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| 21-Aug-2010
# 902 registered T7-SKY - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 902 - previous F-GSAC - is new registered in San Marino as T7-SKY and is now owned and operated by Tangosette Srl. |
| 16-Aug-2010
REWARD!! - Offered for information leading to the recovery of PC-6/B1-H2 ZK-PCI# 523. Aircraft was unlawfully taken from the Bridlington, UK area with unpaid lease payments in excess of EUR250,000. It is believed to have been disassembled and transported by road from the Bridlington-Scunthorpe areas. Last possible sighting was recorded via CCTV on the 22nd of May 2010, on a trailer being towed North through Chester-le-Street (just South of Newcastle) by a 4WD vehicle. UK Police have been notified as well as Interpol and the NZ and the UK CAA. Aircraft Description: Airframe s/n 523, Red fuselage, White main wings. Engine : PT6A-34, s/n PCE57118, Propeller : 4-blade Hartzell, black rear, grey front, white tips, s/n FY661. Contact the owner directly in confidence: Mr. Andrew Wallace, Highland Air (NZ) Ltd, New Zealand. Tel : +64 21 128 5010, Email : Highlandair@gmail.com. |
| 14-Aug-2010
Fairchild Program FOR SALE - The Fairchild PC-6 “Heli-Porter” & AU-23 Aircraft Production Program, Aircraft Parts & Documentation is for sale - more details HERE |
| 14-Aug-2010
New aircraft # 973 - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 973 is registered now as HB-FNS with Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG. |
| 2-Jul-2010
# 882 FOR SALE - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 882 powered with a PT6A-27 is for sale - more details HERE |
| 29-Jun-2010
# 968 & 970 on delivery - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 968 and # 970 left Switzerland today on the delivery flight to Jayapura where they will start there operation as PK-BVT with Susi Air or PK-RWM with Tariku Aviation. Check out the daily reports from the ferry pilot. |
| 27-Jun-2010
3 PC-6/B2-H4 TO LEASE - 3 Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 for 10 para are available for winter contracts - more details HERE |
| 20-Jun-2010
# 912 registered E3-AAS - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 912 - previous HB-FLE - has been noted registered E3-AAS with EMIC titles. This is the very first registered PC-6 in Eritrea, the 72th country with a registered Pilatus Porter. |
| 20-Jun-2010
New aircraft # 972 - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 972 is registered now as HB-FNR with Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG. |
| 5-Jun-2010
# 912 HB-FLE cancelled - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 912 HB-FLE of Zimex Aviation has been cancelled in the swiss aircraft register. The new home of this PC-6 is not yet known to me. |
| 23-May-2010
F-GTHA with Beringer brakes - Also PC-6/B2-H4 # 939 F-GTHA of CERPS Gap-Tallard is flying with Beringer brakes and CNC wheels. The Turbo Porter has already 500 landings with these outstanding new feature for the PC-6. More details and order information you find HERE |
| 9-May-2010
# 2025 FOR SALE - Fairchild PC-6/C2-H2 # 2025 powered with a 665 SHP Garrett TPE-331-1-101F is for sale - make an offer - more details HERE |
| 30-Apr-2010
# 907 registered N907AW - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 907 - previous N106SF - is now registered as N907AW owned by the US Department of State Air Wing, Patrick AFB, Florida. |
| 4-May-2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Today is the 51st anniversary of the PC-6 maiden flight. On May 4, 1959 the first Pilatus PC-6 Porter took off into the air - and today, the PC-6 is still in production. No other commuter aircraft has such a long production run. Take your time and have a look through the 50 years PORTER HISTORY |
| 30-Apr-2010
# 969 registered T7-TBZ - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 969 - previous HB-FNN - is now registered in San Marino as T7-TBZ. The Turbo Porter is based at Fano, Italy. |
| 30-Apr-2010
New aircraft # 971 - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 971 is registered now as HB-FNP with Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG. |
| 25-Apr-2010
New PC-6 Wheels & Brakes - Beringer & Icarius present a new performance for PC-6! Tubeless aluminium CNC machined main wheels in a complete set with brakes and tailwheel. More details HERE |
| 25-Apr-2010
# 921 FOR SALE - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 921 powered with a PT6A-27 is for sale - more details HERE |
| 24-Apr-2010
# 341 FOR SALE - Pilatus PC-6 # 341 powered with a Lycoming GSO 480 340 hp engine is for sale - more details HERE. This aircraft is a real piece of aviation history since it is the worldwide only flying original powered Pilatus Porter. |
| 24-Apr-2010
D-FSKY flying in Poland - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 878 is currently flying for Aeroklub Dolnoslaski at Miroslawice in Poland. This is the first PC-6 operating in Poland. |
