Photo by Dick London.

Registered to Pen Turbo Aviation.

Delivered as 62-4190 to the US Army in September 1963, this Caribou was transferred to the US Air Force in 1967 under Operation Red Leaf . A Military Assistance Program transfer to Spanish AF as T.9-20 Oct 1981, it was later sold to NewCal Aviation as N56NC. The aircraft was registered to Pen Turbo Aviation Mar 29, 1995 for turbine conversion. The conversion program floundered and the aircraft's registration was cancelled in 2013. At the time of uploading it remains stored at Cape May with several other DHC-4 airframes.

The days of the Canadian Air Force Caribous were numbered by 1970. 5303 was the first CC-108 delivered August 8, 1960. As the prototype Caribou, it first flew as CF-KTK-X on July 30, 1958 before delivery to the RCAF. Loaned back to DHC in 1961 and modified with turbo-prop engines for DHC-5 Buffalo development, it was returned to piston power before re-delivery in 1964. Replaced by CC-115 Buffalos delivered in 1970, the Caribous were retired, this one was SOC June 15, 1971. To the Tanzanian Air Force (JW9011), it was later registered 5H-AAC. Sold as N1016N in 1979, it was later scrapped.

DND photo

DND photo.

DND photo

DND photo

DND photo

Flying near Trenton, Ontario. DND photo

DND photo

RCAF Caribou serving with the United Nations Yemen Observer Mission. DND photo.

DND photo

DND photo.

Registered to Pen Turbo Aviation.

Delivered to the US Army in 1962 as a CV-2B and named "The Ruptured Duck" while based at Fort Benning GA, this Caribou was reassigned to the USAF in 1967 and operated from Cam Rahn AB with the 458th TAS. On return from Vietnam, in 1976 it transferred to the 150th TAS at McGuire AFB, NJ then the 135th TAS, Martin State, MD. In 1980 it went back to the US Army with the National Guard here at Bradley Field, coming under the control of the Connecticut Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot in 1990 in these unusual colours. Given to museum by 1992 having made the last flight by a C-7

Long term storage with most markings removed.

A very early Caribou in USAF markings. This aircraft was delivered to the US Army in Dec 1959, and transferred to the USAF in Jan 1967. Starting in 1975 the Air Force operated it for the US Army as the support aircraft for the US Army Golden Knights parachute team. In Mar 1980 it was returned to the US Army, and continued to serve for the Golden Knights until 1985. On 2 May 1992 this Caribou was officially dedicated as part of the Dyess Linear Air Park. It was previously incorrectly painted as 58-082, but now only carries some strange "AF58-0" remnants of that on the tail. On the other side it only carries "82" below the TD code.