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The de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (designated by the United States military as the CV-2 and later C-7 Caribou) is a Canadian specialized
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with short takeoff and landing (
STOL A short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft is a conventional fixed-wing aircraft that has short runway requirements for takeoff and landing. Many STOL-designed aircraft also feature various arrangements for use on airstrips with harsh condi ...
) capability. The Caribou was first flown in 1958 and although mainly retired from military operations, is still in use in small numbers as a rugged "bush" aircraft. The design was further developed as the de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo, adding
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engines and other changes that further improved its short-field performance to the point where it competes with light aircraft even with a full load.


Design and development

The de Havilland Canada company's third STOL design was a big increase in size compared to its earlier DHC Beaver and DHC Otter, and was the first DHC design powered by two engines. The Caribou was similar in concept in that it was designed as a rugged STOL utility aircraft. The Caribou was primarily a military tactical transport that in commercial service found itself a small niche in cargo hauling. The
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ordered 173 in 1959 and took delivery in 1961 under the designation AC-1, which was changed to CV-2 Caribou in 1962. The majority of Caribou production was destined for military operators, but the type's ruggedness and excellent STOL capabilities requiring runway lengths of only 1200 feet (365 metres) also appealed to some commercial users. U.S. certification was awarded on 23 December 1960. Ansett-MAL, which operated a single example in the
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highlands, and
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Ecuador were early customers, as was Air America (a CIA front in South East Asia during the
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era for covert operations). Other civil Caribou aircraft entered commercial service after being retired from their military users. Today only a handful are in civil use.


The Turbo Caribou Program

PEN Turbo Aviation of Cape May, NJ, has undertaken the re-engineering of the DHC-4A Caribou to a turbine powered variant, designated DHC-4A Turbo Caribou. The conversion utilizes the PT6A-67T engines and Hartzell 5 Bladed HC-B5MA-3M Constant Speed/Reversing propellers. Overall performance has improved and "new" basic weight is reduced while maximum normal take-off weight remained at 28,500 lbs. Maximum payload is 10,000 lbs. Both Transport Canada (11/14/00) and Federal Aviation Administration (2/27/01) have issued Supplemental Type Certificates for the Turbo Caribou. As of Sept 17, 2014, only 3 air frames have gone through the conversion process. PEN Turbo has stockpiled dozens of air frames at their facility in NJ for possible future conversion

PEN Turbo Aviation named their company after Perry E. Niforos, who died in the 1992 crash of an ''earlier'' turboprop Caribou converted by a different firm, NewCal Aviation.


Operational history

In response to a U.S. Army requirement for a tactical airlifter to supply the battlefront with troops and supplies and evacuate casualties on the return journey, de Havilland Canada designed the DHC-4. With assistance from Canada's Department of Defence Production, DHC built a prototype demonstrator that flew for the first time on 30 July 1958. Impressed with the DHC4's STOL capabilities and potential, the U.S. Army ordered five for evaluation as YAC-1s and went on to become the largest Caribou operator. The AC-1 designation was changed in 1962 to CV-2, and then C-7 when the U.S. Army's CV-2s were transferred to the U.S. Air Force in 1967. U.S. and Australian Caribou saw extensive service during the Vietnam War. The U.S. Army purchased 159 of the aircraft and they served their purpose well as a tactical transport during the Vietnam War, where larger cargo aircraft such as the Fairchild C-123 Provider and the Lockheed C-130 Hercules could not land on the shorter landing strips. The aircraft could carry 32 troops or two Jeeps or similar light vehicles. The rear loading ramp could also be used for parachute dropping (also, see Air America). Under the
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, the Army relinquished the fixed wing Caribou to the
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in exchange for an end to restrictions on Army
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operations. On 1 January 1967, the 17th, 57th, 61st, 92nd, 134th, and 135th Aviation Companies of the U.S. Army were inactivated and their aircraft transferred respectively to the newly activated 537th, 535th, 536th, 459th, 457th, and 458th Troop Carrier Squadrons of the USAF (This was Operation "Red Leaf"). On 1 August 1967 the "troop carrier" designations were changed to "tactical airlift". Some U.S. Caribou were captured by North Vietnamese forces and remained in service with that country through to the late 1970s. Following the war in Vietnam, all USAF Caribou were transferred to
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and
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airlift units pending their replacement by the C-130 Hercules in the 1980s. All C-7s have now been phased out of U.S. military service, with the last example serving again under U.S. Army control through 1985 in support of the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute demonstration team. Other notable military operators included Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia and Spain. In September 1975, a group of 44 civilians, including armed supporters of the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT), commandeered a
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(RAAF) Caribou, ''A4-140'', on the ground at Baucau Airport in the then
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, which was in the middle of a civil war. The Caribou had landed at Baucau on a humanitarian mission for the
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. The civilians demanded that the RAAF crew members fly them to Darwin Airport (also RAAF Base Darwin) in Australia, which they did. After the Caribou arrived there, the Australian government detained the civilians for a short period, and then granted refugee visas to all of them. ''
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'' later described ''A4-140'' as "the only RAAF plane ever hijacked", and the incident as "one of the more remarkable stories in Australia’s military and immigration history". The RAAF retired ''A4-140'', by then its last Caribou, on 27 November 2009."Defence 'workhorse' makes final flight."
''ABC News'', 27 November 2009. Retrieved: 27 November 2009.
The aircraft, which was manufactured in 1964, was donated to the
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, Canberra.


