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Curtiss O-1A 'Falcon'

Description
  Manufacturer:Curtiss


  Base model:O-1
  Designation:O-1
  Version:A
  Nickname:Falcon
  Designation System:U.S. Air Force
  Designation Period:1924-1942
  Basic role:Observation
 

Specifications
Not Yet Available

Known serial numbers
511230, 511696, 514651

Examples of this type may be found at
MuseumCityState
Museum of AviationWarner Robins AFBGeorgia
National Museum of Naval AviationNAS PensacolaFlorida

O-1A on display

Museum of Aviation

National Museum of Naval Aviation
   


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 Ken Vessels
 PORT ST LUCIE, FL
You'll notice that the Pensacola Bird Dog has SVN markings vs U.S. We were out on Midway's flight deck on the second day of Saigon's evacuation, when this little 2-seater buzzed our ship & dropped a weighted note onto the flight deck. Turns out the pilot had loaded his entire family into this tiny bird and headed out to sea on a one-way trip.
Our deck was crowded with SVN Hueys and there was no room for him to land. Randy C. & I grabbed our flight gear and hopped onto the plane guard helo. Then the spectacle began as a number of just-landed Hueys were shoved over the fantail into the deep blue sea to make room for our desperate family. We chased the little bird as the deck was cleared, and prepared for the unknown. Finally, the Cessna touched down light as a mosquito, and the deck crew grabbed the wings to slow it down: Another family saved !!
03/01/2007 @ 11:45 [ref: 15718]
 Ken Vessels
 PORT ST LUCIE, FL
You'll notice that the Pensacola Bird Dog has SVN markings vs U.S. We were out on Midway's flight deck on the second day of Saigon's evacuation, when this little 2-seater buzzed our ship & dropped a weighted note onto the flight deck. Turns out the pilot had loaded his entire family into this tiny bird and headed out to sea on a one-way trip.
Our deck was crowded with SVN Hueys and there was no room for him to land. Randy C. & I grabbed our flight gear and hopped onto the plane guard helo. Then the spectacle began as a number of just-landed Hueys were shoved over the fantail into the deep blue sea to make room for our desperate family. We chased the little bird as the deck was cleared, and prepared for the unknown. Finally, the Cessna touched down light as a mosquito, and the deck crew grabbed the wings to slow it down: Another family saved !!
03/01/2007 @ 11:45 [ref: 15717]
 Ken Hinks
 Canton, MI
Concerning the nick name "TWA" for the 19th TASS O-1 Bird Dog operation at Bien Hoa RVN: I belong to a Forward Air Controller(FAC)association and this "TWA" sign has been a topic off and on for a long time. All of us that were based at Bien Hoa remember seeing the "TWA" sign on the 19th TASS hangar (or old tower in front of hangar) but no one has a picture of it. If anyone out there has a picture of the sign PLEASE send it to me via email or some other method. I will be very grateful, as will all of my FAC association buddies.

Cheers,

Ken Hinks
03/29/2005 @ 20:12 [ref: 9828]
 T. Engelmann
 , CO
To the T.W.A., inquiry.....this was "Teeny Weeny Airlines," for our gp...Sidewinders, 68-69, 19th TASS, Bien Hoa, Viet Nam.
04/28/2004 @ 01:41 [ref: 7315]
 fredandgrace@multipro.com
 , TN
the Bird Dog on display at AF Museum at Wright Patterson has, on the left side of the cowl, printed in red, the letters T.W.A. Anyone know what it means -

thanx
05/11/2002 @ 11:36 [ref: 4925]
 Al Gould
 Round Rock, TX
I'm sorry fellows, but the picture shown is not an O1E Birddog (same as L-19).
07/21/2000 @ 21:26 [ref: 482]

 

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