About: De Havilland Canada C-7 Caribou   Sponge Permalink

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de Havilland Canada's third STOL design was a big step up in size compared to its earlier DHC Beaver and DHC Otter, and was the first DHC design powered by two engines. The Caribou, however, was similar in concept in that it was designed as a rugged STOL utility. The Caribou was primarily a military tactical transport that in commercial service found itself a small niche in cargo hauling. The United States Army ordered 173 in 1959 and took delivery in 1961 under the designation AC-1 which then changed to CV-2 Caribou. Today only a handful are in civil use.

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  • De Havilland Canada C-7 Caribou
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  • de Havilland Canada's third STOL design was a big step up in size compared to its earlier DHC Beaver and DHC Otter, and was the first DHC design powered by two engines. The Caribou, however, was similar in concept in that it was designed as a rugged STOL utility. The Caribou was primarily a military tactical transport that in commercial service found itself a small niche in cargo hauling. The United States Army ordered 173 in 1959 and took delivery in 1961 under the designation AC-1 which then changed to CV-2 Caribou. Today only a handful are in civil use.
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loaded weight main
  • 31000.0
climb rate main
  • 1355.0
number of props
  • 2(xsd:integer)
length alt
  • 22.12 m
span main
  • 95.58
height alt
  • 9.65 m
range alt
  • 2103.0
length main
  • 72.58
power alt
  • 1081.0
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area main
  • 912.0
power main
  • 1450.0
height main
  • 31.66
span alt
  • 29.13 m
range main
  • 1307.0
max speed main
  • 216.0
engine (prop)
  • Pratt and Whitney R-2000-7M2 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder
climb rate alt
  • 413(xsd:integer)
ceiling main
  • 24800.0
empty weight main
  • 18260.0
Related
  • * DHC-5 Buffalo * Dash 7 * Dash 8
loaded weight alt
  • 14198.0
area alt
  • 84.7
max speed alt
  • 348.0
jet or prop?
  • prop
empty weight alt
  • 8283.0
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 7,559 m
similar aircraft
  • *Transall C-160 *Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
Crew
  • Three
abstract
  • de Havilland Canada's third STOL design was a big step up in size compared to its earlier DHC Beaver and DHC Otter, and was the first DHC design powered by two engines. The Caribou, however, was similar in concept in that it was designed as a rugged STOL utility. The Caribou was primarily a military tactical transport that in commercial service found itself a small niche in cargo hauling. The United States Army ordered 173 in 1959 and took delivery in 1961 under the designation AC-1 which then changed to CV-2 Caribou. The majority of Caribou production was destined for military operators, but the type's ruggedness and excellent STOL capabilities also appealed to a select group of commercial users. US certification was awarded on 23 December 1960. Ansett-MAL, which operated a single example in the New Guinea highlands, and AMOCO Ecuador were early customers, as was Air America, (a CIA front in South East Asia during the Vietnam War 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.
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