By: Cool_Hand - 30th January 2002 at 20:11
RE: Interesting little bird…
Correct! Nick name is Q-star, they started to use them near the end of Vietnam. The prop is made of wood and it has a muffler that runs a good lenght down the right side.
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By: GZYL - 30th January 2002 at 20:05
RE: Interesting little bird…
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 30-01-02 AT 08:07 PM (GMT)]Are some still used by the US Coastguard?
By: Rabie - 30th January 2002 at 20:03
RE: Interesting little bird…
its in my book in vietnam – also called YO-3A, QT-2 AND Q-Star.
a us army project started in 1966, its a modifed schwiezer glider that was used to monitor the vietcong and the north quietly. 2 reportedley flew in 1968 at 100ft (30m) over vietcong without them being aware. the intial version was the QT-2, then it got a new engine and wing arangment to beocme the YO-3A.
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By: GZYL - 30th January 2002 at 19:50
RE: Interesting little bird…
Lockheed YO-3… Something like that… I’ve read about it… and there’s a couple of different versions of it under the same heading!! It’s an ultra quiet reconnaissance aircraft!!
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