I served in the Korean military in Hwacheon. I saw many OV-10 flying along the Korean Armistice Line performing reconnaissance missions in North Korea around 1980. It was a great aircraft with excellent aerobatic capabilities, and it is still surprising and nice to see it flying. I am grateful to the US Air Force in Korea for their help.

@starlifter303

17 күн бұрын

I was a child in the 80s, and I remember often seeing aircraft with unusual silhouettes when I looked at the sky.

@docholidayoutlaws104

11 күн бұрын

The North or South Korea ?

@starlifter303

11 күн бұрын

@@docholidayoutlaws104 It's obviously South Korea

The OV-10 has always been one of my fav aircraft for its flexibility and durability. It def deserves a modernized version.

I’m ready for the back seat observation flight

The pilot could at least look happy! Love the episodes.

@mosaici.t.s8766

Ай бұрын

That's not the pilot

They used to mark targets with smoke rockets, for the F-4and A-4 close air support acft.

The best Aero-Club plane ever !

I love the OV-10. Such a beautiful aircraft.

Nice to see Chino again and my friend’s Matt’s hangar. Miss you guys.

I think these are what my uncle flew in Vietnam before going on to be a test pilot. Then flew the SR71.. cool videos

This is one of my favorite planes to fly in X-Plane 12. Love it. This video is amazing!

What a great plane this was!

Tool - looking good!

I can only imagine what this is truly like to fly - videos never do aircraft justice. Such a cool aircraft in my opinion, unique and very stylish.

Well it's kind of a hassel to set up the hardware for the flight sims but after this I'm gonna have to fly. I don't have an OV-10 BUT I do have a P-38. Thanks for the nice immersive video.

Nice to see the Bronco flyi.Just don't see that many of them

Lookin Good!

Great job sir

Thanks for posting, Really enjoying the Bronco videos! Some 360degree clips would be fascinating.

I always loved the OV10 I thought if you could get enough cargo in the back to make money up in Alaska that would be the greatest. But I am pretty sure that the numbers wouldn't work out.

Awesome aircraft

Let's ride!

Hourly Cost to Operate should mandate these be brought back. Add extra HP to enable carry of enhanced armor and keep 3-8 air wings of these things in LatAm and Africa and Phillipines and Australia.....low contested air spaces. These and 8 air wings of Super Tucanos. With a splurge to get 3 wings of Bell247 Vigilance (UAV). We need to be able to get 1 platoon squad and 48 hrs of support logistics 300 naut miles in 2hrs and then turn around and do Close Air Support.

Great looking plane! What is the overall purpose of this refurb? And are your ejections seats active/hot?

@davidlegas8066

Ай бұрын

No ejection seat in this bronco.

Was this 2 different flights as the pilot's head gear changed from a baseball cap to a helmet and back

@thisisbroncocountry

Ай бұрын

The front seat pilot is wearing a baseball cap. The backseat instructor pilot is wearing a helmet.

Flight looks almost all ILS so both you guys have plenty of time. The engines never seem fo change RPM, perhaps just prop pitch only?

Great vid, absolutely very cool ! May I ask what was your destination airport ?

@thisisbroncocountry

19 күн бұрын

Santa Barbara, then Santa Maria, back to Chino.

Great video! You got all the good shots from two angles (takeoff, going through the cloud deck up and down, etc.) Is it correct that no type rating or LOA is required to fly the OV-10 in the US?

@thisisbroncocountry

19 күн бұрын

A check ride is all that needed, besides all the other normal ratings.

@igclapp

19 күн бұрын

@@thisisbroncocountry Thanks. I noticed some OV-10 pilots have LOA's for the OV-10 and some do not, so I was getting confused.

Green with envy

good old KSBA!

is this re-engined, 2000 HP is quite a bit more than 1960's versions, i think? how is the noise level? I'm guessing that the Bronco was not designed for "executive transportation", more like "executing them pesky insurgents..."

@thisisbroncocountry

Ай бұрын

Each engine is rated at 1040 SHP times 2 engines.

Santa Barbara!

that shell out position is umm..... close??? :/

bet that thing is a hoot to fly

Just curious. Why the mask for the backseater but no mask for the pilot?

@P-J-W-777

24 күн бұрын

Kind of curious myself. Guy in the back has helmet and mask but the pilot is flying with nothing more than headphones. What if for some unfortunate technical reason they had to eject?

