cessna L-19,caf.

l-19 720 found

Hi Oshawaflyboy, i have found the L-19, 720 its at the atlantic canada aviation museum in halifax, go to their web site, just do a search for Atlantic canada aviation musen go under museum aircraft ,the whole history is there and recent pics.

L-19

🙂 Thank you Mr.Boyle;

Now i know why this a/c caught my eye,in 84/85 I was towed by one in
a Shwiecher 22 . Back then eyes were to busy in the cockpit
qualifing for the student pilot ticket. In air cadet colours two models!
Hope I may return the favour one day. Now I’m off to 151 Chadburn SQN
to see which S/N pulled me at CFB Borden.

Wolfgang.

Quote, Once you’ve flowing in a/c, when you hear one you will
always look up!

According to Minard Thompson’s excellent history of the Bird Dog;
The Lovable One-Niner (Turner publishing 1998), the Canadian 16720 was Cessna Sn 24604, US military serial 56-4037, built May 21, 1957.
Thompson has it listed an “known destroyed” probably in Canadian military service.

In the book there is a color photo of a restored Canadian 16719 that appears to be on the American registry. It is polished aluminum with red panels on the outboard wings. A black & white photo shows 16714 is a similar scheme. Aircraft 16732 (along with an unidentified example) is shown in a US Army-style olive drab scheme with bold white “CDN ARMY” titles, a full color national insignia and a white “732”. This is a later photo judging by the newer-style Canadian flag on the tail. Its Sn is 23817 & 56-4182.

BTW: In the mid-1970s when the Canadian fleet became surplus, 21 Bird Dogs were tranferred to the Royal Canadian Air Cadets for use as sailplane tugs. As of 1998, 14 were still in use, equipped with a four-bladed prop to reduce noise on takeoff.