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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 » ...

Bird Dogs also flew in the Vietnam War with U.S. and South Vietnamese forces until superseded by another Cessna, the O-2 Skymaster Forward Air Control aircraft that was based on Cessna's civilian 337.

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 ...

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 ...