@thisisbroncocountry

24 күн бұрын

The back seat pilot is an experienced OV-10 pilot with his own flight equipment. The pilot in front is a newly rated OV-10 pilot but hasn't bought his helmet yet. As for the mask, it has the mic built-in, plus the OV-10 is rated to 30 thousand feet but is not pressurized, so oxygen mask is required above 15 thousand feet.

@P-J-W-777

24 күн бұрын

@@thisisbroncocountry kinda what I thought but wasn’t sure. I knew the aircraft wasn’t pressurized which is the main reason I was curious about the mask. Congrats to the newly rated OV-10 pilot and thanks for keeping these wonderful birds in the air. Blue Skies!

Cool airplane. Would have been nice to hear some comms to get an idea of what’s going on. Plus maybe an explanation of why the guy in the back seal is wearing a helmet and O2…seemed kind of weird .

@Wildcat5181

15 күн бұрын

All flight crews of military aircraft wear helmets. Supplemental O2 is required near and above 14,000.

i can see my house from here!!!!!!!!!!!

The pilot does not require oxygen , only the backseat guy does 😂

That's a. A10. Sir

Where is this?

@Richard-rz8gt

21 күн бұрын

Chino KCNO

@rachaelpreston8976

20 күн бұрын

@@Richard-rz8gt Thanks. I've never flown west of the NM area but kind of had feeling it was out in CA somewhere with the water line and runway 25.

@Richard-rz8gt

20 күн бұрын

@@rachaelpreston8976 You owe it to yourself to visit Chino. The Planes of Fame Museum air show is in early May. So plan on next year. The mission of POF is to make airworthy their aircraft. Every Saturday they host a lecture on some type aircraft, it's history and so on. And start up and fly of that type, sometimes very rare, aircraft. Stuff you won't see even at Oshkosh. Of course, Planes of Fame isn't the only thing happening at Chino. The last time I volunteered there I helped marshall 6 P-38 Lightnings.

@Richard-rz8gt

20 күн бұрын

@@rachaelpreston8976 The landing on Rwy 25, near the water, was Oceanside KOKB, a short hip from Chino.

@bdare7967

14 күн бұрын

It's Santa Barbara, water to the south so 25 runs parallel. You can see UCSB in the distance on this approach

To bad the broncos are retired ! Im sure they’d do a Grest job in today’s military !

Why is the guy in the back wearing an O2 mask??

@thisisbroncocountry

19 күн бұрын

He has his mic in the mask and is the instructor pilot. The front seat pilot has not received his helmet yet. O2 mask is required above FL15.

Poor dude in the front. Gotta listen to the guy in back huff and puff into the mask the whole flight.

I thought all the Broncos were retired from the U.S. Military. Anyone?

@pondfilth5387

26 күн бұрын

It is. This one's likely privately owned.

@bill2066

26 күн бұрын

@@pondfilth5387 Wonder why he looks like he's flying into Combat. He's just missing his Firearm

@thisisbroncocountry

24 күн бұрын

Yes, it's privately owned. A Former US Marine Corps airframe. So, it is a warbird with extensive combat history in Vietnam. The paint scheme is to honor its military heritage.

@TFT-bp8zk

6 күн бұрын

CalFire flies them.

@bill2066

6 күн бұрын

@@TFT-bp8zk yes. Saw many of them at McClellan. I meant U.S. Military. I was confused, because the only thing missing from this Pilot was a Side Arm, it seems.

Look up the OV 1 MOHAWK

@TFT-bp8zk

6 күн бұрын

NO

No more LW3B!

@darrenmarsh2290

Ай бұрын

You must have been an AME.

@thisisbroncocountry

Ай бұрын

Technically, it still is, just not hot anymore.

Stop the speeding up of the playback, ruins the ambiance /immersion.......

@thisisbroncocountry

19 күн бұрын

Will do.

boring, at least do a g warm up lol

down voted and blocked!! why would you speed up a otherwise good video like this? What a strange thing to do and not even mention it.

@jamesgivens6127

27 күн бұрын

Yea it no reason to speed it up. I would have watched the entire thing.

Why is the back-seater wearing a helmet and the pilot is not?

@robd2184

15 күн бұрын

Cos he’s pretending he’s maverick 😂