The O-2 was developed in the 1960s as a cheap and simple aircraft, with twin-engines, as a supplement to Cessna’s already-serving forward air control prop, the O-1 Bird Dog.

Aviation: Cessna’s Skymaster. 3 minute read. TIME. March 10, 1961 12:00 AM GMT-5. O n its maiden flight over Wichita last week, the new plane made a striking silhouette against the prairie skies.

While the Cessna O-2 wasn’t the only FAC aircraft, and the U.S. Air Force relied on a number of other aircraft including the A-26 Invader, C-123 Provider and the Lockheed AC-130 in a similar ...

The O-2, an airplane designed for civil air operations and modified to meet military combat needs, was a tribute to American civil aeronautical engineering. Aircraft O-2A, serial number 67-21396, was ...

1970 Cessna 337E Skymaster [Courtesy: PacTex Aviation] This 1970 Cessna Skymaster has 1,995 hours on the airframe with 257 hours since top overhaul on its front engine and 305 hours since top ...

Bird Dogs also flew in the Vietnam War with U.S. and South Vietnamese forces until superseded by another Cessna, the O-2 Skymaster Forward Air Control aircraft that was based on Cessna's civilian 337.

This 1973 Cessna P337G Skymaster Is a Push-Pull Pressurized ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick Centerline twin-engine design eliminates asymmetric thrust if an engine fails. Read More » ...

Cessna Skymaster 1 Articles . Henry Smolinski And The Flying Pinto. January 5, 2016 by Kristina Panos 33 Comments . Anyone who has ever been stuck in gridlock has probably daydreamed about pushing ...

U.S. Air Force Forward Air Controller John Bollwerk of O’Fallon with a Cessna O-2 Skymaster (nicknamed “Oscar Deuce”) is a military version of the Cessna 337 Super Skymaster, used for ...

Credit: George A. Beard, Cessna Aircraft Co. In this cover story, see Cessna Skymaster's prototype, a four-place "light-light twin" in a photo at taken at the start of its flight test program at ...

The O-2 was developed in the 1960s as a cheap and simple aircraft, with twin-engines, as a supplement to Cessna’s already-serving forward air control prop, the O-1 Bird Dog.