If it had N.A.A. on the rudder pedals Hoover could put on a air show with it! Given the chance he might have pulled one off with the space shuttle.

I don't remember if I posted this or not. I met a former OV-10 pilot who got to fly with Hoover in his back seat. Hoover asked if he could fly the take off and do a "dirty roll" after lift off. Hoover performed the take off and dirty roll (gear down) flawlessly. The pilot told me that he later tried to do the same thing at safe altitude. He told me that he went below his simulated deck the first 9 times he tried.

The pilot (I forget his name) was on the board of the OV-10 museum in Fort Worth. He stopped by my hangar to look at our Legend Cub.

A company in my industry uses a couple of OV-10s to train USAF JTACs. These were restored and they have gun pods and MERs to drop BDU-33 training munitions.

Ah, the dreaded BDU-33. 25lbs of hate.

Looks like a fun job for a former TACP/ALO/B-52 WSO/Civilian Pilot......

I didn't make your list but it would be (was) a cub job for me too!
Enough so that I looked up their website and let it muddle around in my brain for a bit!

I did some CAS training with my Grumman a few times back when I was the 3 ASOG commander. Just getting the geometry and pacing right was good training for the JTACs. I bet I could do better in my Bo due to the increased speeds.

Another good Airfacts Bronco article

https://airfactsjournal.com/2022/04/smi ... id-camera/