Description: A Buffalo from the Canadian Air Force at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.
The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a short take off and landing (STOL) cargo aircraft, a turboprop conversion of their earlier piston-powered DHC-4 Caribou. The aircraft has legendary STOL performance, able to take off in distances much shorter than even light aircraft. de Havilland Canada was formerly a subsidiary of De Havilland of the UK and is now a subsidiary of Bombardier of Canada. |