Happy Friday! Name That Plane - Clue Edition

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 09/19/2014 at 10:28 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Note: The aircraft in the image above IS NOT the subject aircraft.

Happy Friday, Opponauts! Today we're back with another edition of NTP. I will give you three clues below. As always, the first person to correctly identify the aircraft in question will receive the satisfaction of a job well-done!

EDIT: We have a winner! !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! correctly identified the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

Until next time...

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Here we go:

Clue #1: This aircraft made its first flight during the same month that Lyndon Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater in the U.S. presidential election.

Clue #2: This aircraft was manufactured by the same corporation that made the OV-1 Mohawk.

Clue #3: This aircraft is of the same "species" as a certain member of the Simpsons household that has been known to go by the name Santos L. Halper.

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Jcarr 09/19/2014 at 10:36

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Woo! Grumman C-2 Greyhound!!

Racescort666 > Jcarr 09/19/2014 at 10:38

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I cheated.

Jcarr > Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken 09/19/2014 at 10:39

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Winner!

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Jcarr 09/19/2014 at 10:40

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(I admit, I had to look it up to get the C-2 part.) OV-1s are cool little birds.

Jcarr > Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken 09/19/2014 at 10:45

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They are. Ugly, but beautiful.

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Jcarr 09/19/2014 at 10:50

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I have this thing for utility, it's cool when things are designed devoid of intentional aesthetics, they end up being beautiful in a very different, but no less beautiful way. The A-10 is another example. You say ugly, I say elegantly purposeful haha

Jcarr > Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken 09/19/2014 at 10:53

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Funny, that's exactly what my wife said to me during our wedding vows...

Gilbertda > Jcarr 09/19/2014 at 11:54

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Here's one for you......

Jcarr > Gilbertda 09/19/2014 at 12:02

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You got me, what is that beautiful beast?

Gilbertda > Jcarr 09/19/2014 at 12:06

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Argus.....RCAF

Gilbertda > Jcarr 09/19/2014 at 12:11

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Better Shot...