In Vietnam we had a pilot who could put one down on, and take off from a helipad. They were an amazing aircraft. What a contribution to aviation DH Canada made. The Caribu, Beaver and Otter. Each on a legend.
When it comes to STOL aircraft, you can't beat de Havilland. I came to love their aircraft in the 1970's while working for a commuter airline that operated their Twin Otters. I'd fly those planes anywhere - anytime.
Spent 100s of flights on the dash 100 and 300’s… de Havilland’s are designed for the abuse of Canadian winter weather and the short runways of Northern Canada .
My first two descents were from Chooks, and the rest from Hercs. I was A coy, then tpt pl 80- 84. A Woody. Old Faithful was the best home I ever enjoyed.
I helped repaint the AU fleet of these old birds at Richmond Airbase (NSW) in early 2000s. Always amazed at how much filler used to come out of all the bullet holes in them when stripping them back.
Remember watching these magnificent planes fly just above the trees near Richmond RAAF Base as a kid and as I grew up. Dropping loads off out at the drop zone I still remember the pilots waving to me as I watched them fly over.
Worked on these as a radio tech in the early 60s. The pilots would pull the throttles into reverse thrust before touching down and let the load switches in the undercarriage do the work. Awesome.
There was a civilian boo operating out of Northern BC and Yukon back in the mid 1980s. We pulled a few small dozers apart and shipped them into the bush for mineral exploration. I was impressed at the minimal airstrips required to work from but certainly have to take my hat off to the Ozzies for demonstrating its full potential. Cheers
We had Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porters as well until 1992. They could do a similar trick and whilst they never served Australia the Fieseler Storch could perform this trick.
@@rickdaystar477 Hey!! Thanks Rick for your service! Not 80 yet, huh, lmao! Funny how so many people don't know that Vietnam lasted 10,000 days!! That's a long time!! Thanks again Rick, hope you get that Whippet. Ah, typos! It's what I'm really good at. Good thing they have editing features here. 🙂🛩️
@@stopspam420 Hey brother! Who woulda guessed a response to a 4 year old comment. Awesome 👍 As for 80 I've got a few more years to get there. How about a Yugo for a oddball car? LoL
@@rickdaystar477 Heros are never ignored nor forgotten. My medical ran out, so I fly sport pilot now. It's nice to fly with nobody shooting at you, lol. Nice meeting you Rick 🛩️
I first saw this aircraft at Travis FAN when I first arrived as an airmen to serve in the 5th bomb wing. 6 months later I became senior crew chief on a KC135. Flew all over the world and loved every minute of it. Now, how many years later I still enjoy seeing the casino fly. Enjoyed this video very much. Thank you
The way it takes off and lands with little to no effort is amazing, it looks like it's swimming in the air, like it couldn't help but float or something, almost looks like it might blow away in the wind just sitting on the tarmac.
DHC-4 Caribou (1958) designed as a tactical transport aircraft and the DHC-5 Buffalo (1964) more of a multirole utility aircraft are relatively the same dimensions and the Buffalo is 7,000 lbs. heavier but can carry 11,000 lbs. more with over twice the HP with turboprop and 4 blade props. The Caribou was practically as fast (just slightly slower) but could almost fly twice as far however at lower altitude. de Havilland made some ±300 Caribou and squeezed out ±120 Buffalos......Raised on a Canadian Air Force bases and having seen these beautiful beasts for years I'm still a little more in awe with the Buffalo !
"Wallaby Airlines would like to welcome you back to Australian airspace at this time. We apologise for the slightly rough ride, but at least you made it back in one piece". Lest we forget.
I memorably saw a Caribou land majestically at Ft. Rucker AL in about 1962. My uncle, an Army former pilot then serving as an instructor, told me that the ground speed of the airplane as it approached and touched down was a stately 30 miles an hour, hence the short amount of runway required. I was - and remain - very impressed by what I saw.
In 1971/72 I worked in Lae, New Guinea. My workshop looked out on to the threshold at the inland end of Lae Airport runway, so I had a grandstand seat for everything that came and went. Sometimes the RAAF would drop by in Caribous and I was always impressed by their STOL performance - and the tremendous racket from the engines. They would do their pre-take off runup on the threshold, close the windows, wind those huge engines up and be airborne in what seemed only a couple of hundred metres. Very spectacular. The Navy P2 Neptunes were even more spectacular, but that's another story... And the RAAF C-130s. And a Catalina that dropped by one day...
