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Description
| Manufacturer: | Grumman | |
| Base model: | AO-1 | |
| Designation: | AO-1 | |
| Version: | C | |
| Nickname: | Mohawk | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1956-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Airplane, Observation | |
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Specifications
| Length: | 41' 1" | 12.5 m | |
| Height: | 12' 8" | 3.8 m | |
| Wingspan: | 42' | 12.8 m | |
| Wingarea: | 330.0 sq ft | 30.6 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 10,011 lb | 4,540 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 12,682 lb | 5,751 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 15,302 lb | 6,939 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Lycoming T53-L-15 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1150 | ||
Performance
| Cruise Speed: | 230 mph | 370 km/h | 200 kt |
| Max Speed: | 295 mph | 475 km/h | 256 kt |
| Climb: | 2,270 ft/min | 691 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 27,450 ft | 8,366 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Florida Military Aviation Museum | Clearwater | Florida |
| National Warplane Museum | Geneseo | New York |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
OV-1C on display
National Warplane Museum | Pima Air & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Al Griffin Mechanicsville, MD | Mostly correct statement. The Army bought and owned all of them but the US Navy has "operated" several of them over the years, while "on loan" from the Army at their Test Pilot School (TPS) at Patuxent River, MD. That same school trains Army test pilots, so they were the Army's "donation to the cause". You still a civilian owned one show up every now and then at TPS for the students to fly in. Over the years TPS had at least one fatal accident in them and I vaguely recall thay may have had another accident prior to one that I recall in them.
A friend of mine also talks about having flown in them doing research work out of Fort Meade, MD. I don't recall if that was while he was still on active duty with the Air Force or after he had retired from the Air Force as a civilian. 03/12/2005 @ 20:07 [ref: 9691] |
| Dwayne Stangle Shelbyville, IN | The last comment is correct , this was never an Air Force aircraft . I spent 6 years in the Army working on them at various duty stations . 12/08/2004 @ 16:56 [ref: 8817] |
| John Devich Fountain Valley,, CA | Gentlemen:
The OV-1 (A thru D) was never used by the US Air Force. It was alwlays an Army aircraft. Thanks, John Devich 04/09/2001 @ 13:42 [ref: 2040] |
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