Heritage Air Park DE HAVILLAND DHC-5 BUFFALO (#115457)

            Comox, BC Canada

Manufacturer: de Havilland Canada
Model: DHC-5
Designation: CC-115
Number: 15
In Service: 1967 to 2021
Role: Transport and Search And Rescue
Dimensions: Wing Span: 96 ft 
Length: 79 ft 
Height: 28 ft 8 in
Wing Area: 945 sq ft 
Weights: Empty: 27,000 lbs 
Gross: 45,000 lbs 
Power Plant: Two 3,060 ESHP General Electric CT64-820-3 Turbine engines
Performance: Maximum Speed: 262 mph
Service Ceiling: 27,500 ft
Range: 740 miles 
Endurance: 8 hours
Crew: Two Pilots, one Flight Engineer, one Navigator, and two Search And Rescue Technicians (SAR 
Techs)

The Buffalo was initially acquired as a tactical transport aircraft for the Canadian Army, but was progressively converted to Search And Rescue duties while retaining a secondary transport role. 

It provided Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) characteristics and excellent mountain flying capabilities in its search and rescue function. The 
Buffalo could deliver valuable Search And Rescue Technicians by parachute into remote areas and a 
pump or survival kit with a dinghy to helpless victims at sea.

Designed for employment under all weather conditions in areas where short, rough, unprepared strips provide 
the only takeoff and landing surfaces, the "Buff" features exceptionally low, slow-flying controllability.

The Buffalo flew with 429 Sqn in the Tactical Aviation role and with 413, 424 and 442 Squadrons in the SAR 
role until replaced by the CC-130 Hercules and, in 2021, by the CC-295 Kingfisher.

Reference: comoxairforcemuseum.ca

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Taken on: October 8, 2022

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Sets appears in: • Comox Air Force Museum/Heritage Air Park - Comox (2022) • ♥️ The Best of Family & Friends 2018-2024 (Private Album)

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