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I know. The sound of those Twin Wasps was incredible & completely unforgettable. It was a sad day when they retired - I still miss seeing them come in for a landing - steep and slow even when on a normal approach.
@@chrisanderson8207 The exhaust manifolds would dump into two large stainless steel tubes on the top of the wing. I used to repair the cracks from the vibrations. Big stinky cans we called them. Loved the Boo though. Plane had slot of heart. Republic of Vietnam 1970.
This aeroplane, A4-275, is now in our museum in Parkes, NSW. Unfortunately it will only be a static display even though it is complete, but we do operate A4-210 and A4-234 at our Shellharbour museum and we intend to keep them both in airworthy condition.
There is a Caribou getting restored in the RAAF museum at Evans Head these days all with small number of volunteers doing great work with these ex Vietnam workhorses
Spent some time with the RAAF in 2001 flew from Amberley to Darwin, across to Gove and Cairns*for the airshow) then down through Queensland along the coast...sitting on the tailgate...blokes treated us like royalty some of my best memories of military life...also jumped out of them at Nowra at the parachute school.....Hell Yeah...
Each engine had two big cans over the top of the wings the manifolds dumped in and they acted like megaphones. I was lucky to work on these birds in Vietnam in 1970.
Simplcity is often the best. The Caribou is awesome. i grew up in Darwin and these beautiful planes flew above my house and school. I love them. Old School. Just like the DC3
lived at Townsville for years at pallerenda these things shook the ground when they took off one after the other, the only thing that made the ground shake more were fleets of those noisy chinooks rampaging about the place at all hours before they were replaced with the stealthy ones. and the f-18's when they went to bomb/target practice rattlesnake island at 3 in the morning :)
From time to time you would meet one of these pilots out and about, they all say anyone can fly, that's the easy part, ,trying to juggle radar, coms, evading incoming fire, and dodging the mosquito's and sandflies when you get it back home was what made it interesting. They also broke me as a young man when they said I was too tall, would never be able to eject or something like that, helicopters were for me. That and you needed maths b and c. Was so crushed.
I used to watch them from my window taking off and landing in a football field when I lived in the mess at Richmond in 1979. A great aircraft with lots of interesting design features. Note the thrust augmenter tubes mounted behind the engine which produced thrust from the engine exhaust. Engine changes and even wing changes could be done in the field.
I flew them in the late 70's, early 80's for the Air Force Reserve....all 16 in my squadron had the radar nose, so these airplanes look a little odd to me. But they were fun to fly even if it only cruised at 120 KTAS (140 if u really pushed it) !
120kts must have been nice from a flight planning/nav point of view! I did my CPL test in a 206 that planned for 120kts, the examiner laughed and said "Don't get too used to that".
Loved watching these land at Townsville army base some 25 years ago, these along with the Hercules and the Chinook still have a place in today’s Army. At least the Chinook has had a lot of updates.
There was nothing like the feeling of sitting in the back of one of these when then wound up those two big radials and released the brakes. Thank you 35 Sqdrn.
The Peruvian Airforce also operated these amazing aircraft, although in the turboprop configuration. They were perfect for the short dirt runways of the Amazon basin.
I watched them (or heard them) over Wagga as a kid too!!! I later learned that they did high-altitude training out of Wagga. The drone of those engines could be heard for miles, and it was a strangely calming thing to hear (for me, anyway).
I can't help but wonder how well this design would work today if you built a new one with the latest aircraft materials and engines. I'd bet the performance would be outstanding.
Yes it can. The C-27 Spartan can fly a lot faster, a lot further, and has a lot lower operating costs and better reaction times and dispatch reliability. For the times where the C-27 Spartan can’t land or takeoff because of field length... there’s the CH-47 Chinook. Not only can it land and take off in far shorter distances than the Caribou (obviously), but also carry more payload (including external slung loads) and it flies faster!
I flew from Rockhampton to Townsville once in a Caribou, and yes, it was a low and slow old flight. Awesome scenery though, we flew at night and a lot of cane fields were being burnt off around Mackay and northwards.
