Willow Run

RickH · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:55 pm

Could be Oscar Duece, but I know of an OV-10 that spent 5 years flying with the different special ops squadrons over the trail before we pulled them out and it was sent to Korea. Haven't had a chance to look at the logs yet.

oscardeuce · **Joined:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:34 am **Posts:** 1021

Is that OV-10 still flying? I know of only 1-2 civilian Ov's flying!

TimAPNY · **Posted:** Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:06 am

oscardeuce wrote:

Yes,
we left in the O2-A and the Navion from MAPS Friday about 1500 local when the weather was clear enough. A very nice flight!
Thanks for the compliment on the plane. I am trying to verify, but 3000 hours + of combat time may make 862 one of the highest combat time vets flying today!

Do you remember 3 guys asking how long of a flight it was to ToM? If that was Scott, Broken-Wrench and myself. Oh well, missed out on a WIX greeting.

RickH · **Posted:** Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:05 am

Oscar Duece, yes it is still flying. Don't recall mentioning that it was civilian. No it's not a CDF or State Dept. bird.

mjanovec · **Posted:** Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:02 am

oscardeuce wrote:

I would have liked to see more flying, there seemed to be too many lulls between acts. All the O-2's stayed on the ground, and I know 2-3 other pilots that were ready to fly, but did not. Otherwise a great show, and I hope they put a large sum into the new hanger account!

The O-2s went up on Sunday afternoon and made several passes. The Avengers also went up on Sunday as well.

If I were to compare both days, I would say that there was more variety of flying on Sunday than there was on Saturday. They filled in a few of the lulls from Saturday with more flights on Sunday.

oscardeuce · **Joined:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:34 am **Posts:** 1021

Great,
My dad had 2 surgeries recently, and Saturday was about all he could handle. I'm Glad the O2's TBM's and all filled the gaps on Sunday. Sorry I missed that!
Rick, I assumed it was civilian. There are so few not in Gov't hands. The FAC Museum/Broncho Association recently got one. Maybe someday it will fly. We can hear an OV-10 do a "NailBreak" at ToM!

Broken-Wrench · **Joined:** Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:37 pm **Posts:** 1197

do you know any nails? I worked on Nail32 s private airplane!

RickH · **Posted:** Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:41 am

I've had the priviledge of visiting with Nails, Coveys, Rustics and even a few Ravens. Darryl Whitcomb is probably the most well known.

oscardeuce · **Joined:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:34 am **Posts:** 1021

Yes,
I know a few Nails.
Raven 20 flew my O2 as Boron 01, and fleww with me a few years ago. It was 33 years since his last flight in 862.
The yahoo group facnet seems to be where they hang out the most.

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