<article><hdr>Airborne shot of Consolidated Vultee L-13</hdr><body>
<hi style=afpcap>Developed during the closing stages of World War Two as a general liaison and observation design, two prototypes were constructed at the Vultee plant in 1945. Subsequently 300 were ordered for the US Air Force, serving mainly within the continental USA, although 28 were fitted with skis as L-13Bs for duty in Alaska. </hi>