Used to fly to Cohen in FNQ on the drunk run with spares for the sigs, yep slow n low and the only time I've been in a fixed where the headwind brought us to a literal hover.. Good old days
When I first got to Vietnam, we were at Phan Thiet. While on the guard towers, we'd watch these, C-123s, and C-130s land and take off. When landing, I swear they would reverse props before the touched down.
Incredible. Land, then pulled up in about 100 metres. Grew up with these flying over my house, with mirages, the pig, and Chinook's. Always good times. 🇦🇺
I flew these at KWA; and SAC for a few years... Fun to work on too... R-2000 reliable engine... Mine went to TBO easy! Only had one cracked cyclinder.. #1 and replaced in in a day n ready to work.
On staff at FFBS Tully, the Old Bou used to do the weekly resup from Townsville. Used the footy oval as the strip. Magnificent machine. Cheers for sharing.
You can't be a STOL plane, without looking a little ... unique. Brilliant aircraft. I can't understand why they can't keep updating airframes like these, keeping them in production. They brought back the Twin Otter.
I was based at Williamtown when the first demo arrived in Australia and gave an incredible performance of short landing. It landed behind a hanger and as it didn't come into view on the other side I thought that it had pranged.
The DC-6 also has fully reversing props, during ground school for the DC-6 they told us, you can back the plane up, but don't ever touch the brakes while doing so.
de Havilland Canada was just a few miles from house, growing up. DHC's facility was adjacent to CFB Downsview, so it was a pretty active region for flight activity. Caribous were a common sight in the air but this video really shows them off at low level. The car traffic getting in and out of those places at rush hour was no joke since they were smack in the middle of old subdivisions that grew up around them. Many men in our congregation worked at DHC into the 80's so I had a few tours of the plant. Others like my father worked at A.V. Roe (AVRO Arrow) until it was "eradicated" in 1959.
1971, Landed at Tan Son Nhut AB in a C-7. The pilot put it down at the approach end of the runway and turned off at the approach end taxiway! Anyone remember Santabou?
Santabou was a C-7 with a Santa stocking cap painted over the cockpit. Somehow has to have a photo. We also had a a psyops C-47 blasting Christmas carols over Bien Hoa AB.
@@303Fro Thank you Lawrence. I've never seen that bird. We did have a couple O-2 Skymasters that were called BS Bombers. The planes had a rack with huge amplifiers feeding into giant cast aluminum Altec Lansing speakers that played psyop stuff I never heard the messages.
... I'm surprised the airframes hasn't cracked yet, those maneuvers generating those kind of stresses ... Good to see it though, brings back some memories ...
In Vietnam we had a pilot who could put one down on, and take off from a helipad. They were an amazing aircraft. What a contribution to aviation DH Canada made. The Caribu, Beaver and Otter. Each on a legend.
Thge Twin Otter has to be the busiest twin in its class. Pretty much the only time you see them stationary is when they are loading or unloading.
When it comes to STOL aircraft, you can't beat de Havilland. I came to love their aircraft in the 1970's while working for a commuter airline that operated their Twin Otters. I'd fly those planes anywhere - anytime.
Great point well made. Those Twin Otters have the same reputation for durability as the Boo
Spent 100s of flights on the dash 100 and 300’s… de Havilland’s are designed for the abuse of Canadian winter weather and the short runways of Northern Canada .
Have you ever heard of the Fieseler Storch?
I like how they made the tail look like a hockey stick. So very Canadian of them, eh?
That rudder and fin is as large as an hockey rink.
It gets the job done
I can see what you’re talking a boot.
Designed to go to Tim's for coffee. Land in the parking lot
US design dummy
Did one of my last jumps from an RAAF Caribou with 3RAR during Tandem Thrust '97. great Aircraft.
Used to parachute out of them at 3RAR in Holdsworthy.
Thank you for doin your part to serve Australia.
My first two descents were from Chooks, and the rest from Hercs. I was A coy, then tpt pl 80- 84. A Woody. Old Faithful was the best home I ever enjoyed.
I use to watch them fly over my house as a young boy. I grew up and became a pilot
I helped repaint the AU fleet of these old birds at Richmond Airbase (NSW) in early 2000s. Always amazed at how much filler used to come out of all the bullet holes in them when stripping them back.
