O-2 Skymaster | Behind the Wings

O-2 Skymaster | Behind the Wings Known by our armed forces as "Oscar Deuce" and utilized by air units worldwide, the O-2 Skymaster was beloved by many for its service as Forward Air Control (FAC) during the Vietnam War. In this episode, go sky high with Matthew Burchette as he hops in a souped-up Skymaster, goes behind-the-scenes in Wings' restoration area and even explores the precursor to this twin-engine aircraft. SHOW NOTES: As the Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941 began, in flew the 11 little liaison airplanes. Most military equipment always receives a nickname from soldiers, and these little planes also were nicknamed. Major General Innis P. Swift, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, when he saw the first little plane land stated "you look just like a grasshopper when you landed that thing out there in the boondocks and bounced around." So now they were to be known as the "Grasshoppers". And they even had their own insignia, a flying grasshopper with a smoking cigarette in its mouth. ---------------------------------------­---------------------------- Host, Curator: Matthew Burchette Creator, Producer: Ben Theune Camera, Editor: Scott Hennelly Music: Joakim Karud -   / joakimkarud   https://wingsmuseum.org/