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November 1981
- The Lindbergh Kill, Combat Flying With The “Lone Eagle” In The Pacific
- Grumman OV-1 Mohawk, The U.S. Army’s First STOL Tactical/Reconnaissance Jack-Of-All-Trades
- France’s Flying Banana
- To Hell In A Halifax, RAF Bomber Command’s Number Two Punch
Manuals & Photos
- OV-1 Maneuver Guide, 1966
- OV-1 Mohawk Operators Manual, 1978
- OV-1A Mohawk Operators Manual, 1970
- OV-1BCDRV-1D Maintenance Instructions, 1986
- OV-1D Preliminary Evaluation, 1971
- OV-1B Operator’s & Crewmember’s Checklist, 1979
- Over 130 Grumman OV-1 Mohawk photos
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk
OV1-D Specifications
Variants
On Display
Cutaway
Videos
General Characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 41 ft 0 in (12.50 m)
- Wingspan: 48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
- Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
- Wing area: 360 sq ft (33 m2)
- Aspect ratio: 5.35:1
- Airfoil: NACA 2412
- Empty weight: 12,054 lb (5,468 kg)
- Gross weight: 15,544 lb (7,051 kg) (Normal take-off weight, IR mission)
- Max takeoff weight: 18,109 lb (8,214 kg) (SLAR mission)
- Fuel capacity: 276 US gal (230 imp gal; 1,040 L) internal fuel
- Powerplant: 2 × Lycoming T53-L-701 turboprops, 1,400 shp (1,000 kW) each
- Propellers: 3-bladed Hamilton Standard Type 53C51-27 constant-speed propellers, 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 305 mph (491 km/h, 265 kn) (IR mission)
- Cruise speed: 207 mph (333 km/h, 180 kn) (econ. cruise)
- Stall speed: 84 mph (135 km/h, 73 kn)
- Never exceed speed: 450 mph (720 km/h, 390 kn)
- Range: 944 mi (1,519 km, 820 nmi) with external tanks (SLAR mission)
- Endurance: 4.35 hr (SLAR mission)
- Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
- Rate of climb: 3,466 ft/min (17.61 m/s) (SLAR mission)
- Take-off to 50 ft (15 m): 1,175 ft (358 m)
- Landing run from 50 ft (15 m): 1,060 ft (320 m)
Armament
- Guns: 4 20mm M3 cannon above inlet ducts, 180 rpg
- Hardpoints: 4 with a capacity of 5,500 lb (2,500 kg),with provisions to carry combinations of:
- Missiles: 4 AAM-N-2 Sparrow I air-to-air missiles
- YAO-1 (YOV-1A) – Initial prototypes (9 built).
- OV-1A (AO-1AF) – Daylight observation variant (64 built).
- OV-1B (AO-1BF) – SLAR variant (101 built).
- OV-1C (AO-1CF) – IR reconnaissance variant (169 built).
- OV-1D – Consolidated sensor variant (37 new, 82 conversions).
- JOV-1A – OV-1As and OV-1Cs fitted with armament (59 conversions).
- RV-1C – Quick Look ELINT machines (two conversions).
- RV-1D – Quick Look II ELINT machine (31 conversions).
- EV-1E – Quick Look III ELINT machine (16 conversions).
- OV-1E – Prototype for unproduced modernized variant (1 built).
Airworthy
- 59-2604 – OV-1A flown by the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California.
- 59-2631 – United States Military Air Power Museum in Jacksonville, FL has the only restored and flying OV-1B
- 62-5874 – Flown by the Carolinas Aviation Museum at airshows
- 62-5889 – Cavanaugh Flight Museum flies one Mohawk
- 62-5890 – Flown by the Carolinas Aviation Museum at airshows.
- 64-14262 – American Wings Air Museum, Blaine, Minnesota.
- 67-15959 – Operated by Mohawk Technologies and based at Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana, Florida.
- 67-18899 – Operated by Mohawk Technologies and based at Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana, Florida.
- 67-18923 – Operated by Mohawk Technologies and based at Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana, Florida.
- 67-18924 – Operated by Mohawk Technologies and based at Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana, Florida.
- 67-18926 – Owned by Paul Pefley, CEO of Mohawk Technologies, and based at Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana, Florida.
- 68-15936 – American Wings Air Museum, Blaine, Minnesota
- 68-15946 – Operated by Mohawk Technologies and based at Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana, Florida.
- 68-15947 – Located at Air Heritage Museum, Beaver County Airport, Pennsylvania. No longer owned by museum.
- 69-17004 – Operated by Mohawk Technologies and based at Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana, Florida.
- 69-17021 – American Wings Air Museum, Blaine, Minnesota.
Static
- 57-6539 – YOV-1A on display at the United States Army Aviation Museum in Fort Rucker, Alabama.
- 59-2633 – OV-1B on display at Cradle of Aviation Museum
- 60-3747 – OV-1C on display at the 1st Cavalry Division Museum in Fort Hood, Texas.
- 61-2724 – The Pima Air & Space Museum adjacent to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona lists an OV-1C Mohawk as a static display
- 62-5856 – The Wings of Eagles Discovery Center owns an OV-1C on static display among its collection
- 62-5860 – OV-1B on display at the United States Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
- 62-5875 – Headquarters, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, (Georgia Army National Guard) in Macon, Georgia displays a static OV-1D as part of an outdoor exhibit
- 62-5880 – Texas Air Museum in Slaton, Texas has a modified OV-1D that was used by NASA that is on loan from the Museum of Naval Aviation.
- 62-5906 – Cockpit only on display at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum.
- 63-13128 – Military Aviation Preservation Society (MAPS) Air Museum (under restoration for museum display)
- 64-14247 – The United States Army’s Tobyhanna Army Depot in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, has an OV-1B on display outside the main gate access control point.
- 64-14252 – The Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby has an OV-1 on static display
- 67-15959 – The G-Star School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida displays a static OV-1D
- 67-18902 – The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon displays a static OV-1D
- 67-18922 – Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia displays a static OV-1D as part of an outdoor exhibit
- 67-18930 – Fort Huachuca, Arizona maintains a static display of an OV-1 Mohawk
- 68-15932 – OV-1D c/n 136C, Argentine Army Aviation AE-021 – displayed at the Argentine Army Museum ((in Spanish) Museo Histórico del Ejército), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 68-15939 – Was at McClain’s Military Museum in Anderson, Indiana but now sits at “Vic’s Antiques and Uniques” in Edinburgh, Indiana
- 69-16998 – The Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum at Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Florida has a static OV-1 on display
- 69-17007 – The 1st Cavalry Division Museum at Fort Hood, Texas displays a static OV-1D as part of an outdoor exhibit
- 69-17010? – The United States Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama displays a static OV-1D as part of the outdoor exhibit at the intersection of Red Cloud Avenue and Ruf Avenue
- 69-17022 – United States Army Garrison Humphreys, Republic of Korea, OV-1 Mohawk displayed outdoors at the intersection round-a-bout of Key Street & CPX Road
- The United States Army Intelligence and Security Command Headquarters Building at Fort Belvoir, Virginia displays a static OV-1D
- AZO Plane Partners in current possession of the Air Zoo’s OV-1D
- OV-1D ex-Argentine Army Aviation, in the Aviación del Ejército Argentino Park Buenos Aires, Argentina