Watch this unusual air display performed by a Royal Australian Air Force DHC-4 Caribou.
Taken in 1988, at RAAF Base Richmond, the following clip shows the RAAF De Havilland Canada DHC-4 solo display flown during the Australian Bicentennial Air Show.
What it makes this video interesting is the “wheelbarrow” done by the Australian pilot at 0:43.
As it can be seen in the footage, a skilled pilot is required to perform such a spectacular maneuver: in fact, the Caribou driver maintains a very low rate of descent in order to avoid a nose landing gear breakage caused by a harsh touchdown on the runway.
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