Civilian operations

After retirement from military use, several examples of the Caribou have been purchased by civilian operators for deployment in areas with small airfields located in rugged country with few or poor surface transport links.


Variants

;DHC-4 Caribou :STOL tactical transport, utility transport aircraft. :;CC-108 ::
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designation for the DHC-4 Caribou. :;YAC-1 ::This designation was given to five DHC-4 Caribou, sold to the
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for evaluation. :;AC-1 ::
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designation for the first production run of 56 DHC-4 Caribou. Later redesignated CV-2A in 1962. :;CV-2A ::
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AC-1 redesignated in 1962. ;;CV-2B ::This designation was given to a second production run of 103 DHC-4 Caribou, which were sold to the U.S. Army, with reinforced internal ribbing. :;C-7A/B ::These designations were applied to all 144 Caribou transferred to the U.S. Air Force by the U.S. Army. ;DHC-4A Caribou :Similar to the DHC-4, but this version had an increased takeoff weight. ;DHC-4T Turbo Caribou :A conversion of the baseline DHC-4 Caribou powered by the PWC PT6A-67T turboprop engines designed, test flown and certified by the
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company.


Operators


Military operators

;/ * Abu Dhabi Defence Forces Air Wing – Abu Dhabi operated five Caribou.Henley and Ellis ''Air Enthusiast'' March/April 1998, p. 24. * United Arab Emirates Air Force ; *
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– 18 ordered in 1963, with further orders for seven in 1964 and four more aircraft ordered individually between 1968 and 1971."A4 DHC-4 Caribou"
''RAAF Museum Point Cook''. 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
Retired 2009. **
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1966–2000 – transferred to No 38 Squadron RAAF. ** No. 38 Squadron RAAF 1964–2009 – all retired. ** RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam – seven operated from 1964 to 1971 and returned to Australia 1972 ; *
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– nine delivered; retired from
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in 1971. ** 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron ; * Cameroon Air Force – two delivered in 1971. The surviving Caribou was sold in 1987.Henley and Ellis ''Air Enthusiast'' March/April 1998, p. 26. * Air Surveillance Service – Two ex-USAF C-7As delivered in the 1980s. Refurbished in July 2010 for the Fuerza Publica."Fuerza Pública revive avión militar Caribú – SUCESOS – La Nación" (in Spanish).
Nacion.com. Retrieved: 26 May 2011.
; *
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. Operated unspecified number of C-123's. Several were seized by the Khmer Rouge in the Cambodian Civil War ; * Ghana Air Force – Ghana acquired eight new-build Caribou in 1963, which were operated until replaced by Fokker F.27-400Ms in 1975. ; *
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– India received 20 new build Caribou, supplementing them with four ex-Ghanaian Caribou in 1975. ; * Imperial Iranian Air Force – One aircraft delivered to Iran. It was retired after
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. ; * Kenya Air Force – received six DHC-4As, operating the type from 1966 to 1987. ; * Kuwait Air Force – received two aircraft in 1963. ; * Liberian Army – Two refurbished aircraft were delivered to the Air Reconnaissance Unit in 1989.Henley and Ellis ''Air Enthusiast'' March/April 1998, pp. 26, 28. The aircraft were destroyed during the civil war. ; * Malaysian Air Force – retired their Caribou from active service. ; * Sultanate of Oman Air Force ; * Spanish Air Force – received 12 new Caribou later supplemented by 24 former United States Air Force C-7As. Final retirement 12 June 1991. ; * Republic of Vietnam Air Force ; * Swedish Air Force – operated one DHC-4 Caribou designated Tp 55 between 1962 and 1965 for evaluation purposes at Skaraborg Wing (F 7).Buser, Wayne
"Caribou Roster."
Dhc4and5.org, 4 September 2010. Retrieved: 26 May 2011.
; * Tanzanian Air Force ; * Royal Thai Police – used three DHC-4A from 1966 to 2005. ; * Uganda Police Force Air Wing ; *
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; * Vietnam People's Air Force – captured several ex- VNAF airplanes. ; * Zambian Air Force – operated four Caribou.Taylor 1971, p. 19.


