Cessna L-19 Bird Dog

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high‑wing aircraft military liaison aircraft observation aircraft single‑engine aircraft

The Cessna L-19 Bird Dog is a single-engine, high-wing liaison and observation aircraft widely used by the U.S. military and allies during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog canonical 1
Cessna O-1 Bird Dog 1
Cessna U‑17A 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high‑wing aircraft ⓘ
military liaison aircraft ⓘ
observation aircraft ⓘ
single‑engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory light aircraft ⓘ
cockpitConfiguration tandem seating ⓘ
construction all‑metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 2 ⓘ
designedFor short takeoff and landing ⓘ
engineConfiguration single‑engine ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
firstFlight 1949 ⓘ
introduced 1950 ⓘ
landingGear fixed tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Cessna NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryDesignation L‑19 NERFINISHED ⓘ
O‑1 Bird Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberBuilt over 3,000 ⓘ
operatorType military ⓘ
powerplant Continental O‑470 NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUsers Republic of Korea Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Vietnamese Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
role aerial observation ⓘ
artillery spotting ⓘ
forward air control ⓘ
liaison ⓘ
serviceEntry early 1950s ⓘ
status retired from front‑line U.S. military service ⓘ
survivingUse aeroclub operations ⓘ
civilian ownership ⓘ
warbird operations ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedBy U.S. military NERFINISHED ⓘ
allied air forces ⓘ
usedFor aerial reconnaissance ⓘ
communication relay ⓘ
target marking ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ
wingConfiguration high‑wing ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum → hasNotableAircraft → Cessna L-19 Bird Dog ⓘ
Hellenic Army Aviation → aircraftOperated → Cessna L-19 Bird Dog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cessna U‑17A
Royal Lao Air Force → usedAircraftType → Cessna L-19 Bird Dog ⓘ
this entity surface form: O-1 Bird Dog
Pakistan Army Aviation Corps → aircraftOperated → Cessna L-19 Bird Dog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cessna O-1 Bird Dog