Name that Plane - Army

[DualRatedFlyer]

Seen on the Myrtle Beach ramp last night. Anyone have an idea what it is? The design may suggest some type of sea search and rescue, but that's not typically an army mission (I think?).

[N201MKTurbo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk

 

 

[DualRatedFlyer]

Dang. That was too easy. First time ever seeing one of those. Thanks!

[DualRatedFlyer]

This had experimental labeled on the side. Also was tattoed with service members names all over the the exterrior

[PhilB]

Seen on the Myrtle Beach ramp last night. Anyone have an idea what it is? The design may suggest some type of sea search and rescue, but that's not typically an army mission (I think?).

It looks like an OV-1 Mohawk.




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[aviatoreb]

I'm pretty sure that's a safety cone.

[WilliamR]

Saw one at my airport (KFFC) last summer.  it was being used by a private organization as a camera ship.  Possibly the same one.

 

William

[flight2000]

The Army is no longer using these.  We retired the last group about twenty years ago.  My guess, it belongs to one of the air museums that still has operational Mohawk's:

• American Wings Air Museum, Blaine, Minnesota operates three Mohawks
• Carolinas Aviation Museum flies two Mohawks to airshows
• Cavanaugh Flight Museum flies one Mohawk
• American Warplane Museum in Wisconsin flies 2 or 3 Mohawks
• Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, Hampton, Georgia Flies 631 "B" Model and 005 "d" Model[4]
• Air Heritage Museum, Beaver County Airport, Pennsylvania currently flying 1 Mohawk

Cheers,

Brian

[thinwing]

Cal fire uses a few for spotting,directing

[kpaul]

https://www.wtsp.com/mobile/article/news/flying-memorial-for-vietnam-war-mias/67-122875065

That is the flying Vietnam memorial 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, kpaul said:

https://www.wtsp.com/mobile/article/news/flying-memorial-for-vietnam-war-mias/67-122875065

That is the flying Vietnam memorial 

The airframe is painted with the names of all US MIA service personnel, it humbling to walk around and read them.

Clarence

[Mooneymite]

There is at least one OV-1 owned by an individual flying around.  I saw it at KLZU a few years ago on its way to an airshow.

The OV-1 had some nasty habits if not flown carefully.  Single engine ops accounted for some if the mishaps.

[Stephen]

On 5/10/2018 at 7:23 PM, Mooneymite said:

There is at least one OV-1 owned by an individual flying around.  I saw it at KLZU a few years ago on its way to an airshow.

The OV-1 had some nasty habits if not flown carefully.  Single engine ops accounted for some if the mishaps.

Grew up next to Ft. Huachuca in AZ , had OV-1’s stationed there ; very funky appearance. Only crash I heard about was a guy showing off aerobatics for his wife and forgot about density altitude when trying to show a low loop. 

[DualRatedFlyer]

Very sad. Same airplane. Hard to believe this was just a year ago

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20191102/wpb-doctor-in-stuart-air-show-crash-died-piloting-lsquohis-babyrsquo%3ftemplate=ampart

[NotarPilot]

On 5/10/2018 at 12:46 PM, thinwing said:

Cal fire uses a few for spotting,directing

I think Calfire operated the OV-10 Bronco and not the Mohawk.  At least not that I’ve seen and I’m a pretty good plane spotter/geek with that sort of thing,