What Aircraft Is This?

[Ionizer]

@Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor

Broncos were ground attack planes, too.

Yeah - to me, it looks what a prop-driven A-10 would be (if such existed). Google image search showed a few of them with mini-guns under the cockpit (ground attack/support).

[Cabin_Fever_1]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Bumped.

There’s a good article about the Bronco, “A Low, Slow Plane for Limited War,” on pp. 12-13 of the April issue of Naval History. Worth a read.

Awesome. Thanks for the heads-up!

[Terminus_Est]

@Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor

Broncos were ground attack planes, too.

Are. The Philippine Air Force used them to conduct airstrikes in Marawi last year.

Scenes from Marawi: Airstrikes on Day 18

[Isilder]

It is clearly Luftwaffe aircraft number 9918

But to save you the effort of finding info about this Bronco , luftwaffe #9918, see here

OV-10B Bronco 99+18 Restoration Completed!

[commasense]

I’m confused. Was the caption for the video that describes both planes not there when the OP started this thread?

[Bullitt]

@Johnny_L.A

I disagree. When I was a kid who built airplane models, the OV-10 Bronco was one of my faves.

Same here.

@Elendil_s_Heir

Bumped.

There’s a good article about the Bronco, “A Low, Slow Plane for Limited War,” on pp. 12-13 of the April issue of Naval History. Worth a read.

Here it is at usni.org — subscription required, though.

[Magiver]

I don’t know if it’s true but I’ve been told you can point it just about straight down and not hit VNE.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Bullitt

…Here it is at usni.org — subscription required, though.

Thanks. Some big libraries carry the magazine, or you can order current and back issues from USNI.

[The_Stainless_Steel_Rat]

@Alessan

That is one ugly plane.

@Cabin_Fever

(Laughing) So ugly that it is beautiful in a way that defies logic.

Seems to be common in planes with a “-10” in their nomenclature… A10, Warthog, Airplane, Military Aircraft, Aircraft, Jet Fighter, Machine Gun, Bomber Wallpapers HD / Desktop and Mobile Backgrounds

[Pushkin]

@Johnny_L.A

I disagree. When I was a kid who built airplane models, the OV-10 Bronco was one of my faves.

I think it looks pretty neat.

A Short Skyvan looks like the bigger, frumpier sibling.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Bumped.

@Johnny_L.A

…When I was a kid who built airplane models, the OV-10 Bronco was one of my faves.

And now it can be again!: http://www.historicaviation.com/OV-10A-1_72-Kit/productinfo/704222/

[Johnny_L.A]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Bumped.
And now it can be again!: http://www.historicaviation.com/OV-10A-1_72-Kit/productinfo/704222/

This was the kit I had.

(And those helicopters in the background… I built this kit.)

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[enipla]

Beautiful plane.

@wiki

The North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is an American twin-turboprop light attack and observation aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s as a special aircraft for counter-insurgency (COIN) combat, and one of its primary missions was as a forward air control (FAC) aircraft. It could carry up to three tons of external munitions, internal loads such as paratroopers or stretchers, and could loiter for three or more hours.

[Lamoral]

@Ionizer

Yeah - to me, it looks what a prop-driven A-10 would be (if such existed). Google image search showed a few of them with mini-guns under the cockpit (ground attack/support).

The OV-1 Mohawk looks even more like “a prop-driven A-10”.