225th Aviation Company Observer

Dedicated to the men (the Blackhawks and Phantomhawks) of the 225th Surveillance Airplane Company, a company of Grumman OV-1 Mohawk aircraft, who served their country in Vietnam. (The background photo of PH 13 was taken by SP5 Darragh somewhere over RVN in late 1969.)

Thursday, March 25, 2021

How 'Bout This for a Model Airplane?

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I’ve been model-making only a couple of months now, so I’m not an expert by any definition. Our friend Jim Taylor sent me the linked Youtub...

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

F4U-4 Corsair in Lacey

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I’ve finished my 2nd model airplane of the pandemic. It wasn’t as difficult as thought it might be. The reason on picked an F4U Corsair is...

Monday, March 22, 2021

Steve Sachs the Former "NG"

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When I published the article on February 5th about the heritage of the 225th, our friend Steve Sachs sent me an email about his time at the ...

Friday, February 5, 2021

225th Surveillance Airplane Company History

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When I started the original version of the 225th Observer in 2007 my purpose was to connect with all of you with whom I served at “Phabulo...

Thursday, February 4, 2021

A Mohawk In Lacey

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I’ve been working on this model since last month even though I bought it at a great hobby store in Redmond, WA in 1999! I couldn’t believe ...

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Progress On My Itty Bitty Mohawk!

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After just a couple of days working under a magnifying light, my Hasegawa OV-1B is slowly coming together! More progress photos are coming ...

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

I'm Back!

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As I promised last fall when I temporarily suspended my posting on the “Observer” (with the exception of Thanksgiving and Christmas greeting...

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Gordy Darragh: Served in the 225th Aviation Company (S.A.), Blackhawks then Phantomhawks, as an 84G20 Photo Lab Tech, Company Clerk and Flight Follow Observer from Feb. 1968 to Jun. 1970

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