A-17? If not, what?

Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:02 pm

Nathan- What do you think? Is this an A-17? If not, what? I'm clueless. The exhaust is impressive.

kevin

Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:05 pm

That looks like an O-47 to me.

Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:07 pm

Ahhhh... I just didn't know what other birds had side exhaust like the A-17. It's pretty mean looking. Do others concur?

kevin

Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:09 pm

Looks like an NA O-47 to me also.
Jerry

Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:10 pm

tulsaboy wrote:Ahhhh... I just didn't know what other birds had side exhaust like the A-17. It's pretty mean looking. Do others concur?

kevin

Yep, the O-47 definitely has the side exhaust. Here's a picture of one at the NMUSAF:

Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:13 pm

Alrighty. Thanks, warbird1!

kevin

Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:25 pm

Yep its a North American O-47.

Thanks for posting it. I love the old O-47's!

Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:17 pm

O-47. Nice shot, got more?

Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:49 pm

hercules130-

I'll look to see. I'm working my way through a collection of about 700-800 photos, all from 1928-1955. They were collected by our original airport manager, and include original signed photos of Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Wiley Post, Jimmy Doolittle, Curtis LeMay, Eddie Rickenbacker, Frank Hawks, and lots more folks that most people have never heard of. They are all aviation related in some way, whether pilots or executives or those that were flying through Tulsa's airport. He didn't do too much collecting of specific aircraft, but I'll keep an eye out for more O-47 photos. Nathan had given me some grief about an earlier A-17 photo I posted, thus the question towards him.

kevin

Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:02 pm

Sounds great looking forward to it!