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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-5/C-8/CC-115 Buffalo
    Latest Model:DHC-5 Buffalo
    Last Military Serial:115451 CAF
    Last Civil Registration:CF-LAQ {1}
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-5 sn 115451...
    Latest Owner or Location:424 Squadron

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DHC-5.

    27 May 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 9451.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 115451.

    15 July 1970

    Leased back to de Havilland Canada for trial.

    15 July 1970

    Assigned civil registration: CF-LAQ {1}


    Photographer: Unknown

    15 November 1971

    Transferred to Bell-Textron.
    Used for air cushion trials.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 115451.

    August 1973

    First flight.
    First flight in this configuration.

    Transferred to 4950th Test Wing, USAF.
    Carried US deisgnation XC-8A for these tests.

    1975

    Transferred to Aerospace Engineering and Test Establishment, CFB Cold Lake, AB.

    30 April 1979

    Lease for this testing ended.

    30 October 1979

    Converted to SAR configuration by de Havilland Canada.

    Circa 1990

    Transferred to No. 424 (T and R) Squadron, CFB Trenton, ON.

    1997

    Transferred to No. 442 (T and R) Squadron, CFB Comox, BC.

    By 2004

    Transferred to 424 Squadron.


    Photographer: Unknown


    Photographer: Unknown
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