L-1 (O-49) Vigilant | |
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General information | |
Type | Light Observation, Liaison |
Manufacturer | Stinson Aircraft Corporation |
Primary users | United States Army Air Corps |
Number built | 324 |
History | |
Introduction date | 1941 |
First flight | 15 July 1940 |
The Stinson L-1 Vigilant (company designation Model 74) is an American liaison aircraft designed by the Stinson Aircraft Company of Wayne, Michigan and manufactured at the Vultee-Stinson factory in Nashville, Tennessee (in August 1940 Stinson became a division of Vultee Aircraft Corporation).[1] The aircraft was operated by the United States Army Air Corps as the O-49 until 1942.