Civil operators

; * Ansett-MAL – operated one aircraft in the
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highlands. ; * La Sarre Air Services ** acquired C-GVGX in 1977 (delivered 1961) and unknown status after 1981 when Propair formed from merger of La Sarre Air Services (used in El Salvador to Nicaragua 1986) ; * Air Vigillance Service ; * AMOCO Ecuador * Anglo-Ecuador Oilfields * Aerolíneas Cóndor of SA ; *
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; * Municipal Government of Puncak Regency * Trigana Air ; * New Cal Aviation ; * Garamut Exploration Services * Vanimo Trading ; *
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; * Air America * Bannock Aerospace * Chieftain Air * Deutsche Aviation *
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* Fowler Aeronautical Service * H A T Aviation Inc. * John Woods Inc. * New Cal Aviation *
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* Flightworks


Aircraft on display


Australia

;Airworthy * A4-210 – DHC-4 airworthy with the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Illawarra Regional Airport, Albion Park, New South Wales. Now carries civil registration. * A4-234 – DHC-4 airworthy with the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Illawarra Regional Airport, Albion Park, New South Wales. Now carries civil registration. ;On display * A4-134 - DHC-4 on display at The Army Museum Bandiana, Bandiana, Victoria. * A4-140 – DHC-4 in storage at the Treloar Technology Centre of the
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in Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory. This airframe was gifted to the museum in November 2009. * A4-152 – DHC-4 on static display at the Royal Australian Air Force Museum in
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. This airframe was gifted to the museum in November 2009. * A4-159 - DHC-4 forward section at the Queensland Air Museum in
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. * A4-173 – DHC-4 on static display at the Queensland Air Museum in
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(fitted with the wings and tail off A4-164). * A4-195 – DHC-4 with the Australian Army Flying Museum in
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. * A4-199 – DHC-4 gate guard at RAAF Base Townsville in Townsville, Queensland. * A4-204 - DHC-4 on display at
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, Phillip Island, Victoria. * A4-225 - DHC-4 on display at
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. * A4-228 - DHC-4 on display at Caboolture Warplane and Flight Heritage Museum, Caboolture Airfield, Caboolture, Queensland. * A4-231 - DHC-4 on display at National Vietnam Veterans Museum, Phillip Island, Victoria. * A4-236 – DHC-4 on static display at the Aviation Heritage Center, RAAF Base Amberley,
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. * A4-275 - DHC-4 stored at Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Albion Park, New South Wales. * A4-299 - DHC-4 on static display at Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome Heritage Aviation Association Museum at Evans Head, New South Wales.


Costa Rica

;On display * MSP002 - DHC-4 on static display at Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport, Liberia, Costa Rica


India

;On display * BM769 – DHC-4 on static display at the Eastern Air Command Headquarters in
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* BM774 – DHC-4 on static display at the
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in Palam, Delhi.