Remember watching these magnificent planes fly just above the trees near Richmond RAAF Base as a kid and as I grew up. Dropping loads off out at the drop zone I still remember the pilots waving to me as I watched them fly over.
I could watch those buttery smooth landings all day every day
Worked on these as a radio tech in the early 60s. The pilots would pull the throttles into reverse thrust before touching down and let the load switches in the undercarriage do the work. Awesome.
There was a civilian boo operating out of Northern BC and Yukon back in the mid 1980s. We pulled a few small dozers apart and shipped them into the bush for mineral exploration. I was impressed at the minimal airstrips required to work from but certainly have to take my hat off to the Ozzies for demonstrating its full potential. Cheers
Was the best airframe Australia ever had, only fixed wing airframe that could hover (with a stiff headwind)
We had Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porters as well until 1992. They could do a similar trick and whilst they never served Australia the Fieseler Storch could perform this trick.
I could nearly stop in a holding pattern with a stiff headwind ; flaps n gear out...on radar, that's how it looked!
If you kno your ac; one can make incredible short t/off n ldgs,using the reverse feature; land on a postage stamp!!!
Any plane can hover with a headwind.
Tough plane no frills easy upkeep. Flew on them in 1970 in Vietnam.
So you must be what 80 well done, hows the zimmer frame ?
@@brunomckay1875 Not quite 80 yet...lol. The Zimmer was too far gone to restore. I do have my eye on a Whippet though..
@@rickdaystar477
Hey!! Thanks Rick for your service!
Not 80 yet, huh, lmao! Funny how so many people don't know that Vietnam lasted 10,000 days!! That's a long time!! Thanks again Rick, hope you get that Whippet.
Ah, typos! It's what I'm really good at. Good thing they have editing features here. 🙂🛩️
@@stopspam420 Hey brother! Who woulda guessed a response to a 4 year old comment. Awesome 👍 As for 80 I've got a few more years to get there. How about a Yugo for a oddball car? LoL
@@rickdaystar477
Heros are never ignored nor forgotten.
My medical ran out, so I fly sport pilot now. It's nice to fly with nobody shooting at you, lol.
Nice meeting you Rick 🛩️
I first saw this aircraft at Travis FAN when I first arrived as an airmen to serve in the 5th bomb wing.
6 months later I became senior crew chief on a KC135.
Flew all over the world and loved every minute of it.
Now, how many years later I still enjoy seeing the casino fly.
Enjoyed this video very much.
Thank you
The way it takes off and lands with little to no effort is amazing, it looks like it's swimming in the air, like it couldn't help but float or something, almost looks like it might blow away in the wind just sitting on the tarmac.
Made a bunch of jumps from the Caribou. Fun airplane
Thank you Canada, really, thank you.
You are welcome 😊
DHC-4 Caribou (1958) designed as a tactical transport aircraft and the DHC-5 Buffalo (1964) more of a multirole utility aircraft are relatively the same dimensions and the Buffalo is 7,000 lbs. heavier but can carry 11,000 lbs. more with over twice the HP with turboprop and 4 blade props. The Caribou was practically as fast (just slightly slower) but could almost fly twice as far however at lower altitude. de Havilland made some ±300 Caribou and squeezed out ±120 Buffalos......Raised on a Canadian Air Force bases and having seen these beautiful beasts for years I'm still a little more in awe with the Buffalo !
My God, look at the size of that vertical stab and rudder ! Beautiful ship ! Cheers from USA
"Wallaby Airlines would like to welcome you back to Australian airspace at this time. We apologise for the slightly rough ride, but at least you made it back in one piece".
Lest we forget.
ha ha My uncle Johnny "Trackless" Milsom used to fly these and many others back in the day using Wallaby Airlines too
I memorably saw a Caribou land majestically at Ft. Rucker AL in about 1962. My uncle, an Army former pilot then serving as an instructor, told me that the ground speed of the airplane as it approached and touched down was a stately 30 miles an hour, hence the short amount of runway required. I was - and remain - very impressed by what I saw.
In 1971/72 I worked in Lae, New Guinea. My workshop looked out on to the threshold at the inland end of Lae Airport runway, so I had a grandstand seat for everything that came and went. Sometimes the RAAF would drop by in Caribous and I was always impressed by their STOL performance - and the tremendous racket from the engines. They would do their pre-take off runup on the threshold, close the windows, wind those huge engines up and be airborne in what seemed only a couple of hundred metres. Very spectacular.
