HARS LAUNCHES TWO CARIBOUS TO ATTEND AIRSHOW

[BAJ]

To all those lovers of classic DeHavilland designs the other week HARS launched two DHC-4 Caribous to attend a small local airshow just north of Sydney. Lots of other DeHavilland designs were present at the pretty Luskintyre grass airstrip.

Both aircraft are Vietnam War veterans and flew to the airshow with ramps open for the enjoyment of those HARS members onboard.

Link to article:

http://aviationspottersonline.com/a-rare-pair-caribou-air-to-air/

Some lovely air to air photos

Enjoy

Video of landing on grass strip

https://www.facebook.com/hars.gen/videos/547381872087283/

Too the best of my knowledge these are the only airworthy Caribous still regularly flying ....though I'm happy to be corrected.

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[DH82EH]

Thanks for posting.
Great to see more classic de Havillands at Luskintyre

Andy

[K5DH]

Too the best of my knowledge these are the only airworthy Caribous still regularly flying ....though I'm happy to be corrected.

In the USA, Cavanaugh Flight Museum has a US Army C-7A Caribou which they fly regularly.

[Warbirdnerd]

Don't the US Army Golden Knights still jump from a Caribou too?

[K5DH]

Don't the US Army Golden Knights still jump from a Caribou too?

Nope... they use a pair of Fokker C-31A Troopship turboprop transports (in civilian service, F-27 Friendship).

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[p51]

Now exactly a Caribou, but the Canadian Air Force still flies CC-115 Buffalo's for ASR work. One came to the Olympic Airshow (Olympia, WA) this summer...
I talked with the crew (really nice bunch, BTW) and they loved the plane, as it had excellent STOL capabilities.

[LeighP]

Just joined the forum, nice to see our Caribous have a post. I was crewing A4-234 that day.
We also recently took 234 to the Temora Warbirds Airshow, which was a great experience.

[DH82EH]

Welcome to WIX Leigh.
I live about an hours drive from Downsview. Where all of these DHC STOL types were built.

Great airplanes!

Andy

[LeighP]

Thanks, Andy.

[Stoney]

C7A the only plane I have ever flown that I can takeoff in 250' at 28K#

[BAJ]

Welcome to WIX Leigh.
I live about an hours drive from Downsview. Where all of these DHC STOL types were built.

Great airplanes!

Andy

Thanks Andy and a fine piece of Canadian engineering they are too.
Ya we just love them at HARS...rugged and no nonsense....and highly representative of the era.
We consider it a privileged that that we have two in our care, both airworthy and used regularly as flying memorials to Australian serviceman in the Vietnam War

Some nice links:

http://www.dhc-2.com/Caribou_Country.html
http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/royal-australian-air-force/35-squadron.php
http://www.dhc4and5.org/RAAF_2.html