(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, said:
wrote:
An excellent reminder that there really are good reasons to do a
thorough preflight and to make sure the controls are free. This
happened just north of Winnipeg, and the aircraft was the first version
with PT-6-67 Turboprops. The Canadian DOT concluded that the control
locks were still locked when the aircraft took off.
http://www.jumpingpixels.com/turboprops.html

Certainly not to refute what you say about external/internal
preflight inspections but there's something wrong with this film.

This isn't a Buffalo I think, it's a Caribou with two radial
engines I believe, the Buffalo was derived from the Caribou

No, it isn't a Buffalo. As the text on the web site says, this is a
Caribou with an after-market conversion to turbo prop. Why did you bring
up Buffalos?

Because, as I said, Buffaloes were derived from The Caribou and
they had mentioned that this a/c was being re engined with
turboprops. I guess that I didn't know that the Caribou had ever
been re engined with turboprops unless it was converted to the
Buffalo, but of course I could be wrong...the clip sure didn't
sound like any turboprop engine that I ever heard.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havi..._DHC-5_Buffalo

(quote from above URL)
The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a short take off and
landing (STOL) cargo aircraft, a turboprop conversion of their
earlier piston-powered DHC-4 Caribou. The aircraft has legendary
STOL performance, able to take off in distances much shorter than
even light aircraft. de Havilland Canada was formerly a
subsidiary of De Havilland of the UK and is now a subsidiary of
Bombardier of Canada.
(unquote)

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-Gord.
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