Bye Bye Bou

[Keith Gaff]

An era ended yesterday when the Royal Australian Air Force Museum at Point Cook took delivery of DeHavilland Caribou A4-152. Australia was one of the largest and longest operators of the Caribou, the aircraft's flying characteristics were uniquely suited to RAAF operations. This machine saw service in Vietnam and went on to peace keeping and humanitarian duties around the world. After 45 years the Caribou has been retired. Apart from A4-152; aircraft A4-140 will go to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. What happens to the remaining aircraft is not yet known. The passing of the Caribou marks the end of another era. For the first time in its history the RAAF does not have a piston engined aircraft in its inventory. The pic below shows A4-152 at an airshow several years ago.

[Stoney]

Its the only plane I've ever taken off in less then 300' and landed in less then 500'.

[Robbie Stuart]

Its the only plane I've ever taken off in less then 300' and landed in less then 500'.

[vernicator]

..and to do so was easy in the 'bou. Makes me proud to say that it came from my home country of Canada.


Caribou take off video

[Ethan]

Any chance of a few dhc-4s being sold on the civilan market ?

[andyman64]

there must be privatley owned bou,s out there greenamyer had one for the attempt at saving the keybird!

[mustangdriver]

There is a beauty of one on the warbird circuit right now. It was at Oshkosh this year.

[needle]

There is a beauty of one on the warbird circuit right now. It was at Oshkosh this year.

The one at Oshkosh was the CV-2B from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum...........comes with the original crew chief!

http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/CV-2B.html