Keystone XO-15

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Keystone XO-15
RoleObservation aircraft
Manufacturer Keystone Aircraft Corporation
First flight1930
Primary user United States Army Air Corps
Produced1

The Keystone XO-15 was an American prototype observation aircraft, built by the Keystone Aircraft Corporation for the United States Army Air Corps, First flown in 1930, only a single prototype was built. [1]

Contents

Specifications (XO-15)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

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References

  1. 1 2 Historical Office of the Army Air Forces (1947). The official pictorial history of the AAF. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pierce. p. 182. ASIN   B000GU84Z2.