HARS LAUNCHES TWO CARIBOUS TO ATTEND AIRSHOW

BAJ · **Joined:** Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:14 pm **Posts:** 126

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.

DH82EH · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:02 am

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

Andy

K5DH · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:45 am

BAJ wrote:

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 · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

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

K5DH · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2015 11:18 am

Warbirdnerd wrote:

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).

p51 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:17 pm

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 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 18, 2015 7:49 am **Posts:** 10

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 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 23, 2015 3:42 pm

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 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 18, 2015 7:49 am **Posts:** 10

Thanks, Andy.

Stoney · **Posted:** Sat Dec 26, 2015 12:43 am

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

BAJ · **Joined:** Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:14 pm **Posts:** 126

DH82EH wrote:

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

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