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Description
| Notes: HIGH-WING monoplane with twin tail booms, aft pusher and forward puller engines and retractable landing gear. Used for forward air control mission (2 CREW) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Cessna | |
| Base model: | O-2 | |
| Designation: | O-2 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | Skymaster | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | |
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | |
| Basic role: | Observation | |
Specifications
| Length: | 29' 9" | 9.0 m | |
| Height: | 9' 2" | 2.7 m | |
| Wingspan: | 38' 2" | 11.6 m | |
| Wingarea: | 202.5 sq ft | 18.8 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 2,705 lb | 1,226 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 4,630 lb | 2,099 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Continental IO-360 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 210 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 780 miles | 1,256 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 196 mph | 315 km/h | 170 kt |
| Max Speed: | 206 mph | 331 km/h | 178 kt |
| Ceiling: | 19,300 ft | 5,882 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Air Mobility Command Museum | Dover AFB | Delaware |
| Air Power Park and Museum | Hampton | Virginia |
| Castle Air Museum | Atwater | California |
| Chanute Display Center | Chanute AFB | Illinois |
| Confederate Air Force - Arizona Wing | Mesa | Arizona |
| Dyess Linear Air Park | Dyess AFB | Texas |
| Illinois ANG - 182nd AG, Peoria | Peoria | Illinois |
| Kelly Field Heritage Museum | Kelly AFB | Texas |
| Lone Star Flight Museum | Galveston | Texas |
| Museum of Aviation | Warner Robins AFB | Georgia |
| New York ANG - 105th AG, Newburgh | Newburgh | New York |
| Ohio ANG - 121st ARW, Rickenbacker ANGB | Columbus | Ohio |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
| Selfridge Military Air Museum | Selfridge ANG Bas | Michigan |
| Shaw AFB | Shaw AFB | South Carolina |
| South Dakota Air and Space Museum | Ellsworth AFB | South Dakota |
| Travis Air Force Museum | Travis AFB | California |
| USAF Armament Museum | Eglin AFB | Florida |
| USAF History and Traditions Museum | San Antonio | Texas |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
| Valiant Air Command Museum | Titusville | Florida |
O-2A on display
Air Mobility Command Museum | Castle Air Museum | Chanute Display Center | Confederate Air Force - Arizona Wing | |
Dyess Linear Air Park | Lone Star Flight Museum | Museum of Aviation | Pima Air & Space Museum | |
Shaw AFB | Travis Air Force Museum | USAF Armament Museum | Valiant Air Command Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| jim mcclain pensacola, FL | anyone looking for an O-2 model can go to squadron.com or google any model shop online and look for the 1/48 scale Testors model kit. Arii also produced one in 1/72 scale but they are going to stop producing it. Get it before it's gone. Got my Testors kits for 12 bucks and Arii for 5.
Also, walt shiels' book about the cessna warbirds is on sale as it is going out of print. sells for 12 bucks at ------- Walt Shiel, Publisher, Slipdown Mountain Publications LLC http://SlipdownMountain.com Five Rainbows Services - http://FiveRainbows.com editing, typesetting, indexing, book covers, coaching, more View From the Publishing Trenches blog - http://WaltShiel.com ----- 06/18/2009 @ 05:22 [ref: 24246] |
| jim mcclain pensacola, FL | I am interested in the advert about the O2 to a museum, etc. Whats the asking price and details?
I am working on converting cockpits to flt sims and tng aids for youth oriented orgs especially disabled kids and also for use by disabled vets interested in learning to fly. Anything donated is appreciated. We are gearing up at present but it is a project that can make a difference. 06/18/2009 @ 05:13 [ref: 24245] |
| jim mcclain pensacola/ft myers, FL | 1. I am right seat/crew chief for the owner of a couple O-2A's (for sale). I have pics for a book I am doing as well as for modelers.
2. Instead of seperate replies to inquiries on here, I will ask you to contact me if you are interested in buying one or have questions. Jim McClain USAF Ret 06/18/2009 @ 05:09 [ref: 24244] |
| Jack Gilbert Rio Rancho, NM | There is an old Hawk kit in 1/48 scale that can be used to build either an O-2A or an O-2B, but it requires considerable work to add the A model observation windows in the fuselage. I believe that Aurora and Airfix also did C337 and O-2 kits, but I'm not sure. 05/26/2009 @ 11:59 [ref: 24200] |
| Gary Wellendorf Hurst, TX | I am creating a display (plastic models) of what I call twin tail boom military aircaft and have not been able to find a kit of the Cessna O-2 or its civilan equivalent. Any HELP would be appreciated. 05/07/2009 @ 06:04 [ref: 24151] |
| Craig Clary Hemet, CA | I am doing a research project on O-2A Skymaster aircraft, is there anybody out there that can tell me about the O-2A aircraft that went from being in the USAF inventory to the
U.S. Navy and U.S. Army inventories, I would like to know. You can contact me at Mikelisa96@msn.com Very Respectfully Craig Clary 04/14/2009 @ 05:44 [ref: 24094] |
| K. R. ARNDT WEBSTER, FL | I WAS STATIONED AT WHEELER FIELD HAWAII FROM 1973 TO 1975
22ND TASS WAS CREW CHIEF ON TAIL NUMBER 68-10968 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHERS STATIONED THERE AT SAME TIME IF YOU ARE OUT THERE OR IF THERE ARE ANY PICTURES OF SQUADRON PATCHES SPECIFICLY 22ND TASS AS A FLYING CREW CHIEF ON SAID AIRCRAFT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH IT'S AIR WORTHYNESS AND BEING FULLY AEROBATIC I SPENT MANY HOURS FLYING SECOND SEAT WITH MY ASSIGNED PILOT CAPT. ROBERT PAUL. 01/31/2009 @ 17:18 [ref: 23591] |
| Harry Brodock , CA | On my second tour in SEA, I put in 200 plus missions in the O-2A (and the O-2B). Was all over the place, from IV Corp to Tan Son Nhut to Hue to Quang Tri (during Lam Son 919/720), and on to Cambodia and Laos. First exposure to the bird was doing consulting to the group trying to get the 365 birds to SEA. They figured that it woiuld take too long to cuccoon spray them, put them on ships, unload and de-cuccoon them in Viet Nam. So they decided to fly them over. They took off from March AFB to Hickam, HI (a 24 hour flight), then to Johnson, Wake, Guam, Phillipines, and into Viet Nam.
Civilians flew the aircraft, and I'm GLAD. Max Gross on the O-2A was 4000 Lbs. As a FAC bird, we took off at 4400, but if there was trouble on the runway, we could eject the twin 2.75 rocket pods to get below 4000. The trans-ocean birds had everything removed that was unnecessary, and a fuel bladder was put in place of the back seat, and a small half-tank where the right seat usually was. Takeoff gross was 7200 lbs out of March, and took almost all of that 12,000 ft of concrete. Once airborne, they figured that they could fly for six hours before they were single-engine capable. They went in 5 ship loose formation with a C-130 mothership overhead. All of them made it from California to Viet Nam. 08/29/2008 @ 10:22 [ref: 22578] |
| Mike Samuel , ON | Does anyone know were I can get a full scale replica built out of good quality plywood and fiberglass etc? 08/10/2008 @ 15:53 [ref: 22418] |
| Mark Aragon Chicago, IL | I am in the market for an O-2A. I have already looked at one that is for sale and I am interested in others to make the best deal and get the best aircraft for the money. Please contact me at aragon@usaaf.com if you have an 0-2A available for sale. 08/03/2008 @ 17:21 [ref: 22346] |
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