For Canadian Wayne! by blinkings
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Description
This Royal Australian Air Force Caribou is a Canadian-designed and produced specialized cargo aircraft with short takeoff and landing (STOL) 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.
No. 38 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) transport squadron. The squadron was formed in 1943 and saw active service in World War II transporting supplies and personnel between Australia and the war zones in New Guinea and Borneo using Douglas Dakota aircraft. Following the war, it conducted regular courier flights between Australia and Japan during 1947 and 1948. The squadron was deployed to Singapore from 1950 to 1952, supplying Commonwealth forces engaged in the Malayan Emergency and undertaking courier flights across Asia. In 1954 it became responsible for training RAAF personnel to operate the Dakota.
After being re-equipped with de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribous in 1964, No. 38 Squadron served as the RAAF's operational conversion unit for the type and also conducted transport tasks within Australia and its territories.
The writing on the front of the aircraft says '45 years of operations'.
I am going bush until the end of the week.
Comments (17)
jayfar
Another 'new' plane to me. Enjoy yourself in the bush.
dakotabluemoon
A very cool shot of this old gal u have done a fine job here Andrew.
Faemike55
Great capture and cool dedication
stnaper
What a cool airplane there, I've never seen that one ever. Nice shot Andrew. Have a great day. Stan
Stringy
Great shot of this sturdy little transport plane.
bebopdlx
A very cool plane and shot.
Richardphotos
really had a huge vertical stabilizer. superb photo
tennesseecowgirl
Nice pov it looks gigantic..
kgb224
Enjoy the time away from home my friend. Superb capture my friend. God bless.
jocko500
cool
mtdana
Great looking aircraft!
whaleman
Thanks very much Andrew! Nice to see another one. I saw a Canadian Search and Rescue version a couple of years ago and I believe they still have a few in limited use in the Canadian Air Force. I think the noise of piston engines scares terrorists back into their caves.
nikolais
nice shot and great machine... I remember flying it once from Dar-es-Salaam to the Island of Pemba, Tanzania way back to the late 70's.
danapommet
A wonderful wheels down capture and no prop blur!
Briney
Now there is an icon!
junge1
Beautiful shot Andrew. I love that plane. Used to watch them land at Danang. They were coming in from the south, very low approach speed, touch down on the overrun, reverse props, and taxi off on the first taxiway. They were used extensively for supplying Special Operation bases throughout Vietnam and environsI
debbielove
Brilliant! Many thanks mate, never expected to see this... A great dedi! Rob