Jump to content

Name that Plane - Army


Recommended Posts

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?).
IMG_20180510_102451_713.thumb.jpg.7de6bd5d2ce380c0d348d8332305b77b.jpg

It looks like an OV-1 Mohawk.




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

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

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 year later...

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.