Malaysia

;On display * M21-04 – DHC-4A on static display at the Royal Malaysian Air Force Museum in Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur. * A ex-RMAF DHC-4A on static display at the Malaysian Army Museum at Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.


Spain

;On display * T.9-9 – DHC-4A on display in San Torcuato, La Rioja. * T.9-10 – DHC-4A on display in Fuenlabrada, Madrid. * T.9-23 – C-7A on static display at the Villanubla Air Base in Villanubla, Castile and León. This airframe was previously operated by the 37th Transport Wing. * T.9-25 – C-7A on static display at the Museo del Aire in
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. This airframe was previously operated by the former 37th Transport Wing.


Thailand

;On display * 12271 – DHC-4A on display at Camp Naresuan, Hua Hin District, Thailand.


United States

;Airworthy * 2 – DHC-2 airworthy with John K. Bagley of Rexburg, Idaho. * 62-4149 – CV-2B airworthy at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in
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. ;On display * 57-3079 – YC-7A on static display at the
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. * 57-3080 – YC-7A on static display at the United States Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker near Daleville, Alabama. * 57-3082 – YC-7A (4th of original 5 on order) on static display at Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, TX Linear Air Park. The U.S.Army accepted delivery at the DeHavilland plant in Toronto, Ontario during late November, early December 1959. On 31 December 1966 this aircraft and equipment was transferred from U.S. Army ownership to U.S. Air Force ownership. The aircraft served the U.S. Air Force at headquarters, U.S.Air Force Logistics Command at Wright Petterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. until 1975. It was then transferred to Pope AF at Fayetteville, NC to serve the "Golden Knights" parachute team as a jump aircraft. Later, when Dyess was seeking a C-7 for display, they sent a team down to Pope AFB and secured this particular machine in 1992. The 463rd Maintenance Squadron deployed to Pope AFB to break this aircraft down so it could be brought to Dyess by a C5B Galaxy. It was officially dedicated here 2 May 1992. * 57-3083 – YC-7A on static display at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum at
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. * 60-3767 – C-7A on static display at the Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center at Travis Air Force Base near Fairfield, California. * 62-4188 – C-7A on static display at the New England Air Museum in
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. * 62-4193 – C-7A on static display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in
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. * 63-9756 – C-7B on static display at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia. * 63-9757 – C-7B on static display at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base near
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. * 63-9760 – C-7A on static display at the
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at Dover Air Force Base near Dover, Delaware. * 63-9719 – C-7B stored at the
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. * 63-9765 – C-7B in storage at the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum at Edwards Air Force Base near Edwards, California. Last known Caribou delivered to U.S. Army, in U.S. Army Golden Knights markings.


Specifications (DHC-4A)


See also


References


Notes


Bibliography

* Andrade, John. ''Militair 1982''. London: Aviation Press, 1982. .
The C-7A Caribou Association


''deHavilland Caribou (DHC-4) and Buffalo (DHC-5) website''. * "Caribou to Bow Out Early". '' Air International'', Vol. 76. No. 4, April 2009, p. 5. * Green, William. ''Macdonald Aircraft Handbook''. London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1964. * * Henley, Don and Ken Ellis. "Globetrotting Reindeers: De Havilland Canada's Caribou – an Airlift Legend". '' Air Enthusiast'', No. 74, March/April 1998, pp. 20–33. . * Hotson, Fred W. ''The de Havilland Canada Story.'' Toronto: CANAV Books, 1983. .
''Kuwait Air Force (KAF)''
entry at the ''Scramble'' (magazine) website:

entry at the ''Scramble'' magazine website.

entry at the ''Scramble'' magazine website. * Soupart, Roger. "Adios Muchachas!". ''Air Enthusiast'', No. 45, March–May 1992. pp. 44–51. . * Taylor, John W.R. (ed.). ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971–72''. London: Janes's Yearbooks, 1971. .


External links


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a 1959 ''Flight'' article
"The brave caribous in the dark: How a transport aircraft was converted into a bomber"
''The Probe'', 17 December 2021. * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Havilland Canada Dhc-4 Caribou
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