Taylorcraft Auster 5 liaison aircraft of 1957

A liaison aircraft (also called an army co-operation aircraft) is a small, usually unarmed aircraft developed before World War II and primarily used by military forces for artillery observation or transporting commanders and messengers. The aircraft were also used for battlefield reconnaissance, air ambulance, column control, light cargo delivery and similar duties. Able to operate from small, unimproved fields under primitive conditions, with STOL capabilities, most liaison aircraft were developed from, or were later used as general aviation light planes. Today, the helicopter performs the duties formerly accomplished by liaison aircraft.

[edit] Liaison Aircraft by Country

[edit] Germany

• Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
• Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun

[edit] Poland

• Lublin R-XIII

[edit] Soviet Russia

• Polikarpov Po-2

[edit] United Kingdom

• Westland Lysander
• Taylorcraft Auster AOP

[edit] United States

Vultee L-1A

• Vultee L-1 Vigilant
• Taylorcraft L-2 Grasshopper
• Aeronca L-3 Grasshopper
• Piper L-4 Grasshopper
• Stinson L-5 Sentinel
• Interstate L-6 Cadet
• North American / Ryan L-17 Navion

[edit] Switzerland

• Pilatus PC-6

[edit] External links

• www.als-cannonfield.com - The Alamo Liaison Squadron is a group dedicated to restoring and flying liaison aircraft
• Lbirds.com - Website with resources, information, and models of US WWII Liaison Aircraft
• - The "Lbird" forum open to discussion about Liaison Aircraft

[edit] See also

Liaison pilot

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