The Navy P2 Neptunes were even more spectacular, but that's another story...
And the RAAF C-130s.
And a Catalina that dropped by one day...
My dad worked on the Caribou at De Haviland Canada in Toronto. He also worked for De Haviland in England before WW2
Stunning, never gets old... literally.
Love it! Remember chilling in the back with ramp down and half the kids throwing up as an air force cadet at Amberley around year 2000
Le száll a mezőn,viszonylag gyorsan meg áll,majd elég gyorsa kis távolságon belül fel tud szállni.Elég mozgékony a levegőben.Nagy raktere van.Igazi "igás ló" Köszönöm
One thing this video doesn’t capture is how unbelievably loud they are.
I know. The sound of those Twin Wasps was incredible & completely unforgettable. It was a sad day when they retired - I still miss seeing them come in for a landing - steep and slow even when on a normal approach.
4000 cubic inches of awesomeness.
So she's not a stealth aircraft, then.
@@chrisanderson8207 The exhaust manifolds would dump into two large stainless steel tubes on the top of the wing. I used to repair the cracks from the vibrations. Big stinky cans we called them. Loved the Boo though. Plane had slot of heart. Republic of Vietnam 1970.
The two big cans on the top of the wings were like megaphones getting the exhaust out
This aeroplane, A4-275, is now in our museum in Parkes, NSW. Unfortunately it will only be a static display even though it is complete, but we do operate A4-210 and A4-234 at our Shellharbour museum and we intend to keep them both in airworthy condition.
Great work HARS. We (HAFU) will look forward to seeing 210 or 234 at some point in the future. :-)
There is a Caribou getting restored in the RAAF museum at Evans Head these days all with small number of volunteers doing great work with these ex Vietnam workhorses
Spent some time with the RAAF in 2001 flew from Amberley to Darwin, across to Gove and Cairns*for the airshow) then down through Queensland along the coast...sitting on the tailgate...blokes treated us like royalty some of my best memories of military life...also jumped out of them at Nowra at the parachute school.....Hell Yeah...
One if my fav classic aircraft.
The noise is unbelievable... Just like a lories without exhaust silencers.
Each engine had two big cans over the top of the wings the manifolds dumped in and they acted like megaphones. I was lucky to work on these birds in Vietnam in 1970.
Fantastic. I used to see these out of the RAAF base in Townsville along with other RAAF aircraft of the time. Caribou were my favourite.
Love the unique sound of these as a kids at the Richmond air show
Simplcity is often the best. The Caribou is awesome. i grew up in Darwin and these beautiful planes flew above my house and school. I love them. Old School. Just like the DC3
Miss those radial engine sounds around the bases.
I will never forget the sound of these approaching the RAAF base we lived near. Def a fav.
wagga?
@@BenState not Wagga Wagga. Remember, don’t call Wagga Wagga, Wagga.
@@FuManchu5ltr lol
lived at Townsville for years at pallerenda these things shook the ground when they took off one after the other, the only thing that made the ground shake more were fleets of those noisy chinooks rampaging about the place at all hours before they were replaced with the stealthy ones. and the f-18's when they went to bomb/target practice rattlesnake island at 3 in the morning :)
From time to time you would meet one of these pilots out and about, they all say anyone can fly, that's the easy part, ,trying to juggle radar, coms, evading incoming fire, and dodging the mosquito's and sandflies when you get it back home was what made it interesting. They also broke me as a young man when they said I was too tall, would never be able to eject or something like that, helicopters were for me. That and you needed maths b and c. Was so crushed.
"That's old school Baby. She's a Beauty!" Don Cherry
I miss seeing these flying over Townsville, also when idling on the tarmac watching the tailplane wobble around.
I used to watch them from my window taking off and landing in a football field when I lived in the mess at Richmond in 1979. A great aircraft with lots of interesting design features. Note the thrust augmenter tubes mounted behind the engine which produced thrust from the engine exhaust. Engine changes and even wing changes could be done in the field.
Very cool!
Augmenter tubes? Us tinknockers used to call them big greasy tubes held together by a loose formation of rivets. Loved the plane.
