DeHavilland  DHC-4 Caribou Demonstration and Test Aircraft

 

Newest data is shown in red                 Updated  March 27, 2014

 
CF-KTK-X (c/n # 1) with short fuselage during its flight test period.  (de Havilland)

 
Demo Caribou  CF-LAX-X (c/n # 2) landing at Fort Rucker, AL sometime between Jan 1, '59 and April 10, '59 (Gordon Stobb)
<<< CF-LAX-X (cn # 2) In demo paint. Downsview, Ontario, Canada/date unknown.

>>> A test model of Caribou is atop a DHC Otter date & location unknown. (DHC)
<<< CF-UYM (c/n #250) used for pilot training then registrated as N949GA.

>>> CF-LAN-X (cn # 2) loading Canadian troops for PR photo shot.Location and date unknown. (AOCA Historian Archives)
 


CARIBOU DEMONSTRATION TOURS
Tour Number 1 - October 1959 to May 1960 using CF-LVA (CN #9) Demo covered Europe, Scandinavia, Middle East, India, South East Asia, Australia and Northern Canada
CF-LVA showing off for the British military at Hatfield (HTF) airport - UK, November 1959   (Clive Dyball)
PR photos of CF-LVA , location/date unknown. (Bombardier Regional Aircraft)


Tour Number 2 - October to December 1961 using CF-LAN (CN #2)  Demo covered Flordia, West Indies and Latin America.
Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco at Montevideo, Uruguay. (Norman Eastaff collection via Janic Geelen)
Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco at Montevideo, Uruguay. (Norman Eastaff collection via Janic Geelen)
Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco at Montevideo, Uruguay. (Norman Eastaff collection via Janic Geelen)


Tour Number 3 - March to July 1964 using CF-OYE (CN #40)  Demo covered Alaska, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Middle East, East Africa, Libya, Europe
<<< CF-OYE (c/n #40) on demonstration tour parked at Melsbroek (EBMB) Belguim on June 28, 1964 (Robert Roggeman)
At the Rabat Airport, Morocco in June 1964. Bob Fowler flying.  (Norman  Eastaff collection via Janic Geelen)
At the Rabat Airport, Morocco in June 1964. Bob Fowler flying.  (Norman  Eastaff collection via Janic Geelen)  

  

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