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Pilatus Porter History
by Markus Herzig		 S/N 2068
This Heliporter is used for aerial surveying
Photo by Al Rice © 2000		 Special equipments at the wings
Photo by Al Rice © 2000		 N5308F at Smiley Creek with Sawtooths mountains
Photo by Al Rice © 23-Jun-08
S/N: 2068 Built: 1975 TSN: -
Registration Type Operator / Owner From To Remarks
N5308F PC-6/C-H2 U.S. Geological Survey / U.S. Dep of Interior 1975-07-29 Current used for aerial surveying
           
This aircraft has a large console of recording devices that takes up the area where the first row of passenger seats would be and the operators (two) set aft of the console facing forward. The only visibility out of the airplane for them is through the side windows. The aircraft can be equipped with a magnetometer, 60 cycle receiver, and other experimental data devices. The Turbo Porter is typically flown at altitudes between 1000 and 200 ft agl.  Picodas survey GPS for both lateral and vertical navigation are used. Since 2008 the PC-6 has the pods, booms and the operations console removed. The aircraft is currently equipped with Lidar.
urveying
Photo by Al Rice © 2000		 N5308F at Smiley Creek Idaho during pilot training
Photo by Al Rice © 17-Jun-08
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