The German Wing of the OV-10 Bronco Association (GWOBA), based in Belgium, is currently supporting not one, but two OV-10Bs, on the airshow circuit in Europe with plans to tour the USA as well in the future. This has been a major acheivement!! You can keep up with the latest GWOBA news and find information on participating in our GWOBA section.

There is also a privately owned OV-10B that is registered in France and is currently touring the European airshow circuit. It maintains its German military configuration and colors. We hope they decide to hop the pond for a while as well! We are fortunate to be in contact with one of the former pilots of this aircraft, Jean-Loup Cardey. As of September 2003, OV-10B (French registration F-AZKM) was piloted by Bernard "Bouffi" Cayrier, Alain "Bilou" Bes and Alain "Fra" Ferrara. The aircraft is based at Montélimar, 620 km southeast from Paris with "Amicale des Avions Anciens de la Drôme", which has about 28 preserved aircraft - only a few are flying, including one Bronco. The Bronco is an ex-Luftwaffe aircraft, registered 99+24 (s/n 158300). They also have a static Bronco (99+27) and plenty of spares.

	Group: WAG030     Description: OV-10B OV-10B pictures from Stefan Wagner
	ID: 253 GROUP: WAG030 - 01 PIC 1 OV-10B W=723  H=391   38KB   pix/misc-bronco/ov10b_germany_stefanwagner_1.jpg PIC 2 None PIC 3 None A/C 1 OV-10B 99-21? A/C 2 N/A   A/C 3 N/A   A/C 4 N/A   DATE August 1985 LOCATION Blankensee airport, Lübeck Germany, during open house SENT BY Stefan Wagner PHOTO BY Stefan Wagner WEB URL N/A POSTED March 9, 2000           Stefan writes: "This OV-10 was owned by the German Airforce, but maintained and piloted by civil pilots. Lübeck is directly at the border of the former GDR; I think the combination of army pilots with army planes was forbidden during the Cold War at this airport. Blankensee was about 1km from the border. This plane was equipped with a long cable wire. At the end of this cable wire was a red & white sack. This sack was used as a shooting-target for military training." ID: 254 GROUP: WAG030 - 02 PIC 1 OV-10B W=572  H=399   28KB   pix/misc-bronco/ov10b_germany_stefanwagner_2.jpg PIC 2 None PIC 3 None A/C 1 OV-10B 99-21? A/C 2 N/A   A/C 3 N/A   A/C 4 N/A   DATE August 1985 LOCATION Blankensee airport, Lübeck Germany, during open house SENT BY Stefan Wagner PHOTO BY Stefan Wagner WEB URL N/A POSTED March 9, 2000           Another view of an OV-10B from Stefan. OV-10Bs didn't have a seat in the rear cockpit, rather they had an observer's station in the cargo bay which faced backwards out the greenhouse rear window. The towed target was reeled out from the under-fuselage pod.
	ID: 1 GROUP: None PIC 1 (No Description) W=640  H=480   134KB   Pix/Misc-Bronco/ov10b_front_left_nose_1.gif PIC 2 None PIC 3 None A/C 1 OV-10B Unknown A/C 2 N/A   A/C 3 N/A   A/C 4 N/A   DATE Unknown LOCATION West Germany SENT BY Virtual Aircraft Museum PHOTO BY Unknown WEB URL http://www18.pair.com/tvam/img/cd0255/050.gif POSTED Unknown           This nice picture of an OV-10B flown by the West Germans for target towing came from the Virtual Aircraft Museum at http://www18.pair.com/tvam/img/cd0255/050.gif ID: 2 GROUP: None PIC 1 (No Description) W=537  H=160   68KB   Pix/Misc-Bronco/ov10bz_spinnler_fastov10b(z).jpg PIC 2 None PIC 3 None A/C 1 OV-10B[Z] Unknown A/C 2 N/A   A/C 3 N/A   A/C 4 N/A   DATE Unknown LOCATION Germany? SENT BY Chris Spinnler PHOTO BY Unknown WEB URL N/A POSTED May 28, 1998           Chris Spinnler sent this in.