The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility transport turboprop aircraft developed from the earlier piston-powered DHC-4 Caribou. The aircraft has extraordinary STOL performance and is able to take off in distances much shorter than even most light aircraft can manage.

2023年4月9日 · Capable of carrying twice the payload of a Caribou and with better STOL performance than a light aircraft, the de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo was awarded the military contract. While developing the plane, de Havilland Canada built four prototypes, with the first making its maiden flight on April 9, 1964.

The de Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada DHC-5 Buffalo was in essence, an enlarged turbo-prop development of the DHC-4 Caribou readily distinguished from its predecessor by its T-tail and larger engine nacelles.

A total of 126 DHC-5 Buffaloes were built by de Havilland Canada from 1965 to 1986. The Museum’s de Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo was completed at Downsview, Ontario in May 1978 and was one of four aircraft built for the Sudanese Air Force.

2005年3月25日 · The original DHC-5 had been designed to fill the STOL tactical role, while the DHC-5D was intended to carry larger payloads on conventional missions operating from hard surfaced runways. Climb tests with a standard production Buffalo led to six new time-to-height world records being set on 23 February 1976.

2022年1月18日 · Developed nearly 60 years ago, the DHC-5 Buffalo performed its last mission with the Royal Canadian Air Force on January 15, concluding a 55-year career in service. The aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada was replaced by the CC-295 Kingfisher, supplied by Airbus. They flew in the 442 Squadron, Transport and Rescue (SAR), based in the ...

The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a twin-engined STOL transport aircraft produced by the Canadian manufacturer de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd..

2024年10月18日 · The DHC-5 was designed against a US Army requirement for a fixed-wing airlift aircraft capable of carrying similar loads to the CH-47A Chinook into and out of short airstrips.

The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a short takeoff and landing utility transport, a turboprop version developed from the earlier piston-powered DHC-4 Caribou. The aircraft has extraordinary STOL performance and is able to take off in distances much shorter than even light aircraft can manage.

The resulting aircraft, dubbed the DHC-5 Buffalo, had nearly twice the cargo capacity of the Caribou and even more impressive STOL performance. Thanks to its high-lift wing and large, full-length flaps, even at its maximum takeoff weight of 17,000 kilograms the Buffalo requires only 370 metres of runway to take off and 300 metres to land.