AirVenture pilot: Flying OV-1D is like sitting on end of very powerful broomstick
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ค. 2013
- EAA AirVenture 2013: Pilot Joe Masessa talks about his OV-1D Mohawak aircraft during an interview July 30, 2013, in Oshkosh with Press-Gazette Media reporter Nathan Phelps.
RIP, Joe.
I met Joe and his Mohawk at this year’s Sun&Fun Airshow in Lakeland, FL. His enthusiasm was infectious. He loved the plane.
God bless his family.
"You're sitting at the front of a flying brick, so it's very twitchy but good control, good maneuverability - *as long as you've got airspeed and altitude, if you don't have that you're a dead brick."*
Eerie... RIP to a dedicated warbird steward and aviation advocate.
Yes and so is every thing the military has including the passenger liner you get on
I flew right seat out of Salem OR in that plane 1988-1994 . Some of the best and most memorable times in my life!
Greetings from Newport. I remember seeing an OV-1 on approach to the Salem airport, inbound from the north as I was driving east on Mission street headed to Bend, and nearly decapitated myself rubbernecking watch it land. Since the airport here in Newport, which is very rarely ever busy, installed an ILS several years ago, I've seen all branches of the military, and occasionally Boeing, using it for approaches. Cheers Jeffery Blackman, Thank You for your service.
Thanks for posting, Joe explains a lot of important details about this unique aircraft and the challenges of flying it in a low level aerobatic environment.
Pretty wild to hear him talk about the issues inherent to that airframe that ultimately caused this tragedy. Very sad.
Juan, your initial comments on this accident were spot on. It appears the pilot/owner foreshadowed this very sad accident. RIP Dr Joe Masessa.
RIP man Just saw this plane plunge into the ground in Stuart FL
Wow man.
So did it roll off the top and down.
RIP Joe. Clear skies and visibility unlimited.
Worked on the Mohawks in Vietnam. Wonderful machine. SLAR, no drop tanks, Decca navigation, J2 compass, fast 70mm cameras and don't forget.....Ejection seats.
I worked for the Army in Lakehurst, N.J. and we sent the RV-1D's to Germany and Korea. I knew them backwards and forwards.
awesome plane I worked on them in Stuart,Florida for about 5 years as a final Assy. worker....
Used to love watching these fly out of Ft. Huachuca in the 70's...
Along with the road runners
A tragic end to a good man with a passion for flight.
RIP Dr. Joe... I saw this plane many times at Lantana Airport and flying around the area.
Rip Joe. What a loss for his family friends co-workers patients and aviation community 🇺🇸
I flew as a TO targetting the Binh Trams along the HCM Trail in Laos in 1968. Flew out of Phu Bai. Listened to the NVA/GDRS voice comms and triangulated them. Great work, until the stupid 8th RRFS CO said I was needed more in voice processing...
RIP sir
RIP Dr. Joe
When I was about eleven years old, now 67, near my town of Winnsboro South Carolina, north of town, was a small grass airport that belonged to the town. Only a couple of planes were hangered there. At that time Vietnam was getting hot. The army was on maneuver or training for that war. This was my first time seeing the Mohawk. :They had several of them flying from the grass airport a couple of days all day. :That was the first time I had ever seen a military aircraft close up and the sound of that plane was so cool. I remember hearing them land and had to use their reverse props to slow the plane on landing. I remember this like it was yesterday. What a cool aircraft. On the other side of town is where I got my first look at the Army Skycrane helicopter in action.
I was with the Mohawk unit on maneuvers in 1964 at a little place I recalled being named Lugoff, SC or something like that. I remember the 1964 election of LB Johnson occurred during that time. We were there several weeks testing new army air assault techniques. It was the 11th Air Assault Division and in July 1965 it was re-flagged as the 1st Air Cav and we were sent to VN in August 1965. Just wondering if that was part of what you saw?
@@ODSoldier Lugoff Elgin is on the other side of Broad River about 30 miles from Winnsboro where I saw the Mohawk's doing their thing. In the town of Ridgeway was another part of the Army. Ridgeway is about a hop and skip from Lugoff. There I saw a monster of a helicopter. The Skycrane. What a time and memories.
