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Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:12 am

The Turbo Caribou-Best at what it does

An article from Real Clear Defense:

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-tu ... 504bc767fc
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Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:45 am

Re: The Turbo Caribou-Best at what it does

Very cool. Thanks for sharing. The video of those low altitude drops is great stuff, and I'm amazed by their precision.
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Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:09 am

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Pretty cool, I pass by one of these everyday on the way to my plane at BAF. I knew they were doing resupply but didn't realize it was low alt drops
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Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:17 am

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That was awesome. Nice find!
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Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:26 am

Re: The Turbo Caribou-Best at what it does

Mister701 wrote:An article from Real Clear Defense:

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-tu ... 504bc767fc


Heh - you can hear the guy on the ground talking into the radio after the drop, "Good drop, good drop - you guys have some serious cojones!"
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Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:57 am

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A guy could probably trade his house in Malibu for one of those.....then live in it. :D If he had a house in Malibu....
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Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:15 am

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Boy does that bring back memories.

Worked for the Army teaching survival swimming "back in the day" at a location at the end of the runway at the Atlanta Army Depot. We had Caribou's coming and going most of the day. Really impressive short take off and landing.

I think the C-130 has taken over most of their duties and I understand that, possibly other than observation aircraft, the Army has gotten out of the fixed wing business.

The Caribou was cool, but the Hurky bird is awesome!
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