Brilliant bit of airmanship in a most beautiful aircraft
I flew them in the late 70's, early 80's for the Air Force Reserve....all 16 in my squadron had the radar nose, so these airplanes look a little odd to me. But they were fun to fly even if it only cruised at 120 KTAS (140 if u really pushed it) !
120kts must have been nice from a flight planning/nav point of view! I did my CPL test in a 206 that planned for 120kts, the examiner laughed and said "Don't get too used to that".
Nice roar at 2:17
Those two engines are just sounding like they are all for revs!
low diff ratio on a sprint car
Always wanted one to convert into a flying RV, with a classical Jeep in the back.
That is a fucking great idea, why did I not think of this before...
Loved watching these land at Townsville army base some 25 years ago, these along with the Hercules and the Chinook still have a place in today’s Army. At least the Chinook has had a lot of updates.
There was nothing like the feeling of sitting in the back of one of these when then wound up those two big radials and released the brakes. Thank you 35 Sqdrn.
The Peruvian Airforce also operated these amazing aircraft, although in the turboprop configuration. They were perfect for the short dirt runways of the Amazon basin.
My Opa told me about the 'Bou when I was only 2 years old. It's been nearly 20 years since then and I wish I could have seen them fly.
Used to watch these circle over wagga as a kid, I think on a good day the crows & the magpies used to out pace them.
If it didn't scare them away 1st.
They used to land them & take off from a dead stop on the footy ovals out the front of the barracks in Townsville back in the late 80's
Could be a risk for a rear end birdstrike
@@juliogonzo2718 I think that dubious honour was granted to the A10 Warthog by the fighter jocks.
I watched them (or heard them) over Wagga as a kid too!!! I later learned that they did high-altitude training out of Wagga. The drone of those engines could be heard for miles, and it was a strangely calming thing to hear (for me, anyway).
Used to see these and Hercs flying past on the coast when our family lived at North Avoca in NSW
Still my all time favorite military aircraft, and jumped from them as well with 5th SFG(A)
This one a amazing aircraft and I flew it back to Perth when I was in the Australian defence force cadets from 1994 to 1996
I can't help but wonder how well this design would work today if you built a new one with the latest aircraft materials and engines. I'd bet the performance would be outstanding.
DHC-5 (this but with turboprops) may enter production again in Canada
Amazing aircraft with no true replacement,
Great design that did.
Excellent post thanks HAFU.
Shared this with a friend who flew one in the Vietnam War.
Over 40 years ago these things would rumble around our town during a training excercise as we were near a training area in Aus
The subsequent DHC-5 Buffalo is still flying as the go to SAR plane.
What, no wheelbarrow demonstration?!
RAAF speciality with the Caribou!
It’s replacement just can’t do what this plane does . These planes will fly forever with good maintenance.
Like the DC 3 😚.
Yes it can.
The C-27 Spartan can fly a lot faster, a lot further, and has a lot lower operating costs and better reaction times and dispatch reliability.
For the times where the C-27 Spartan can’t land or takeoff because of field length... there’s the CH-47 Chinook.
Not only can it land and take off in far shorter distances than the Caribou (obviously), but also carry more payload (including external slung loads) and it flies faster!
She even has reverse gear.
@@Bartonovich52 C-130J can do better
The R2000 is nowhere near as reliable as the R1850. Nor as numerous. I was involved in arranging repair of RAAF R2000s.
I rode one in RVN in1969 from Long Bihn to Phu Bai on the way to Camp Eagle to report for duty with the 101st Airborne Division.
That vertical tailplane is just about the right size massive
I flew from Rockhampton to Townsville once in a Caribou, and yes, it was a low and slow old flight. Awesome scenery though, we flew at night and a lot of cane fields were being burnt off around Mackay and northwards.
Used to fly to Cohen in FNQ on the drunk run with spares for the sigs, yep slow n low and the only time I've been in a fixed where the headwind brought us to a literal hover.. Good old days
Beautiful aircraft, my favorite
When I first got to Vietnam, we were at Phan Thiet. While on the guard towers, we'd watch these, C-123s, and C-130s land and take off. When landing, I swear they would reverse props before the touched down.
I believe that was actually what they did (on landing)!
They actually did on a landing site that was borderline short.
Incredible. Land, then pulled up in about 100 metres. Grew up with these flying over my house, with mirages, the pig, and Chinook's. Always good times.