| 12-Apr-2010
F-GKIA with new operator - Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2 # 689 is new operated by Fly 2 Sky GmbH, remaining owned by KIAS Airlines. The aircraft is based at Kems, Austria. |
| 7-Apr-2010
New 4 Blade Prop - Exit GmbH finished the ground flight tests with D-FEJE equipped with a new 4 blade propeller from MT Propeller. The new prop with reduced vibration and significant inside and outside noise reductions meet the new German enhanced noise restrictions. For more details check out the OFFER off Exit GmbH. |
| 6-Apr-2010
HB-FKT with a new look - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 HB-FKT # 876 of Flying Devil SA is flying now as well in the brand new silver-white-red livery as the sistership HB-FLI # 893. |
| 28-Mar-2010
EC-IBY with a new look - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 EC-IBY # 815 of Skydive Lillo is flying now in the company colors after an overhaul at Pilatus Aircraft. |
| 21-Mar-2010
HB-FLI with a new look - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 HB-FLI # 893 of Flying Devil SA is flying now in a brand new silver-white-red livery after an overhaul at Pilatus Aircraft. |
| 20-Mar-2010
F-GFDC with new owner - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 # 656 is new owned by SPV Sky Service. The aircraft is based at Saint Florentin. |
| 9-Mar-2010
New aircraft # 970 - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 970 is registered now as HB-FNO with Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG. |
| 18-Feb-2010
F-GIHM with a new look - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 F-GIHM # 581 of EFP Le Blanc is flying in a new "Nemo" livery. After 3 months of work at Icarius Aerotechnics "Nemo" had its rollout of the aquarium on Feb 16, 2010 freshly repainted, modified to B2-H2 with PT6A-34 Icarius STC and new 4 blades propeller. |
| 18-Feb-2010
PK-RCQ in full AMA livery - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 PK-RCQ # 911 of Associated Mission Aviation is flying since a few month repainted in the standard AMA livery. |
| 4-Feb-2010
# 931 FOR SALE OR LEASE - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 931 powered with a PT6A-27 is for sale with a new price or for lease - more details HERE |
| 2-Feb-2010
HB-FNL ferried to Dubai - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 966 HB-FNL of Flying Devil SA / Nasser Al Neyadi has been fferried to Dubai and the Flying-Devil Team has the pleasure to announce the opening of Skydive Dubai!!! After an amazing ferry flight of 25 hours via Bari (Italy), Heraklion (Greece), Luxor (Egypt), Jeddah and Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) the Turbo Porter arrived at the final destination, Dubai (United Arab Emirates). On Saturday January 30th, a sandy runway of 1300 feet was prepared on the famous Palm to allow the first Porter to land after dropping the Fazza Sky Team. Let's dream until the next vacations.... |
| 2-Feb-2010
New aircraft # 969 - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 969 is registered now as HB-FNN with Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG. |
| 2-Feb-2010
New aircraft # 968 - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 968 is registered now as HB-FNM with Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG. |
| 17-Jan-2010
HB-FNL with new owner - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 966 HB-FNL is now owned by Nasser Al Neyadi and operated by Flying Devil SA. The Turbo Porter is flying in Dubai for Fazza Sky. |
| 14-Jan-2010
# 767 PARTS FOR SALE - The damaged fuselage of Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 767 is for sale - more details HERE |
| 25-Dec-2009
# 967 registered PK-VVU - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 967 - previous HB-FNK - is now registered as PK-VVU with Susi Air, the 4th PC-6 in their fleet. |
| 17-Dec-2009
# 581 to be converted - Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2 # 581 F-GIHM of EFP Le Blanc is currently under work with Icarius Aerotechnics at Gap-Tallard. The aircraft will be modified to B2-H2 with a PT6A-34 engine and will also get a new livery until end of January. |
| 6-Dec-2009
# 521 FOR SALE - Pilatus PC-6/C1-H2 # 521 powered with a TPE331-1-100 is for sale - more details HERE |
| 12-Nov-2009
# 966 ready for delivery - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 966 HB-FNL is ready for delivery. The Turbo Porter will be operated next year by Flying Devil in Dubai for Fazza Sky. |
| 5-Nov-2009
Tara Air Nepal - Yeti Airlines sold its two Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 9N-AIU and 9N-AIV to its associated company Tara Air. The PC-6 are used meanly on charter flights to scenic destinations like Syangboche, Langtang, Dhorpatan and Jiri. |
| 5-Nov-2009
