anyone remember the Caribou - Page 2 - The Firearms Forum

Snakedriver · 01-03-2012, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Little Rooster

Here is some interesting records from the now defunct>cough< Air line. There's a tally of what happened to many of the caribous and many of the other pieces owned/lent/leased by the company

http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/AirAmeric...AirAmerica.htm

Air America's skymile program wasn't very good, availble seats were hard to get and their destination list didn't include any desirable vacation locations.

RJay · 01-03-2012, 01:11 PM

Got to be honest, we had a very diverse array of visitors to our little airfield in the Highlands,many were great people and good to share a drink with, BUT, some were very strange and even a little scary. No, let me rephrase that, some of them were a whole lot scary and more than a little strange.

jack404 · 01-03-2012, 04:45 PM

ever run across a aussie who folks would think a English gent as in the way he talked ? largish ears , pleasant attitude if somewhat quiet ??

langenc · 01-05-2012, 04:10 PM

I always thought that was something Id like to fly. I could have gotten into Army aviation but wid not want to get shot up in VN in 1965.

Brass Tacks · 01-23-2012, 11:31 AM

I recall watching them land in VN. With the nose down attitude I always thought they were going to crash

Snakedriver · 01-23-2012, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Brass Tacks

I recall watching them land in VN. With the nose down attitude I always thought they were going to crash

Yeah, they set the flaps way down and dump the nose for a combat approach that looks like a controled crash, but those wings gave them the lift they needed just at the right moment at the bottom when the pilot would do his little flare at touchdown.

Brass Tacks · 02-01-2012, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Snakedriver

Air America's skymile program wasn't very good, availble seats were hard to get and their destination list didn't include any desirable vacation locations.

flew Air America one time (once was enough) from Dalat to Nha Trang on a bright silver DC3. Shared the cabin with other GIs, ARVNs, monteyards and and their families, chickens, ducks, pigs and God knows what else. It was a noisy, vibrating SOB but it got me there.

bobski · 03-06-2012, 08:16 PM

made my 1st jump out of a c-7.

how many of you were ever in a c-8?

01-03-2012, 01:11 PM	#27
RJay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,487	Re: anyone remember the Caribou Got to be honest, we had a very diverse array of visitors to our little airfield in the Highlands,many were great people and good to share a drink with, BUT, some were very strange and even a little scary. No, let me rephrase that, some of them were a whole lot scary and more than a little strange. __________________ RonJames

01-03-2012, 04:45 PM	#28
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: anyone remember the Caribou ever run across a aussie who folks would think a English gent as in the way he talked ? largish ears , pleasant attitude if somewhat quiet ??

01-05-2012, 04:10 PM	#29
langenc V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 407	Re: anyone remember the Caribou I always thought that was something Id like to fly. I could have gotten into Army aviation but wid not want to get shot up in VN in 1965.

01-23-2012, 11:31 AM	#30
Brass Tacks Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 553	Re: anyone remember the Caribou I recall watching them land in VN. With the nose down attitude I always thought they were going to crash __________________ The Second Amendment, America's Original Homeland Security I don't know how I got over the hill without ever getting to the top.

03-06-2012, 08:16 PM	#33
bobski Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: va., conn., & mo. Posts: 948	Re: anyone remember the Caribou made my 1st jump out of a c-7. how many of you were ever in a c-8? Last edited by bobski; 03-06-2012 at 08:25 PM..