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Love these classic films 👍🏻🛫
I rather appreciate HAFU's commentary. Not the useless dribble you usually hear live at the airshows...
One helluva great aircraft!
Indeed!
I flew these at KWA; and SAC for a few years... Fun to work on too... R-2000 reliable engine... Mine went to TBO easy! Only had one cracked cyclinder.. #1 and replaced in in a day n ready to work.
As a USAF structural repairman ( tinknocker) they were easy to work on even with limited resources in Vietnam.
One of its great features, fly slow, land short.
Imagine fucking up final alignment with that gigantic rudder at your disposal.
I was lucky to ride in the back of one of these, with the back down in W.A as a kid in the early 1990's
as an old kaman H-2 mech, I actually gasped at 2:08. that probably used to be one of the h-2's I worked on.
Don't know why but I have a serious obsession with these beasts
Beautiful Aircraft
HARS Albion Park has 2 airworthy , fantastic to watch the STOL abilities
On staff at FFBS Tully, the Old Bou used to do the weekly resup from Townsville. Used the footy oval as the strip. Magnificent machine. Cheers for sharing.
"She lands like a butterfly with sore feet." Me
You can't be a STOL plane, without looking a little ... unique. Brilliant aircraft. I can't understand why they can't keep updating airframes like these, keeping them in production. They brought back the Twin Otter.
Viking air bought all the designs and , I do believe, that included the caribou.
I knew someone that was on the design / engineering team at DHC that did these birds.
piston engines with reversing props.......Nice
I was based at Williamtown when the first demo arrived in Australia and gave an incredible performance of short landing. It landed behind a hanger and as it didn't come into view on the other side I thought that it had pranged.
Great story! I can well imagine that.
STOL master,love the ‘Bou!
Hard to believe that de Havilland originally got into STOL aircraft back in 1947. The Beaver first flew on 16 August 1947.
Awesome thanks for the upload!
jesus, the size of that tail fin! Looks like a sail!
It carried me around in Vietnam. 👍
The DC-6 also has fully reversing props, during ground school for the DC-6 they told us, you can back the plane up, but don't ever touch the brakes while doing so.
de Havilland Canada was just a few miles from house, growing up. DHC's facility was adjacent to CFB Downsview, so it was a pretty active region for flight activity. Caribous were a common sight in the air but this video really shows them off at low level. The car traffic getting in and out of those places at rush hour was no joke since they were smack in the middle of old subdivisions that grew up around them.
Many men in our congregation worked at DHC into the 80's so I had a few tours of the plant. Others like my father worked at A.V. Roe (AVRO Arrow) until it was "eradicated" in 1959.
Classic, a great plane.
my uncle flew with RAAF and loved these aircraft. his is at Phillip island museum
Trackless
A naboo cruiser sound exactly like this plane.
Lol spot on....
gravel trucks. riding in the back was noisy.urinal was a funnel attached to a hose near the ramp.
But it was a big funnel..lol
Beautiful aircraft
1971, Landed at Tan Son Nhut AB in a C-7. The pilot put it down at the approach end of the runway and turned off at the approach end taxiway! Anyone remember Santabou?
I was at Cam Ranh Bay 1970-71. Could you refresh my memory about santaboo? Kinda remember something.
Santabou was a C-7 with a Santa stocking cap painted over the cockpit. Somehow has to have a photo. We also had a a psyops C-47 blasting Christmas carols over Bien Hoa AB.
@@303Fro Thank you Lawrence. I've never seen that bird. We did have a couple O-2 Skymasters that were called BS Bombers. The planes had a rack with huge amplifiers feeding into giant cast aluminum Altec Lansing speakers that played psyop stuff
I never heard the messages.
Saw a couple of these at Rockhampton airport when exercises were on. Years ago. The Hercules outnumbered them, but they were good to watch.
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You're welcome to buy the DVD which features an 'engine-only' soundtrack. See the link in the video description for this clip. :-)
Correction: the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) used the Buffalo, not the Caribou.
Short landing but short takeoff as well. Never knew you could have a reverse thrust setting on pistons.
... I'm surprised the airframes hasn't cracked yet, those maneuvers generating those kind of stresses ... Good to see it though, brings back some memories ...
I onced flew in this aircraft from Broome in 1994 when I was in the royal Australian navy reserve cadets