Great find, thanks...:ernae:
I saw one of these beauties in south Louisiana, Houma to be exact, back in 1999. I later found out that it was there for an airshow, and was the drop plane for a Canadian Skydiving team...
That would be because the Alpha bird is a piston-powered DHC-4 Caribou and the PAD bird is a DHC-5 Buffalo with turboprops. They look similar because the Buffalo is a development of the Caribou that was done for the US Army. The tail is also different.
After another evaluation flight I find this to be one of PAD's finest offerings to date. Glad to have it in my hangar. Throwing the throttles in the Beta range upon touchdown brings it to a halt right quick. Very cool - the biggest STOL bird in my fleet now! Mike :ernae:
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