| Pilatus
Porter
History
by Markus Herzig |
S/N 634 |
| S/N: 634 | Built: 1967 | TSN: 6'260 | |||
| Registration | Type | Operator / Owner | From | To | Remarks |
| HB-FCU | PC-6/B1-H2 | Pilatus Flugzeugwerke | 1967-03-10 | 1968-12-20 | |
| LN-VIJ | PC-6/B1-H2 | A/S Flytransport | 1969-02-06 | 1975-09-22 | crs 15.7.69, rebuilt |
| VH-FZB | PC-6/B1-H2 | Forrester Stephen | 1975-10-14 | 1981-10-01 | used for Antarctica ops |
| ZK-FZB | PC-6/B1-H2 | Mount Cook Line | 1981-10-02 | 1989-06-22 | dmg in gale 17.7.82 at Mount Cook |
| C-FPZB | PC-6/B1-H2 | Glacier Air / Air Alps Ltd | 1989-07-14 | 1998-07 | skis/wheel |
| D-FSCB | PC-6/B1-H2 | FSC Bruchsal | 1998-08 | 2000-04 | modified to B2-H2 |
| D-FSCB | PC-6/B2-H2 | FSC Bruchsal | 2000-04 | 2003-04 | named "Phoenix", cvt to B2-H4 |
| D-FSCB | PC-6/B2-H4 | FSC Bruchsal | 2003-04 | 2012-02 | cvt to PT-6A-34 Apr'04 |
| D-FSCB | PC-6/B2-H4 | Skydive Westerwald / Phonix Air GbR | 2012-02 | 2012-07 | |
| D-FSCB | PC-6/B2-H4 | Skydive Westerwald / Maurer Meinhard | 2012-07 | 2014-11 | |
| D-FSCB | PC-6/B2-H4 | Maurer Meinhard | 2014-11 | 2015-11 | |
| D-FSCB | PC-6/B2-H4 | Grupo Seven Air / Maurer Meinhard | 2015-11 | 2016-06-19 | crashed 19.6.16 at Ferreira do Alentejo |
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| HB-FCU of Pilatus during a spraying test flight at Stans - Photo by Pilatus Aircraft © 1967 | HB-FCU of Pilatus performing a demo takeoff at Stans - Photo by Peter Wernli © Jun-67 |
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| VH-FZB with measurement equipment at Essendon - Photo Mike Madden Archiv Tony Arbon © Nov-76 | C-FPZB of Glacier Air at picturesque Squamish BC - Photo by Damiano Gualdoni © 23-May-93 |
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| D-FSCB of FSC Bruchsal taking off at Bruchsal - Photo by Markus Herzig © 23-May-99 | D-FSCB of FSC Bruchsal approaching Bruchsal - Photo by Chris A.Boeck © 18-Apr-03 |
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| D-FSCB at Malsch-Heidelberg - Photo by Harry Krüger © 13-Jul-08 | D-FSCB of Skydive Westerwald with Beringer wheels - Photo by Meinhard Maurer © 17-Apr-13 |
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| D-FSCB of Skydive Westerwald with Beringer wheels at Breitscheid - Photo by Florian Hose © Jul-13 | D-FSCB of Skydive Westerwald in action at Breitscheid - Photo by Florian Hose © 8-Mar-14 |
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| D-FSCB of Skydive Westerwald in night light at Breitscheid - Photo by Lars Leinemann © Aug-14 |