Thanks, David. The OE-1 was used for observation, reconnaissance, and (especially in the Marine Corps) forward air control and forward artillery control. Some of the missions I flew in Viet Nam were coordinated by OE-1s.
As for the C-17s, they are indeed impressive aircraft. They are based at McGuire AFB not too far from where we live, and I have seen them frequently, especially when my great niece comes down for soccer tournaments held on the base. The daughter of USAF captain flying C-17s out of McGuire, mostly to Europe and the Middle East. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 2:19 AM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > Cool, what did they use it for? > > I heard a plane fly overhead the other day, a bit louder than the usual A320 > / 737 we usually get. I went outside and looked skyward, it turns out the US > Antarctic Programme had brought a C-17 in for the season. They were doing a > low / slow flypast before coming in to land. Helluva sight, wish I'd had the > camera and 400mm lens ready. > > An A320 came through about a minute later... by comparison it looked about as > big as that Cessna :) > > Cheers, > Dave > > On Sep 27, 2014, at 2:38 pm, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17867549&size=md >> >> OE-1 "Bird Dog," built by Cessna and used by US Marine airborne >> forward air controllers in Korea and Viet Nam. This one was displayed >> at a Veterans Appreciation Day in Hillsborough, New Jersey last >> Saturday. >> >> Comments are invited. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