Carp. Sad to read what happened. 67G MOS and trained on Mohawks. Great plane and great plane to work on. RIP Joe.
Dr. Joe (owner/pilot) gets a little over-enthused when talking about the attributes of his OV-1D Mohawk, #958. While the Army did equip them with .50 cal guns and 2.75" rocket pods (18 rockets each side?), there were no bombs dropped from Mohawks that I ever heard of. By the time I got to fly them in 'Nam the only unit still flying armed 'Hawks was up north; the 131st flew into Laos, Cambodia and NorthVietnam, so still had the armament. This aircraft served the US Army from 1959 through the Desert Storm action and they were retired from the Army inventory in 1997. It flies very well but is a handful at times: low and slow do not make for longevity. It afforded the 2-person crew great visibility from the cockpit, allowed for both vertical and forward photography, side-looking airborne radar, and infra-red photography/detection of hot targets. The OV-1 Mohawk Association is a group formed around this Grumman aircraft; they don't own any Mohawks but the group is open to anyone with an interest in the aircraft, its mission, etc., and meets annually (2016 will be Washington, D.C. on September 22nd).
This plane and it's ability to do CAS was one of the reasons behind the Key West Agreement follow-on called the Johnson-McConnel agreement in 1966. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson-McConnell_agreement_of_1966) The USAF gave up a lot of their helos, the Army gave up it's small fixed wing transports and the arming of it's fixed wing assets, including on the Mohawk.
Amazing:)
@@Todkaninchen Stupid inter-service rivalry.
Loved that plane...131st MI
He did speak to a lot of Mohawk pilots, presumably it was one of them who told him about the bombs -is it possible they experimented with them before you were deployed?
GOD BLESS and R.I.P. Sir !
Rest in Peace Joe, you are now flying forever
RIP Mohawk Joe....
An MI unit at Ft. Hood had 1 of these in the early 2000s. Used to see it flying all the time.
They used to Test these Aircraft at Grumman in Stuart, FL in the late 70's early 80's... Saw many flying low down the Beach...
Derar God Bless Joe's family! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Sorry to hear about his crash.
RIP Sir, fair skies and tail winds
We had these in Germany, the ASA flew them along the border, you could hear them take off after dark. That was 1965.
During Vietnam the Marine Corps injected Recon into ops when needed. He had some very mean firepower OV-10.
RIP Joe, classic aircraft
The Mohawk was the best looking fixed wing aircraft during the Vietnam War.
Hard to hear him say "dead brick" feel bad for his family
Interesting design, must be a pig on one engine. Needing 3 tail fins?
@@flybobbie1449 It had issues in the earlier models. When one engine failed it would roll over a bit too easily. The 'D' model resolved that issue. Also, when you look at this aircraft you can see where the E-2C Hawkeye comes from. It's a bigger tougher version of the Mohawk.
Living up to its reputation as the “widow maker”. Sorry to hear about the accident which was my home town.
I spent many hours flying in this aircraft I never heard of it referred to as a Widowmaker don't know where you got your information but as far as I'm concerned it's a great aircraft
RIP. So Sad.
Don't know where to start. .50 Cal? Yes, early in the Viet Nam years. 2.75 Rockets? Yes. However, a 2.75 was not a zuni. The 2.75 rockets were used on and off on the OV-1A throughout the Vietnam years until the OV-1D was introduced late in that war. 250 and 500 pound BOMBS? Uh...I don't think so.
FYI, Mt. St. Helen was in 1980. Long before the OV-1 was "de-commissioned" in 1996 (not 1991)
I don't think so. Only thing I saw on them in '70 at LZ English was tanks.
I was at LZ English 02/68-6/70. Did you hear anything of a night FLIR mission to confirm NVA casualties after an artillery attack @~ 2200-2300 on an NVA camp on the side of a North-South mountain ridge within 20 KM of LZ English during 1968?
Someone took the time to set up a display with them:
aviadejavu.ru/Images6/MM/MM-157/0208-02-2-4.jpg
I wonder what the rest of the story is.
