In a previous article, said:
Ok...it's probably like most of these 'new a/c' when they're
patterned very closely after the original (like the Argus and the
Bristol Britannia) the end product is an entirely different a/c
but close enough that people mistakenly call them 'conversions'

Probably. But those people probably call a Saratoga a converted Archer.

There are a couple of companies out there that will convert Caribous into
turboprop Caribous, but the end result won't be a Buffalo, it will be a
turboprop Caribou.


I see..so what difference is there between a 'turbo Caribou' and
a Buffalo?

The length, the tail configuration, a few square feet of wing area, etc.

My father was chief materials engineer at deHavilland Canada so I grew up
with this stuff - I even got a ride in the prototype Dash 7.

I have a friend who used to work at deHavilland Canada at
Downsview Ontario...his name is Stayner Durocher...did you ever
run across him?

I don't think so.


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