Warplanes of the USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Cessna aircraft

Warplane Survivors USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Cessna

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Cessna UC-78B Bobcat (Serial No. 42-71626).  The UC-78 on display in the NMUSAF is one of the 1,806 UC-78Bs built for the USAAF and was acquired by the museum in 1982.

Cessna 172P Skyhawk II, Civil Air Patrol, Reg. No. N9344L "44 LIMA". This was the only non-military aircraft to fly in US airspace on 12 Sep 2001. It was flying a presidential-approved mission to gather imagery on the destruction of ground zero, New York.

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Cessna O-1G Bird Dog (Serial No. 51-11917).  The USAF ordered more than 3,200 Bird Dogs, most of which were built as L-19As between 1950 and 1959.  The O-1G on display was transferred to the museum in 1971.

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Cessna O-2A Super Skymaster (Serial No. 67-21331), C/N 337M-0037.  Suspended from the ceiling.  The O-2A on display was assigned to the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Da Nang, South Vietnam, in the late 1960s.  It was transferred to the museum in December 1982.

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Cessna U-3A Blue Canoe (Serial No. 58-2124).  The aircraft on display in the NMUSAF is one of several USAF U-3As that were transferred to the U.S. Army.  It was flown to the museum in September 1984.

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Cessna LC-126A (Serial No. 49-1949), AR-949, C/N 7328.  Suspended from the ceiling.  Equipped with Edo floats, the LC-126A on display in the NMUSAF is marked as it appeared while serving with the 10th Rescue Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, in 1949.

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Cessna A-37A(YA) Dragonfly (Serial No. 62-5951), C/N 40719.  Mounted on pylons.  The A-37 on display in the NMUSAF was one of the two prototype YAT-37Ds evaluated by the USAF.  It was retired to the museum in December 1964.  However, it was recalled to active service in August 1966 for final design testing of the urgently needed A-37 attack aircraft.  This aircraft retired to the museum for a second time in July 1970 as the YA-37A.

Cessna T-37B Tweet (Serial No. 54-2729).

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Cessna T-37B Tweet (Serial No. 57-2289), C/N 40222.  Suspended from the ceiling.  The T-37B on display in the NMUSAF was flown to the museum on 8 Oct 1991.

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Cessna T-41A Mescalero (Serial No. 65-5251), Reg. No. N5251F, C/N 17253351.  Suspended from the ceiling.  The T-41 on display was flown to the museum in April 1993.

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