These flew as part of my late father’s Oregon army national guard unit based in Salem Oregon. It was the 641st Military Intelligence Bn. I spent my childhood watching these incredible planes fly. He is wrong about the photos of Mount St. Helens. That was 1980 and these were decommissioned in the mid 90’s. There are 1000’s of pictures that were taken and I have a few of the nose camera prints from a few of the flights. The OV-1D Mohawk that is at the evergreen air museum in McMinnville Oregon is one of the airframes from the flight line at Salem Oregon.
Have you seen the OV-1 on a popsicle stick at the airbase?
@@kenfoote2598 yes and evergreen aviation museum in McMinnville has another one of the planes from the ramp that flew in Salem until 1996. I have a picture of the one at the main gate at the national guard base as the background of my computer. I spent a lot of time around those planes from the 80’s up until they were decommissioned in 96
Pilot Doctor Joe Masessa was killed when the plane crashed during practice run.
All of us who actually have combat time in these incredible craft are lAUGHING OUR ASSES OFF AT THIS TWIT.
ha - I was thinking the same thing. I have never flown one but omg lol
He died today November 1st 2019 in the crash of this aircraft.
That "twit" did more to bring to light what y'all did with this aircraft than anyone I know. Yes he got a little excited but he loved that plane and telling people about what you did with it, sometime a bit exaggerated but he got most of it right. He died in that plane . I know you , Michael Crisman, posted this a couple years ago, so not bashing you. Just know Joe did a great job displaying the "Hawk", and manny people are now aware of this aircraft and the work you did with it..
Weird, I just saw this video, went to look up more videos about OV-1s and the first video up was this one hitting the ground and killing the pilot.
RIP
RIP
😢
What a loss!
I worked on Mohawks in the 80's. Huachuca and Stuttgart. The video of the crash I saw looked like he had time to eject. Anyone have thoughts on why he didn't? I saw one go down at Ft. Huachuca on takeoff (dual compressor stall) during a post phase test flight. Civilian pilot and T/O lived.
Thats the question I had. Are the ejection seats still usable or do that deactivate them once it's a civilian plane ? Looked like plenty of time to get out. Sad deal.
@@shannonwhitaker9630 I wouldn't get in one that didn't have working seats.
I new Danny, the T/O and I believe Phil was flying. It was definitely a close one! Aircraft was 90 degrees over when they punched, chutes just opened when they hit dirt, lucky to be alive.
They are required to deactivate ejection seats when transferred from military to civilian use. His were deactivated. I talked to him weeks before the crash. He could have ejected but they were not available. These Martin Baker ejections seats are zero altitude (but with sufficient airspeed to open chutes) ejections seats. I was a Mohawk crew chief in Vietnam and was sent to Martin Baker factory ejection seat school before deploying. Thanks Richard...
Just watched this plane and pilot nosedive into the ground about 150 yards away from me while playing golf. He made a steep bank while flying low and slow. Lost lift and couldn't recover.
Footage I shot seconds after the crash: th-cam.com/video/tNNJw2IqUnk/w-d-xo.html
DEA used them too.
Cool video, but the loud then soft video kept dropping out when Masessa was talking about the most interesting stuff. “Yes, it flies like a...mumblemumble” Give to an audio engineer for remastering, or go to school for mic technique.
'The owner works for Grumman?
And you probably don't work at all
WOW !! AND WOW !!!
DREAM MACHINE !!
Customs & Border Services don't want it ??
Owner is a Pudknocker.
Boy Toy ! Or Mid LIFE Crisis ?
Nathans mouth cannot keep up with his brain can it
RIP Joe. Military aircraft are designed for specific missions, and to be flown by military trained pilots in their 20's.
And your a class act
@@retireearly1207 THANK YOU!
Wouldn't ride with that goob for a million. If I had a pilot like that I would've ejected.
Bubba Rainman Probably not good to speak evil of the dead.
@@RevMarket He posted that comment a year ago... wild.
Too heavy for aerobatics
A-10 MTOW 50,000lbs. Too heavy for aerobatics? Try telling that line to Tex Johnston, lol! Ya need more stick time and less keyboard time, kid.
I guess a Phantom can't do aerobatics either... damn.!
@@yucannthahvitt251 Tex Johnston- Legend. Barrel rolled a Boeing 707 not once but twice. Cheers to Tex.
homertalk And your to heavy for me to even answer idiot
I spent a lot of time "not" doing aerobatics in that plane when I was in the Army.
RIP