O-2A US Navy
NAS North Island, 19 January 1987.
This photo is painful for me to watch. O-2A 721349 NJ-542 came in at North Island when I walked back from the beach to the car. I did not see it approaching and all I could make was this unsharp photo. But here it is, because it's as rare as hens' teeth.
VFA-125 'Rough Raiders' had six of these former USAF Cessna Skymasters in use as shooting range controllers. They were based at NAS Fallon Naval Air Station in Nevada until 1990. This particular machine was transferred to the US Army. In 1997 it received the civilian registration N679P and was operated by the US Army out of Yuma Proving Ground. It's now on the civil registry as N463DA.
O-2A US Navy
NAS North Island, 19 January 1987.
This photo is painful for me to watch. O-2A 721349 NJ-542 came in at North Island when I walked back from the beach to the car. I did not see it approaching and all I could make was this unsharp photo. But here it is, because it's as rare as hens' teeth.
VFA-125 'Rough Raiders' had six of these former USAF Cessna Skymasters in use as shooting range controllers. They were based at NAS Fallon Naval Air Station in Nevada until 1990. This particular machine was transferred to the US Army. In 1997 it received the civilian registration N679P and was operated by the US Army out of Yuma Proving Ground. It's now on the civil registry as N463DA.