O-1 / L-19 Bird Dog (multiple)

I photographed these Cessna O-1 Bird Dog examples at NASM’s Udvar-Hazy Center and the NMoUSAF, and another briefly during its flight at McChord AFB. The L-19 (a redesigned Cessna Model 170) began in 1950, and was redesignated as the O-1 in 1962.


Cessna L-19 Bird Dog

Warhawk Air Museum; Nampa, Idaho 2021


O-1G 51-11917

NMoUSAF 2018


Cessna L-19 #24575

Arlington airport 2022


Cessna Bird Dog

McChord AFB 2012


1957 Cessna 305C (0-1E) #24558

Legacy Flight Museum; Rexburg, Idaho 2021


Cessna O-1A Bird Dog

NASM Udvar-Hazy 2015