March 3, 20233 yr Does anyobe know of any real world routes which were flown by the Caribou (or the Buffalo) in Canada or the US Edited March 3, 20233 yr by ErichB
March 3, 20233 yr 5 minutes ago, PIC007 said: Canada and US..no........... Vietnam .. yes 🙂 I understand the Caribou was used in Laos too, between the various Lima sites. https://flightsim.to/file/4503/laos-long-tieng-scenery-pack-3-airfields
March 3, 20233 yr Author 12 minutes ago, PIC007 said: Canada and US..no........... Vietnam .. yes 🙂 Go ahead 🙂 5 minutes ago, JabbleWok said: I understand the Caribou was used in Laos too, between the various Lima sites. https://flightsim.to/file/4503/laos-long-tieng-scenery-pack-3-airfields Thanks!
March 3, 20233 yr You can find the operators here. de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou - Wikipedia Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
March 3, 20233 yr 22 minutes ago, JabbleWok said: I understand the Caribou was used in Laos too, between the various Lima sites. https://flightsim.to/file/4503/laos-long-tieng-scenery-pack-3-airfields I didn't know that the Lima fields had a dedicated addon ! Thanks . I spent 10s of hours to make a L20 in FS9. Never shared it because it was not good enough. Edited March 3, 20233 yr by Dominique_K Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
March 3, 20233 yr 3 minutes ago, Dominique_K said: I didn't know that the Lima fields had a dedicated addon ! Thanks . I spent 10s of hours to make a L20 in FS9. Never shared it because it was not good enough. Maybe an excuse to master ADE in MSFS!
March 3, 20233 yr Oh, and JanKees has done a lovely Air America paint job for the beastie: https://flightsim.to/file/50856/de-havilland-canada-dhc-4-caribou-n544y-air-america
March 3, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, JabbleWok said: Maybe an excuse to master ADE in MSFS! The issue was mostly the mesh which was not so good then and didn't do justice to the karstic buttes. What I did share though was an Air America livery for the Milton Shupe and crew D18S to go along AVSIM Library Goodness almost 13 years ago 😄 ! Jankees livery looks great. So what is your final word on the Caribou ? Edited March 3, 20233 yr by Dominique_K Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
March 3, 20233 yr If you want a good challenge, just try to land your Caribou in Tioman (WMBT), here is a picture of the Malaysian Air Force taken in 1987 (I was flying there myself then on a different aircraft). That small island is off the Malaysian peninsula North East of Mersing VOR. https://pin.it/63YT61N Procedure - from what I can remember -, join base-leg to RWY 20 (only one way to land facing a cliff at the end of the runway!) at 800 feet, gear down, flaps 15, reduce speed to 80, turn final flaps 30 and aim for the runway fringe with IAS bleeding to 60, don't try to flare, full reverse. If you don't monitor your approach speed, you won't have another chance, the go-around is not an option... Have a look at this, it will help you more in your Caribou flying techniques: http://www.dhc4and5.org/Caribou From The Cockpit - Chris Jaensch.pdf Bernard CPU = 12900K / GPU = Nvidia 3090 VRAM 24 GB / RAM = 64 GB / SSD = 2 TB 980 PRO PCle 4.0 NVMe™ M.2,
March 3, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, JabbleWok said: Oh, and JanKees has done a lovely Air America paint job for the beastie: https://flightsim.to/file/50856/de-havilland-canada-dhc-4-caribou-n544y-air-america I read that. I wonder how it got back to the US in 1975? Was it flown? If so where/how? Aleutians? Avoiding USSR airspace? Or was it loaded on an aircraft carrier or cargo ship somehow, and shipped over? Or flown west, to India, the Middle East and that way? Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
March 3, 20233 yr 19 minutes ago, Dominique_K said: So what is your final word on the Caribou ? I was reluctant at first, but on trying it I've become hooked!. It's rugged and draggy with good visibility so makes a good bush plane, and it's a paradise for old-school steam gauge fans. They've done a good job on the model and behaviour, and the extras (like opening ramp) are nice. It has real character.
March 3, 20233 yr 5 minutes ago, Mace said: I read that. I wonder how it got back to the US in 1975? Was it flown? If so where/how? Aleutians? Avoiding USSR airspace? Or was it loaded on an aircraft carrier or cargo ship somehow, and shipped over? Or flown west, to India, the Middle East and that way? Good question - in 1975 I guess they'd stay well outside of Soviet airspace. I wonder if the Pacific has a standard 'safe' sequence of airfields for crossing, in the same way that the Atlantic route goes by Iceland & Greenland? Aleutians might feature, but it's a long way north before you reach the chain and you sure wouldn't want to try it in Winter. So stripping it down and sticking it on a freighter might have been the most practical option.
March 3, 20233 yr 46 minutes ago, Bernard Ducret said: If you want a good challenge, just try to land your Caribou in Tioman (WMBT), A welcome reminder. You tipped us off a couple of years back about this airfield and I did there many pattern flights. A really nice place to kill one's self 😄. Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
March 3, 20233 yr https://www.radschool.org.au/magazines/Vol69/pdf/Caribou in Vietnam.pdf Edited March 3, 20233 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick
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