de Havilland Canada DHC-5
| de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo | |
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 Canadian Forces DHC-5 |
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| Type: | Transport plane |
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| First flight: |
April 9, 1964 |
| Production time: |
until 1982 |
| Number of pieces: |
122 |
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The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo (original name Caribou II ) is a transport aircraft made by de Havilland Canada .
history
The DHC-5 was developed from the DHC-4 Caribou with a larger fuselage following a tender by the US Army . What was required was a transport aircraft that could carry a Pershing medium- range missile , an M101 howitzer or a three-ton truck. The first flight took place on April 9, 1964.
Orders from the US Army were not made after the Buffalo was rated as YAC-2 (later C-8A). The Canadian Armed Forces procured 15 units of the type DHC-5A with the service designation CC-115, of which six were later converted to sea patrol aircraft. After the delivery of a further 24 or 16 machines for the air forces in Brazil and Peru, the production line was initially closed.
After seeing continued demand for the Buffalo in 1974, the company began manufacturing the improved DHC-5D. The more powerful engines of this type enabled higher operational masses and improved overall flight performance. Buffalo production ended in 1982. The last of a total of 122 copies built was not delivered until April 1985.
Since civil operators had also shown interest, de Havilland Canada developed the DHC-5E version, which received Canadian type certification in 1981. Essentially similar to the military Buffalo, the standard DHC-5E offered space for 44 passengers. The interior was quickly changed for cargo and VIP flights. Ethiopian Airlines purchased two copies.
The versions DHC-5B with CT64-P4C engines from General Electric and DHC-5C with Rolls-Royce Dart-RDa.12 engines were not built.
Military users
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Egypt
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Ethiopia
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Brazil
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Chile
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Ecuador
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Indonesia
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Cameroon
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Canada
- Royal Canadian Air Force 15 CC-115 (ordered as a transporter in 1967 and used as an SAR aircraft from 1970 )
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Kenya
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Malaysia
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Mauritania
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Mauritius
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Mexico
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Myanmar
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Oman
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Peru
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Zambia
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Spain
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Sudan
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Tanzania
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Togo
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United Arab Emirates
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United States
- United States Army
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NASA
- Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft (QSRA)
Incidents
From the first flight in 1964 to November 2017, there were 32 total losses of DHC-5. In 18 of them 310 people were killed. Among them is the plane disaster in Gabon , which killed a total of 30 people, including 18 players from the Zambian national soccer team .
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 3 (commander, copilot and loadmaster) |
| Passengers | 41 or 24 stretchers |
| length | 24.08 m |
| span | 29.26 m |
| height | 8.73 m |
| Wing area | 87.8 m² |
| Wing extension | 9.8 |
| payload | 8,164 kg |
| Empty mass | 11,412 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 22,316 kg |
| Top speed | 467 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 9,450 m |
| Range | 1,112 km with maximum payload |
| Engines | 2 × General Electric CT64-820-4 propeller turbines with 2,336 kW |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Super Short Takeoff and Landing (SSTOL) Aircraft.
- ^ Accident statistics de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
- ↑ Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83 , Taylor 1982, pp. 25-26.