| Pilatus
Porter
History
by Markus Herzig |
S/N 726 |
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| N30TU
at Dhorpatan airstrip, West Nepal at 9200ft
Photo by Wayne Aeschliman © 1975 |
F-GAMV
equipped with S.E.F.A. floats
Photo by S.E.F.A. Floats, France |
After
the accident in the highlands of West Papua
Photo by Brian Smith © 2003 |
| S/N: 726 | Built: 1971 | TSN: > 8'500 | |||
| Registration | Type | Operator / Owner | From | To | Remarks |
| HB-FGA | PC-6/B2-H2 | Pilatus Flugzeugwerke | 1971-05 | 1974-10 | demonstrator |
| N30TU | PC-6/B2-H2 | Jungle Aviation & Radio Service Inc. | 1974-10-01 | 1977-04-27 | ops in Nepal |
| F-GAMV | PC-6/B2-H2 | S.E.F.A., Cannes | 1977-06-29 | 1979-10-23 | on floats, sank in sea |
| HB-FGA | PC-6/B2-H2 | Birair AG | 1979-11-23 | 1980-10 | rescued and rebuilt by Birair |
| HB-FGA | PC-6/B2-H2 | Zimex Aviation | 1980-10 | 1988 | converted to B2-H4 |
| HB-FGA | PC-6/B2-H4 | Zimex Aviation | 1988 | 1999-07-23 | |
| PK-YPC | PC-6/B2-H4 | Trigana Air Service | 1999-07 | 2003-03 | ops in Irian Jaya, dmg 18.1.02 |
| - | PC-6/B2-H4 | Highland Air, NZ | 2003-03 | Current | stored |
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| HB-FGA
fitted with a Pohwaro take off rocket
Photo by Paul Schüpbach © May-72 |
HB-FGA
owned by Zimex Aviation at Bern
Photo by Bruno Wasem © 1993 |
PK-YPC
at Penang on the delivery to Indonesia
Photo by Juergen Riedel © 1999 |
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| HB-FGA
in the first years as factory demonstrator
Photo by Pilatus Flugzeugwerke |