| Pilatus
Porter
History
by Markus Herzig |
S/N 584 |
| S/N: 584 | Built: 1965 | TSN: 12'000 | |||
| Registration | Type | Operator / Owner | From | To | Remarks |
| HB-FBZ | PC-6/B-H2 | Pilatus Flugzeugwerke | 1965-08 | 1966-07-07 | lsd to A.D.S. 1965 |
| VH-PNG | PC-6/B-H2 | Papuan Airlines | 1966-05-20 | 1970-11-16 | "Mount Victory" |
| VH-PNG | PC-6/B-H2 | Ansett Airlines of Papua | 1970-11-16 | 1971-08-05 | |
| VH-PNG | PC-6/B-H2 | Macair Charters | 1971-08-05 | 1973-11-28 | |
| VH-PNG | PC-6/B-H2 | Melanesian Airline Company | 1973-11-28 | 1974-05-15 | rrg P2-PNG |
| P2-PNG | PC-6/B-H2 | Melanesian Airline Company | 1974-05-15 | 1975- | rrg P2-PNO |
| P2-PNO | PC-6/B-H2 | Melanesian Airline Company | 1975- | 1975-03 | rrg P2-SEA |
| P2-SEA | PC-6/B-H2 | Melanesian Airline Company | 1975-03 | 1975-12-02 | company taken over by Talair |
| P2-SEA | PC-6/B-H2 | Talair | 1975-12-02 | 1985-09-11 | "Wau Valley", "Kabwum Valley" |
| HB-FBZ | PC-6/B1-H2 | Farner Air Services | 1986-08-26 | 1990-02-14 | lsd to MBB SG 1987/88 |
| F-GIDS | PC-6/B1-H2 | Paragones SARL | 1990-04-04 | 1995-01-13 | |
| F-GIDS | PC-6/B2-H2 | CEP de Cahors | 1995-01-13 | Current | cvt to PT-6A-34 Feb'02 |
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| F-GIDS at Gap-Tallard rolled out in the new look - Photo by Icarius Aerotechnics © 28-Feb-08 | HB-FBZ on lease to Germany - Photo by Heinz Meier © 1987 |
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| P2-SEA of Talair with Captain Phil Heggie - Photo courtesy G.Buchanan / P.Heggie © 1980s | P2-PNO of Melanesian Airline Company - Photo Archive Markus Herzig © Mar-75 |
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| F-GIDS
powered with a PT6A-34 engine
Photo by Yannick Lavigne © 28-Sep-05 |
F-GIDS
on the stripe of Bordeaux-Leognan-Saucats
Photo by Yannick Lavigne © 28-Sep-05 |
F-GIDS
on FL140 over Cahors on the way down
Photo courtesy Dominique Lebreton © 2005 |
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| F-GIDS
over Cahors on the way down to base
Photo courtesy Dominique Lebreton © 2005 |
F-GIDS
- ready to drop
Photo courtesy Georges Adam © 1999 |
In
service as P2-SEA with Talair, PNG
Photo by John Macarthur © 1983 |