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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Feb 12, 2016 8:47:57 GMT -5
Good to hear from ya pal !! I rarely get across the hall anymore... its all yachtsman wannabees (!) Kinda like a model T Ford forum I look in on too... How many times can you hash out packing glands and enclosure zippers??? So whats the airplane? If I didn't squander my life on boats, I would've squandered it on planes no doubt! ws
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Post by Avenger on Feb 12, 2016 10:46:02 GMT -5
Looks like an OV-10 Bronco or some relative thereof. Cool ride either way.
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Post by lowflyer on Feb 12, 2016 14:27:37 GMT -5
You win Scroddy it is an OV-10D+ it has 650 more horse power than a standard and it is 2000 lbs lighter than a standard A or B model. Vertical? not quite but close! Tanks are spray tanks not fuel. Climbs 1000+ FPM on one engine. You should be able to see my smile from there.
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Post by Avenger on Feb 12, 2016 14:49:02 GMT -5
Sounds pretty good. Rumor has it the originals had some climb performance issues. Looks like they sorted that out. Like the Porsche ad said "Kills bugs fast."
So how did you get it away from the gov't?
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Feb 12, 2016 14:51:14 GMT -5
Who ya spraying?? Like Ferguson maybe??? Stain Remover?? ws
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Post by krush on Feb 12, 2016 18:34:53 GMT -5
How the heck did you get one of those? Did they make civillian ones? Tell me when you want to sell it!
Apparently it was used off amphib assault ships!HEre's vids of testing on a carrier.
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Post by lowflyer on Feb 15, 2016 8:08:43 GMT -5
This County got it from GSA. (we have a parts bird as well)Several of the D+ Models were brought back from down south where they were spraying another crop. We were doing our thing with a Convair (read big assed airplane) We removed what was on it and re equipped for ULV work. All chemical is now outside the aircraft all that runs inside is wires. It is perfect for Mosquito control. Great visibility, speed and handling. We put out 1/2 yes 1/2 ounce per acre. It kills Mosquitos and not much else. Residuals are broken down by UV rays in about 3 hours. So safe I have seen the VP of the company drink some. The company we buy our chemicals is working on a environmentally neutral chemical that will be DNA specific to Mosquitos. That's your lesson for today!
CALFIRE has twenty A models and two D+ models. There are two civilian models in Nevada both A models. Google Cactus air force and it will come up I trained in the one with teeth!
This one started life with VAL-4 in San Diego in 1968. Never went to Vietnam. Transferred to the Marines somewhere around 1972-3 and retired about 1992. She worked for State dept until around 2007. I am still piecing together the history of the old girl. I am proud that she is still working had and I have had the luck to warm her seat (no longer armed).
My favorite video that is on you tube with Bob Hoover. I have the good fortune to know Mr. Hoover and I heard him relate the story of the video where North American who he was working for at the time wanted him to do a demo flight. His question was who is going to check me out? Sales VP said "just fly it Bob" so one of the test pilots started it for him and the video is the rest of the story.
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Post by Freebird on Feb 15, 2016 10:03:16 GMT -5
Guess Again Willy Boy! I can wear low life pretty well also but someone named Sparky already had it! When it's too tuff for everyone else that's just the way I like it. Was that a racial slur?
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Post by Avenger on Feb 15, 2016 19:06:41 GMT -5
Cool beans all the way around. Cactus Air Force site is very cool. The more I learn about Bob Hoover the more impressed I am. For one of the greatest natural-born fliers that ever lived and he seems like a very (pardon the expression) down to earth guy.
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Post by lowflyer on Feb 17, 2016 11:41:16 GMT -5
One of the funniest stories I ever heard him tell was when he escaped from a POW camp in WW II. He beats up the guard, finds his way to the airport, steals a German plane and about half way across the English channel his says to himself "OH SHIT I AM GONNA GET SHOT DOWN BECAUSE I AM IN A GERMAN AIRPLANE!!!!!
He succeeded in getting them to intercept him and the rest is history.
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