Grumman OV-1 Mohawk by goodoleboy

Photography • Aviation • posted on Jul 11, 2009

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Captured 4/4/09, at the semibeautiful Chino Planes of Fame Museum in the semibeautiful Chino Airport in semibeautiful Chino, California. They're baaaaaackk!!! The wonderful genre of planes, that is. I had to hunt down the identity of this one because it wasn't even on the list of aircraft posted on the Chino Planes of Fame Museum website. For the aviation connoisseurs: The Grumman OV-1 Mohawk is an armed military observation and attack aircraft, designed for battlefield surveillance and light strike capabilities. It is of twin turboprop configuration, and carried two crewmembers with side by side seating. The Mohawk was intended to operate from short, unimproved runways in support of Army maneuver forces. The prototype (YAO-1AF) first flew on April 14, 1959. The OV-1 entered production in October 1959 and served the U.S. Army in Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm. The Mohawk was removed from U.S. Army service in September 1996. Over the years, the mission and the aircraft underwent many changes and roughly 380 were built over all variants. Mohawk variants included the JOV-1 [armed reconnaissance], OV-1A, [visual and photographic], OV-1B [visual, photographic, and side-looking radar (SLAR) pod], the OV-1C [visual, photographic, and infrared], and the OV-1D (SLAR pod and bigger wings), OV-1E [enlarged fuselage for more sensor operators or cargo], EV-1E [Special electronic intelligence installation] and RV-1E [advanced ELINT Reconnaissance]. A four-engined Model 134E with tiltwings and tail ducted fan for control for VTOL was proposed to the Army but not built. Model 134R was a tandem cockpit version offered to meet the LARA requirement, but the NA300 was chosen instead becoming the OV-10. Source: Wikipedia encyclopedia, with tons/tonnes more info on this aircraft on its website. And, it feels refreshing to once again present man-made things that fly. Tallyho.

Comments (16)

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Meisiekind

1:31PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Nice collage Harry! I know too little of aeroplanes to make any meaningful comment! :)

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jocko500

1:55PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

real cool shots of history here. happy you find the imformation too

wingnut55

2:53PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

nice shots. i thought i remembered reading somewhere that there might be a conversion to forestry protection/water-bombing, but now i cant find that on google...

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tizjezzme

3:27PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

I echo what Carin said; Nice shots Harry! :)

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Hendesse

3:39PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Great collage of excellent shots. Fantastic details.

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Digitaleagle

4:08PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Excellent captures and information very interesting!!!

CleonXXI

5:23PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

I knew a guy who flew those things in Vietnam. Great shots!

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MrsRatbag

7:19PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Excellent shots, Harry; like Carin, I can't say anything meaningful about the planes themselves, except I'd love to have that ejection seat in my car!

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bmac62

7:21PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

This bird was not often seen but that was in part because of the nature of its intelligence gathering operations. It was used for years in Europe flying the west side of the border between west and east. Side looking radar provided lots of information for years. I'm glad to see one is on display at Chino.

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elfin14doaks

9:40PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Great series of photos and information. Nice shots!!!

frankie96

12:04AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Doesn't look that big at all...nice shots and information Harry...

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ragouc

3:18AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Very good and interesting shots.

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debbielove

6:57AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Excellent collage!!!! Top picture (full one is a zinger!) Don't often see this one around. I have NEVER seen it in the UK. Thanks, my friend. Rob.

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anahata.c

10:07AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

(LOL, one of these days the citizens of Chino are gonna call you up and shout, "semi-beautiful??? pardon me???") Well the shots aren't semi-beautiful: Once again you got very bright full shots of these beasts. From your & bill's gallery I'm learning how each model was for a completely different purpose. I had no idea how specialized they were! This is such a squat and strange looking thing: I guess all that window space was necessary for all the 'seeing' equipment & info gathering. I appreciate the 3 views, and the closeup looks so amazingly bulbous, a little like a helicopter front. To me, a complete novice, these shapes just knock me out. And thanks for the history, I didn't know these were used as recently as desert storm. More flush-forward clear shots from you, and dramatic ones too. Always grateful for these, everytime...

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odie

3:43PM | Sun, 12 July 2009

I see what you mean, Harry. I personally cannot give you a comment like Mark just did. (wow...) but I truly appreciate why these were built and the fact that they still look so beautiful (or even semi-beautiful!) Amazing machines, aren't they?? Nice job.

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