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Stinson L-5 Sentinel ↗Research-based aircraft background

Stinson L-5 Sentinel

Stinson developed the L-5 for military liaison work. It served US forces and the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, using a light high-wing airframe and tandem cabin for observation, communications and front-line support. Some versions carried casualties.

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SourceStinson L-5 Sentinel ↗Wikipedia contributors
Stinson Reliant AT-19 ↗Research-based aircraft background

Stinson Reliant AT-19

The Reliant family began as high-wing cabin aircraft for executive, business and utility flying. Stinson produced military AT-19/V-77 versions for the British Royal Navy, where they served primarily as instrument trainers and also carried passengers and performed photographic reconnaissance.

Civil SR-10F reference configuration; the selected AT-19/V-77 rendition is a later derivative.

SourceStinson Reliant AT-19 — aircraft documentation ↗National Air and Space Museum