Comments on: OY-1 Sentinel returns to the air https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2012/02/05/oy-1-sentinel-returns-to-the-air/ The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:45:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rory Brown https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2012/02/05/oy-1-sentinel-returns-to-the-air/#comment-18911 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:45:29 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=1261#comment-18911 Your website says: “The OY-1 is the Navy’s version of the L-5 Sentinel, with increased STOL capacities.”

FALSE. There is no difference between the Army Air Corps version and the Navy version. The “increased STOL capabilities” were enhancements that came only on the 1945 L-5E and L-5G ambulance models in the form of droop ailerons which this 1943 airplane does not possess.

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