good GAWD man!! that...on a bronco...mother of god. Talk about double ear pro.
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Return of Turboprops to CAS role?
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good GAWD man!! that...on a bronco...mother of god. Talk about double ear pro.
zoomie08
Fast, Neat, Average...
I hear you (well actually I don't, at least not out of my right ear). Note issue hearing protection in use by the team leader on the right.
So then what is it doing on the Deck of an LHA, nearest suit landing site
They fvckin better not be! But they prob will. ...crawlin back into my hole now
So then what is it doing on the Deck of an LHA, nearest suit landing site
Might be that it was craned on and flown off, ala P2V?
So then what is it doing on the Deck of an LHA, nearest suit landing site
A slick like the one in the photo can deck launch. Hang a bunch of ordnance off of it, which is one of the requisites for a "close air support" a/c, and it would waddle down the deck and fall gracefully off the end. We flew them at max gross wt.
Me neither -- but since you have, allow me: MY favorite; the ULTIMATE "shotgun":
ONTOS. Cool beans as long as you ain't gotta be the one to get out and reload
Bad bad juju loaded with 6 beehive rounds
ONTOS. Cool beans as long as you ain't gotta be the one to get out and reload
Bad bad juju loaded with 6 beehive rounds
Threadjack continues ...
A lack of onboard ammo and the requirement to dismount to reload were problematical -- it could have been "fixed" but never was .... but Grunts always seemed to like 'em in any case. There were some around @ Pendleton summer '67 -- a most impressive little vehicle. A classmate of mine employed some in the Battle for Hue City -- he couldn't speak highly enough of the little "Pig". So the Corps deleted them from the inventory and the Army didn't want 'em from the get-go = scrap heap = situation normal:
The ONTOS Anti-Tank Vehicle
ONTOS: The "Thing" or the "Pig"
M50 ONTOS - Wiki
Here's a 106mm recoilless rifle mounted to the wing of a Cavalier F-51 Mustang being test-fired in flight.
Happened out at China Lake in the early 70s, flown by a USMC Lt Col.
Happened out at China Lake in the early 70s, flown by a USMC Lt Col.
Don't give us to hard of a time; you know the Army isn't allowed to play with fixed-wing.
So then it would deploy afloat, launch slick, and get ordinance in country? And if that's the case, would it do the same for the return home, or did they even land on the thing?
Did you even think this through before posting? any OV-10 an L class ship was a gimick at best. Without ORDNANCE there wouldn't be much point would there?
Appologize for not being up to speed on Vietnam-era OV-10 TTPs. The picture didn't make it so blatantly obvious so I figured I would ask.
Plus, these made me start thinking:
USS Nassau 1
USS Nassau 2
USS Nassau 3
Plus, these made me start thinking:
USS Nassau 1
USS Nassau 2
USS Nassau 3
If Boeing starts up production of the OV-10 again, they could make modifications to make it more ship-friendly, couldn't they?
Either bigger motors, better high lift devices for LHD ops, or a tow bar and tailhook for CVN ops? I imagine the tow bar and tailhook might be stretching it, even though it seems to have pretty beefy gear.
Seems reasonable, no?
Either bigger motors, better high lift devices for LHD ops, or a tow bar and tailhook for CVN ops? I imagine the tow bar and tailhook might be stretching it, even though it seems to have pretty beefy gear.
Seems reasonable, no?