Posted on 05/22/2019 5:24:32 PM PDT by free_life
A friend of mine, a photographer took this photo on a recent road trip. She doesn't know much about it, she just liked the look of it. It was on the side of a hwy at a place that sells old stuff, junk and antiques.
Guy there, told her it was used in Vietnam. When I asked her about that, she doesn't know if he meant this particular plane was used in Nam, or if this type of plane was used in Nam, or if that was in reference to it being used during Vietnam war.
I did quite a bit of searching on what exactly this plane is, and I haven't found anything that even remotely looks like the plane in photo, or any twin pusher prop used by US in Vietnam, or any similar looking twin engine pusher prop plane period. I am thinking as the engine cowlings has no opening for propeller shaft on front it has to be a twin pusher prop. Nor can I make out any of the markings or lettering on plane. I am no plane expert...so I figured maybe a freeper knows or has some clues on it. What do you all think? I am quite curious...thanks folks.
pic?
Um.....
Where’s the photo?
Early stealth model.
Looks like a Beech Twin Bonanza to me. I don’t know what you mean by “pusher”—this is a regular twin, just missing the engines.
The plane you are thinking of was made by Cessna I think. I can’t remember the model but they stopped building them after the Vietnam war.
The plane you are thinking of was made by Cessna I think. I can’t remember the model but they stopped building them after the Vietnam war.
That isn’t a pusher.
That isn’t a pusher.
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If it looked like this, it's an O-2 Cessna Skymaster
I was going to say cessna skymaster. But that looks like a twin engine not push pull. Great quiz question
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk
U.S. Army Mohawk.....fast but the pilot could get out of the safety envelope quickly.
Cessna 337, had two engines one in the front and a rear pusher. I recall a guy trying to take off with only the front engine, and stalled and died.
I did a one engine TO in my 310. and made it.
The engines would have been mounted on the front of what is left of the end pods.
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