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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 cargo aircraft with short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability.
8 maj 2019 · The Caribou was able to operate out of crude strips which could not be used by many other aircraft, and became a very difficult aircraft to replace. It was used for flare dropping missions, medical evacuation, search-and-rescue, and paratroop training.
de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (znany też jako CV-2 i C-7 Caribou) – kanadyjski samolot transportowy krótkiego startu i lądowania. Historia. Samolot został oblatany 30 lipca 1958 r.
9 sie 2010 · A very early Caribou in USAF markings. This aircraft was delivered to the US Army in Dec 1959, and transferred to the USAF in Jan 1967. Starting in 1975 the Air Force operated it for the US Army as the support aircraft for the US Army Golden Knights parachute team.
The Caribou was primarily a military tactical transport that in commercial service found itself a small niche. De Havilland Canada designed the DHC-4 in response to a US Army requirement for a tactical airlifter to supply the battlefront with troops and supplies and evacuate casualties on the return journey.
The De Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada DHC-4 Caribou was designed to provide military operators with a twin-engine STOL (Short Take off & Landing) cargo transport aircraft, with greater capacity than that of the DHC-3 Otter. The type also offered a rear loading capability.
8 lut 2022 · The experience gained from working with the American military and the licence production of 100 Grumman Trackers for the Royal Canadian Navy, encouraged DHC to begin developing a purpose-built military STOL transport aircraft. Named the DHC-4 Caribou, the United States Army ordered an evaluation batch of five in 1957 straight from the drawing ...
