Buffalo Girl
Canadian Armed Forces De Havilland(Canada) CC-115 Buffalo '115463' rolls to a crawl after making a tactical STOL approach to RAF Greenham Common during her display at the 1981 International Air Tattoo.
The Buffalo was a much improved version of their earlier and highly successful Caribou - one of many capable STOL (Short Take-Off and landing) designs made by that company.
Based in Europe in support of their NATO commitment, the Buffalo's were superceded by the CC-132 (Dash-7) then the CC-142 (Dash-8) but when the 'Iron Curtain' came down, all departed for home as the Canadian's eventually pulled their contribution back to mainland Canada
Scanned Kodak 35mm Transparency
Another rescue job and a good example of the vagaries of shooting into the light at Greenham using a Zenith E fitted with a fixed length 250mm Soligor lens!
Buffalo Girl
Canadian Armed Forces De Havilland(Canada) CC-115 Buffalo '115463' rolls to a crawl after making a tactical STOL approach to RAF Greenham Common during her display at the 1981 International Air Tattoo.
The Buffalo was a much improved version of their earlier and highly successful Caribou - one of many capable STOL (Short Take-Off and landing) designs made by that company.
Based in Europe in support of their NATO commitment, the Buffalo's were superceded by the CC-132 (Dash-7) then the CC-142 (Dash-8) but when the 'Iron Curtain' came down, all departed for home as the Canadian's eventually pulled their contribution back to mainland Canada
Scanned Kodak 35mm Transparency
Another rescue job and a good example of the vagaries of shooting into the light at Greenham using a Zenith E fitted with a fixed length 250mm Soligor lens!