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O1 Bird Dog Army Model Airplane: The Perfect
Gift for Aviation Fans
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O1 Bird Dog, Army History:
The L-19 Bird Dog was the ideal aeriform anchor
and was acclimated broadly in southeast Asia. L-19 / O-1s were one
of the all-over architect for ten years over the area of Vietnam,
afore actuality aloof from account in 1971.
The O-1 Bird Dog was the aboriginal all metal
anchored addition aircraft ordered for and by the US Army, back the
US Army Air Force afar from the army in 1947, acceptable its own
annex of service, the United States Air Force. The L-19 had a
diffuse career in the US aggressive as able-bodied as in added
countries.
The L-19 accustomed the name "Bird Dog" as a
aftereffect of a challenge captivated with Cessna advisers to name
the aircraft. The acceptable entry, submitted by Jack A. Swayze, an
automated photographer, was called by a U.S. Army board. The name
was called because the role of the army's fresh aeroplane was to
acquisition the adversary and apogee over them until arms (or
advance aircraft) could be brought to buck on the enemy. While
aerial low and abutting to the battlefield, the pilot would beam the
exploding shells and acclimatize the blaze via his radios, in the
address of a bird dog (Gun dog) acclimated by bold hunters.
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