"Pits" wrote in message ...

Just wondering if US or Canada are still using Caribous for any
purpose.

I believe Canada must have enough flying, even in civilian applications, as
DHC produced a turbine conversion kit only a few years back.

Too bad the Australian Defence Force was too stupid to take up the
conversion. Payback is in year one. The conversion gives other improvements
but not the type I'd want to explore in an aging airframe. Of course, when
offered to the ADF they immediately seized on the faster, higher, heavier
idea but then scrapped the whole thing because of the stalled replacement
project (LTAC) was frozen and some day, one day, might actually be
announced.


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