Cessna XL-19C 52-6311 United States Army

These are 1/72 scale decals for Cessna XL-19C 52-6311, assigned to Continental Army Command (CONARC), United States Army — a companion experimental variant to the turbine-powered XL-19B and another rare jewel in the Bird Dog family.

Where the XL-19B explored turbine propulsion with the Boeing YT50, the XL-19C was powered by a Continental XT51-T-1 turboprop engine — a different approach to the same fundamental question of whether turbine power could offer meaningful advantages over the proven piston-engined L-19A in the Army liaison role. The two experimental variants together represented CONARC's systematic evaluation of turbine propulsion options for the next generation of Army liaison aircraft.

Like the XL-19B, the XL-19C program did not result in a production aircraft, but it stands as a significant and little-documented chapter in the story of postwar Army aviation experimentation. An exceptionally rare modeling subject that pairs naturally with the XL-19B 52-1804 for collectors building a display of experimental Bird Dog variants. The model should be finished in Olive Drab.

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