The US De Havilland Canada's fourth plan was a big step up in size
compared with its earlier products, and was the first powered by two engines,
but the Caribou was alike in that it is a rugged STOL utility. The Caribou was above
all a military tactical convey that in commercial service found itself a small
niche.
De Havilland Canada planned the DHC-4 in response to a US
Army obligation for a tactical air lifter to supply the battlefront with troops
and provisions and evacuate casualties on the return journey. With assistance
from Canada's Department of Defense Production, DHC built a trial product supporter
that flew for the first time on July 30 1958.
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