The DHC-5A is the utility transport model of the de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo, the twin-engined short takeoff and landing aircraft developed from the piston-powered DHC-4 Caribou after a 1962 United States Army requirement for a STOL transport able to carry the same payload as the CH-47A Chinook helicopter. While the four aircraft ordered by the US Army were the basic DHC-5, the DHC-5A was the version supplied to the Brazilian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Peruvian Air Force; Canada took fifteen as the CC-115, first for tactical transport at CFB St Hubert and from 1970 in the transport and rescue role. Production of the DHC-5A ended in 1972 after the sales to Brazil and Peru, and the line was restarted in 1974 with the improved DHC-5D.
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Engine Class EngineGeneral Electric T64 turboprop 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
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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.
Design and development, engines
to be powered by General Electric T64 turboprops rather than the Pratt & Whitney R-2000 piston engines of the Caribou
Engine fitted
to be powered by General Electric T64 turboprops rather than the Pratt & Whitney R-2000 piston engines of the Caribou
Design and development, end of production
Production of the DHC-5A ended in 1972 after sales to Brazil and Peru but restarted with the DHC-5D model in 1974.
Lead, designer
The aircraft was originally designed by de Havilland Canada, with the type certificate now owned by De Havilland Canada founded in 2019.
Generation Of: De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo, Design and development, production history
Production of the DHC-5A ended in 1972 after sales to Brazil and Peru but restarted with the DHC-5D model in 1974.
is a version of the model: De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo, Design and development, model
Production of the DHC-5A ended in 1972 after sales to Brazil and Peru but restarted with the DHC-5D model in 1974.
In Group: Military Transport Aircraft, Lead, utility transport aircraft
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.
Exemplifies: Aviation, Lead, aircraft
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.
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