Chucks
"Have you ever got up close to a Caribou? "
Yes - very close very often at one point. How close have you been?.
As I said OK not a Caribou but good enough for the price, especially when compared to C-27 or C-295 as a Caribou replacement. It could be a very useful aircraft.
This can do the stuff we need to in PNG that the other 2 can't.
So maybe not a Caribou replacement, maybe a better alternative to a Caribou replacement.
Porter should be re-acquired.
500N - a decent number of CH-47 and a few more C-130 could be a Caribou replacement, better than C-295 or C-27. Or maybe some C-47's as Caribou replacement!
John