| Pilatus
Porter
History
by Markus Herzig |
S/N 337 |
| S/N: 337 | Built: 1959 | TSN: 246 | |||
| Registration | Type | Operator / Owner | From | To | Remarks |
| HB-FAN | PC-6 | Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG | 1959-05 | 1959-12-01 | 1st prototype, ff 4-May-59 |
| HB-FAN | PC-6 | Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG (Swiss Dhaulagiri Expedition) | 1959-12-01 | 1960-05-16 | "Yeti", dbr 5.5.60 in Nepal |
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| HB-FAN resting in peace up in te Himalaya on 5200m - Photo courtesy Karl Scheuber © 2000 | HB-FAN of the Swiss Dhaulagiri Himalaya Expedition in Nepal - Photo courtesy PVA © 1960 |
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| HB-FAN - the very first built Pilatus PC-6 during a flight at Stans - Photo Archive Markus Herzig © 1959 | The very first Pilatus PC-6 Porter built - Photo courtesy Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG © 1959 |
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| Resting
in peace up in te Himalaya on 5200m
Photo courtesy by PVA © 2000 |
Yeti
lying in a mountain river a year after its crash
Photo by Don Messerschmidt © 1964 |
Yeti
lying in a mountain river a year after its crash
Photo by Don Messerschmidt © 1964 |
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| Damaged
at the Dambuschpass in Nepal
Photo by E.Saxer courtesy by PVA © 1960 |
A
real adventure in 1960
Photo by M.Eiselin courtesy by PVA © 1960 |
HB-FAN
is taking off from a camp in the Himalaya
Photo by M.Eiselin courtesy by PVA © 1960 |
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| "Yeti"
high up in the Himalaya
Photo by E.Saxer courtesy by PVA © 1960 |