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Stinson L-1 'Vigilant'

Description
  Manufacturer:Stinson


  Base model:L-1
  Designation:L-1
  Nickname:Vigilant
  Designation System:U.S. Air Force
  Designation Period:1942-1962
  Basic role:Liaison
  See Also:O-49
 

Specifications
Not Yet Available

Known serial numbers
40-192 / 40-291, 40-3101 / 40-3142


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 Bryan Warfield
 , TX
The late Gary Archer, M.D, of Anchorage AK used to fly a Stinson L-1 just for fun in the 1960's - 1970's.
04/27/2009 @ 13:16 [ref: 24126]
 Airbum
 , CA
Friedrich,

I got to fly one of these and can tell you that there is no active boundary layer control. It just has large wings with full span self-actuating (retractable) leading edge slats.
06/19/2008 @ 14:40 [ref: 21557]
 John Samardza
 , DE
Just thought you might like to know that there are three
L-1 airframes at Fantasy of Flight (Kermit Weeks) in Polk City Florida.
One is a restoration of a machine they were flying before Hurricane Andrew clobbered them in Miami the other two they think they can rebuild into second flying example.
05/08/2006 @ 16:21 [ref: 13227]
 Friedrich Huggler
 , OTH
I found that picture in Interavia 1955. It must be a BLC (Boundry Layer Control) aircraft under supervision of the Dow Chemical Company.

Does anybody knows more about it?

Friedrich Huggler

07/15/2004 @ 09:21 [ref: 7834]
 Bogdan ATAMAN
 Warsaw Poland, OTH
The aircraft on Your photo is STINSON O-49 A,
later redesignated STINSON L-1 A ( s/n 41-18971
is good seen on the tail ).

Greetings from Poland
Boogey
05/24/2004 @ 07:32 [ref: 7467]

 

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