De Havilland Canada Caribou

DADE · **Joined:** Tue Aug 28, 2018 9:45 pm **Posts:** 226

How many Vietnam Warbird aircraft can land like this in a city park.

Thomas_Mac · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:14 pm

A Huey could probably pull it off :lol:

Whats the context of the Caribou photo?

Stoney · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:35 pm

a Caribou can get in and off in 600' at sea level if there isn't any obstacles.

martin_sam_2000 · **Joined:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:05 am **Posts:** 394

For sure the plane is RAAF. Probably one of their demos or exercises. They did some pretty funk stuff with their -4’s.

Sean

Mick G · **Joined:** Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:39 pm **Posts:** 213

Curious, are there any Caribous still active/flying? Other than the few that PEN Turbo has converted?

GRNDP51 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 22, 2017 1:34 pm **Posts:** 508

Mick G wrote:

Curious, are there any Caribous still active/flying? Other than the few that PEN Turbo has converted?

Cavanaugh flies theirs pretty often

ErrolC · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:02 pm

Mick G wrote:

Curious, are there any Caribous still active/flying? Other than the few that PEN Turbo has converted?

HARS in Australia operate VH-VBB A4234

'Bou Ballet by Errol Cavit, on Flickr

Spitty · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:41 pm

600'...Ive heard of one of the Australian Army Pc6 Porters landing on a cricket pitch..Thats 22 yards.

DB2 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:39 pm

Thomas_Mac wrote:

A Huey could probably pull it off :lol:

Whats the context of the Caribou photo?

That's Langley Park in Perth. It's 300' x 3000' so not exactly a challenge for a Caribou!

Periodically, there are general aviation fly-ins at the park.

Michel Lemieux · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:41 pm

Watch the PT-6 version STOL....

Mick G · **Joined:** Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:39 pm **Posts:** 213

So the best I can tell, there are no Caribous in commercial service other than museum birds and a couple of Turbo Conversions?
Sad to see.....

Kyleb · **Posted:** Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:45 pm

I can't tell you about commercial service, but there is one in service on the North side of Atlanta. IIRC, it is based at McCollum. I saw it shooting T&G's at Calhoun, GA a few months back.

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2629

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquir ... U&PageNo=1

Archer · **Joined:** Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:13 pm **Posts:** 429

The Cavanaugh example at Addison last October. It was due to be flown back to their other location within a few days.

DSC_1195 by Jelle Hieminga, on Flickr

Stoney · **Posted:** Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:21 am

Here are the ones I use to fly

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