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Post by oswald on May 12, 2016 7:39:57 GMT 9
Danny Glover flew an aircraft with twin booms plus a pusher and a puller recip. So what is the name and the military identification number of such a plane?
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Post by Mark O on May 12, 2016 8:04:33 GMT 9
Danny Glover flew an aircraft with twin booms plus a pusher and a puller recip. So what is the name and the military identification number of such a plane? Cessna O-2 Skymaster. Knew a retired USAF Lt Col that flew them in Vietnam. Went from F-4s to the O-2. Said it was the best flying job he ever had in the USAF, and he flew everything from P-47s in WWII up to the Phantom in Vietnam. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_O-2_SkymasterMark O BTW, from reading the books, I believe the actual FACs -- and there were several -- in the Bat-21 incident flew OV-10 Broncos for the most part. Suspect they used O-2s (or converted Cessna Model 337s) for the movie because that's what they had. The movie was very "Hollywood" as well, as many of the details were still classified. (Really didn't care much for the movie, in fact.)
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Post by pat perry on May 12, 2016 8:32:03 GMT 9
Danny Glover flew an aircraft with twin booms plus a pusher and a puller recip. So what is the name and the military identification number of such a plane? With its military role as an O-2 version, Skymasters superseded the function of another Cessna aircraft which found an earlier, useful application for the military, the single engine Cessna L-19 Bird Dog or simply referred as the O-1. The O-2 was destined to earn its own name in the field which could be proven by its uncontested service during the Vietnam War as a Forward Air Controller and observation aircraft guiding bombers in locating and marking targets prior to bombing missions. On civil usage, some US states utilized Skymasters as a spotter in fighting forest fires. In the early 90s, Skymasters also found usage in rescue operations by dropping life saving supplies to refugees fleeing from Cuba through liferafts. Skymasters remain flying in general aviation although Cessna ceased production in 1980. Retrofits/conversions remain giving rise to such variants as the Conroy Stolifter (rear engine omitted with the use of a single turboprop engine driving a front propeller), Spectrum SA 550 (front engine removed in place of a single PT6 truboprop engine driving a propeller at the rear) to name a few. Basic Specifications based on an O-2A version: Powerplant: two 157 kW (210 hp) Teledyne Continental IO-360 C/D flat six piston engines Maximum Speed: 320 km/h (198 mph) at sea level Maximum Cruising Speed: 232 km/h (144 mph) at 3050 m (10,000 ft) Range: 1,706 km (1,060 miles) References: pp. 82-83, American Military aircraft by Jim Winchester www.fsd-international.com/projects/C337/Manual/Checklistsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_Skymasteren.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_SA-550
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Bat 21.
May 12, 2016 12:20:46 GMT 9
Post by Mark O on May 12, 2016 12:20:46 GMT 9
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