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Grumman OV-1C in hangar | ||
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Photo Number: | ECN-24931A | |
Photo Date: | July 1983 | |
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Formats: | 515x480 JPEG Image (109 KBytes) 1099x1024 JPEG Image (492 KBytes) 3000x2793 JPEG Image (4,660 KBytes) |
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Photo Description: |
Grumman OV-1C in the hangar used at the time by the Army at Edwards Air Force Base. | |
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Project Description: |
This OV-1C Mohawk, serial #67-15932, was used in a joint NASA/US Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity (USAAEFA) program to study a stall-speed warning system in the early 1980s. NASA designed and built an automated stall-speed warning system which presented both airspeed and stall speed to the pilot. Visual indication of impending stall would be displayed to the pilot as a cursor or pointer located on a conventional airspeed indicator. In addition, an aural warning at predetermined stall margins was presented to the pilot through a voice synthesizer.
The Mohawk was developed by Grumman Aircraft as a photo observation and electronic reconnaissance aircraft for the US Marines and the US Army. The OV-1 entered production in October 1959 and served the US Army in Europe, Korea, the Viet Nam War, Central and South America, Alaska, and during Desert Shield/Desert Storm in the Middle East. The Mohawk was retired from service in September 1996. 133 OV-1Cs were built, the "C" designating the model which used an IR (infrared) imaging system to provide reconnaissance. |
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NASA Photo by: | Jim Moran | |
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Keywords: | OV-1C; Mohawk; OV-1; serial #67-15932; automated stall-speed warning system; airspeed; stall speed; aural warning; Grumman Aircraft; photo observation and reconnaissance aircraft; US Army |
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