Aircraft History (from the U.S. Army Otter-Caribou Association):
The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation purchased 62-4149 in 1999. Floyd Burks, along with Hal Loyer, and Bob McGregor, and others from the Foundation did the acceptance inspection on it in Long Beach, California.

This Caribou saw service from the factory to Vietnam with the 61^st Aviation Co. until it was turned over to the Air Force in January, 1967, and became part of the 459^th TAS. It remained on duty with the Air Force until they ferried some of the 'Bous back in 1972. It was later returned to US Army control (after the AF didn't want them anymore) and was assigned to the Connecticut AVRAD Depot. After 10 years or so, it was released to the civilian sector, sold, and was taken to Australia where it remained for two years. The aircraft returned to the US and sat in Colorado for an unknown amount of time until Catalina Flying Boat Co. of Long Beach bought it. They had plans for using it to ferry cargo to the small Islands off California. Due to runway deterioration, the airfield on the island restricted the landing weights below that of the 'Bous.

The AAHF purchased the aircraft and it is being maintained by volunteers of the Foundation and will be utilized in many air shows throughout the year 2000, even making Oshkosh in late July, 2000.