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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:O-1G Bird Dog
    Last Military Serial:51-12471 US
    Construction Number:22913
    Last Civil Registration:VH-FXY
    Compressed ID:Cessna O-1G sn 51-12471 US cn 22913...
    Latest Owner or Location:Warbird Experiences Limited, Biggin Hill, KENT

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as an O-1G.

    Circa 1952


    Photographer: Ray Wagner Collection / San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
    Notes: In Korea

    1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-12471.

    Circa 1989

    Aircraft imported to Australia from Vietnam.

    Circa 1992

    Restoration started.

    17 December 1996

    To Robert Lindsay Fox, Bentleigh, VIC with new c/r VH-FXY.

    17 December 1996

    To Robert Fox, Mount Eliza, VIC with new c/r VH-FXY.

    17 December 1996

    To Robert Lindsay Fox, Bentleigh, VIC with new c/r VH-FXY.

    Circa 2001

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: South Vietnamese Air Force

    16 February 2006

    To Robert Fox, Bentleigh, VIC keeping c/r VH-FXY.

    24 April 2010


    Photographer: Dean Milner
    Notes: VH-FXY at the 2010 AAAA Fly-in

    29 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Temora Airport, NSW - during the 40th Anniversary Fly-In of the Australian Antique Aircraft Association

    17 March 2017


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At Echuca, Victoria

    15 December 2021

    To Warbird Experiences Limited, Biggin Hill, KENT keeping c/r VH-FXY.

    27 July 2022


    Photographer: Fred Taylor
    Notes: VH-FXY visiting Duxford, UK on 27 July 2022.
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