkosh 2024
Cessna 305A #22644
Oshkosh 2024
1953 Cessna 305A #22774
Oshkosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
1953 Cessna L-19E Bird Dog #23488
Oshkosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
1971 Cessna 305B #23954
Oshkosh 2025
1957 Cessna 305C (0-1E) #24558
Legacy Flight Museum; Rexburg, Idaho 2021
Cessna L-19 #24575
Arlington airport 2022
Oshkosh 2024
Auburn, Wash. 2025
Olympia, Wash. 2025
Oshkosh 2025
Cessna L-19E Bird Dog #24712
CAF Hangar at Dallas Executive Airport, Texas 2024
Cessna L-19E Bird Dog #24716
Oshkosh 2025
2001 Cessna 305F #AR-4
Oshkosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025