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Photo: Robert Deering
1991 Alliance Airport (AFW) Fort Worth, Texas |
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The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility transport, a turboprop version developed from the earlier piston-powered DHC-4 Caribou. The aircraft has extraordinary STOL performance, able to take off in distances much shorter than even light aircraft can manage. de Havilland Canada was formerly a subsidiary of de Havilland of the UK and is now a subsidiary of Bombardier of Canada.
The Buffalo arose from a United States Army requirement. Its first flight was on 9 April 1964 but only a pre-production run of four DHC-5As were delivered in 1965 and designated YAC-2 (later 'CV-7A and subsequently C-8A). Difficulties arose with the Buffalo program in the US, as despite having won the US Army competition, the contract was not awarded as fixed wing operations were transferred to the United States Air Force who considered themselves adequately equipped with the American made Fairchild C-123 Provider. |
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