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Dates |
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Event |
1958 |
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Constructed as a YAC-1-DH by deHavilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
October 1958 |
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Assigned civil registration: CF-LKU-X
Test registration. |
From October 1958 to October 1958 |
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Transferred to Army Aviation Test Board-Fort Rucker, AL. |
Circa 8 October 1958 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 57-3080. |
3 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Fort Belvoir, VA. |
4 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to McGuire AFB, NJ. |
5 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Toronto, Canada. |
6 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Goose Bay, Canada. |
7 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Keflavik, Iceland. |
9 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Prestwick, Scotland. |
10 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Paris, France. |
11 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Chateauroux, France. |
12 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Pisa, Itlay. |
13 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Athens, Greece. |
14 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Ankara, Turkey. |
16 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Teheran, Iran. |
17 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Karachi, Pakistan. |
18 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to New Delhi, India. |
19 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Calcutta, India. |
21 August 1961 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Bangkok, Thailand. |
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Ferry flight.
Flown to Saigon, Vietnam becoming the first Caribou in Vietnam. |
21 August 1961 |
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Transferred to USARV FLT Det. Vietnam.
Was also used as South Vietnams presidential aircraft. |
May 1962 |
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Leased to Air America.
Operated in Laos. |
1962 |
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Redesignated as YCV-2A. |
August 1963 |
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Returned from lease. |
February 1966 |
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Transferred to (Army Aeronautical Deport Maintence Center) Corpus Christi Army Depot, NAS Corpus Christi, TX. |
September 1966 |
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Transferred to Army Aviation Test Board, Fort Rucker, AL. |
1 January 1967 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-3080.
Transferred to USAF under operation RED LEAF. |
1 January 1967 |
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Redesignated as YC-7A. |
1 January 1967 |
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Transferred to Headquartes Air Force Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Assigned to U.S. Army and kept Army markings. |
June 1970 |
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Transferred to Army Aviation Test Board, Army Red River Depot, Texarkana, TX. |
August 1973 |
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Transferred to Flight Operations Division, Army Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL. |
January 1974 |
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Transferred to Army Red River Depot, Texarkana, TX. |
March 1975 |
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Transferred to Flight Operations Division, Army Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL. |
July 1975 |
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Transferred to Silver Eagles Helicopter Demonstration Team.
Operated with markings: Painted blue and white
Crews provided by Army Aviation School, Ft. Rucker, AL. |
Circa June 1976 |
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Photographer: Unknown
Notes: 35mm slide found in a desk drawer in 1982 at DuPage Tower, West Chicago, IL |
February 1977 |
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Transferred to Flight Operations Division, Army Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL. |
May 1978 |
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Photographer: Eric Bannwarth |
July 1981 |
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Involved in an incident.
From C-7acaribou.com: Suffered inflight starboard fire forcing it down in a cotton field. It was repaired in the field and flown out the following month. Incident happened near Harpersville, AL. |
September 1983 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
Aircraft had over 10,000 flight hours when it joined the museum.
 View the Location Dossier |
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Markings Applied: 0-73080 |
29 June 1990 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols |
14 September 2003 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
