Whats makes you say this was not an observation aircraft????
I like the plane a lot. Wish i knew the name.
fourg1b2006 wrote:
I like the plane a lot. Wish i knew the name.
The OV-1 was called the Mohawk
The OV-10 was called the Bronco
jeryh
Loc: Oxfordshire UK
Looks like an OV10- Vietnam war issue
What he said! I was qualified to work on the OV -10 Bronco because it was a turbo prop! Instead, I was a crew chief on C-130's during my 33 months in Viet Nam. I did see a few OV-1's, in Viet Nam also!
Thank you guys for your service.
Ken
lwiley
Loc: Los Banos, CA, USA
I concur it is a Grumman OV-1 Mohawk. My one and only experience with one of these was in the late 1960’s at a Cal Poly SLO Poly Royal Airshow. The pilot made an extreme short grass field landing, when the plane taxied to a stop at it display location, the copilot opened the right cockpit and chucked out his full wet flight gloves, he was a newbie lieutenant along for the ride.
I saw it in a YouTube about planes. It is/was a predecessor of the A-10
I saw it in a YouTube about planes. It is/was a predecessor of the A-10
I saw it in a YouTube about planes. It is/was a predecessor of the A-10
I saw it in a YouTube about planes. It is/was a predecessor of the A-10
sorry, just wanted to post it once.
This plane was formerly at the McClain Military Museum in Anderson, IN. It was in flying condition when initially purchased, but had an incident landing that damaged the landing gear, as I recall. It had been sitting outside at the museum slowly deteriorating for quite a few years - a sad thing to see. Glad to see "where it landed". The museum has closed and some, if not all, of the equipment has been sold off. I saw the Huey going down the road on a flatbed one day.
McClain had a good armor collection and several of his pieces were used by Hollywood. I hope they have all found good homes.
Muddyvalley wrote:
Looks to me like an OV-1 Mohawk. Nam era observation aircraft
That is correct. As a VN Army pilot, I saw lots of these.
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