O-47 over Fort Sill, OK circa 1940

[coastdef]

Regards,

Andy

[ww2John]

...from this angle...almnost looks like the child of a T-6 mated with a TBM

[Mark Nankivil]

Nice photo - almost makes the portly bird look good!

Thanks for posting! Mark

[A2C]

Fuselage canopy and tail sim to T-6, wings different.

[bdk]

Fuselage is all aluminum, canopy is taller, and although the planform of the tail may appear similar, it is quite a bit larger.

Probably had the same designers though, so that might explain the visual similarities.

[tom d. friedman]

you can bet it's going slooooowww. but a great pic

[ww2John]

I was making a joke about its parents...not a literal thing at all...

[Steve Nelson]

Beautiful pic!

I've always thought it looked like a pregnant T-6. I'm curious..did the O-47 have an actual name (official or otherwise?)

SN

[tom d. friedman]

i think it was o-47 owl........ do i win a prize if i'm right???

[Steve Nelson]

I thought the Owl was the Curtiss O-52. Or was Owl sort of a generic name shared by all the O-birds?

SN

[coastdef]

Another O-47 shot from the same set of pictures.



Regards,

Andy