SPARES FOR SALE - A set of wheels rim, brakes, disks and tail wheel complete of new tires is for sale - more details HERE |
| 29-Oct-2009
# 634 FOR SALE - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 634 powered with a PT6A-34 is for sale - more details HERE |
| 20-Oct-2009
New aircraft # 966 - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 966 is registered now as HB-FNL with Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG. |
| 5-Oct-2009
# 729 FOR SALE - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 729 powered with a PT6A-27 is for sale - more details HERE |
| 21-Sep-2009
New aircraft # 967 - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 967 is registered now as HB-FNK with Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG. |
| 12-Sep-2009
# 906 HB-FLB cancelled - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 906 of Zimex Aviation Ltd / Zimex Business Aviation has been cancelled in the swiss aircraft register and is new registered in Libya as 5A-FLE with Air Libya. |
| 12-Sep-2009
# 2068 N5308F - Fairchild Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 # 2068 N5308F is still being operated by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. The pods, booms and the operations console have been removed. The aircraft is currently equipped with Lidar and is based now at Salisbury, MD. |
| 30-Aug-2009
# 2026 registered HS-EFS - Fairchild Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 # 2026 is now registered as HS-EFS operated by Sri Racha Aviation on behalf of Thai Sky Adventures Co Ltd. |
| 24-Aug-2009
F-GHVH with a new look - Fairchild PC-6/B2-H2 F-GHVH # 2072 of Bin R SARL / Sogelease France SA is flying in a new "Alien Art" livery. |
| 20-Aug-2009
# 965 registered PK-VVQ - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 965 - previous HB-FNJ - is now registered as PK-VVQ with Susi Air, the 3rd PC-6 in their fleet. |
| 20-Aug-2009
# 963 registered 9N-AIV - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 963 - previous HB-FNH - is now registered as 9N-AIV with Yeti Airlines, the 2nd PC-6 in their fleet. |
| 17-Aug-2009
HB-FHZ with new operator - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 840 is new operated by Flying Devil SA, remaining owned by Zimex Business Aviation AG. The aircraft is leased during the summer 2009. |
| 5-Jul-2009
# 947 sold to Czech Republic - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 947 is new registered as OK-PTP. This is the very first PC-6 in the czech aircraft register. |
| 2-Jul-2009
# 860 back in the air - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 860 is back in the air as D-FMTA named "Ghost 860" after a rebuild by MTA Aviation. |
| 13-Jun-2009
F-GYRY with new owner - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 935 is new owned by CEP de Cahors and is operating at Cahors-Lalbenque. |
| 21-May-2009
Ferryflight of # 962 to Kathmandu - PC-6/B2-H4 HB-FNG # 962 left Switzerland on 20-May-09 heading Kathmandu on the delivery to Yet Airlines. You can check out this flight of HB-FNG online under this LINK |
| 21-May-2009
New aircraft # 965 - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 965 is registered now as HB-FNJ with Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG. The aircraft will be soon delivered to Susi Air as PK-VVQ. |
| 21-May-2009
# 713 registered EC-LAU - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 713 - previous ZS-IHB - is now registered as EC-LAU, operated by Calima Aviacion and remaining owned by Porter Partnership. |
| 9-May-2009
# 2025 FOR SALE - PC-6/C2-H2 # 2025 powered with a 665 SHP Garrett TPE-331-1-101F is for sale - more details HERE |
| 9-May-2009
Yeti Airlines goes PC-6 - The nepalese company Yeti Airlines will soon take delivery of their two ordered PC-6. 10 years after regular PC-6 operations by Royal Nepal Airlines the Turbo Porter will be back again in Nepal ! |
| 4-May-2009
The Pilatus Porter is 50 - On May 4, 1959 the first Pilatus PC-6 Porter took off into the air for the very first time. Today, after 50 years the PC-6 is still in production. No other commuter aircraft has such a long production run. To celebrate this unique anniversary www.pc-6.com is publishing a new photo page showing the major steps in this remarkable history. Take your time and have a look through 50 years PORTER HISTORY |
| 26-Apr-2009
# 894 registered D-FATA - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 894 - previous HB-FMH - is now registered as D-FATA owned by Giorgio & Pasquale Gagliardi. The aircraft is based at Ravenna, Italy. |
| 26-Apr-2009
HB-FMZ with new operator - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 956 is new operated by Swiss Jet AG remaining owned by Air Engiadina AG. |
| 21-Apr-2009
D-FREE upgraded to B2-H2 - Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2 # 731 of Pullout Skydive has been converted by Icarius Aerotechnics to a B2-H2 version powered with a PT6A-27 engine. |
| 17-Apr-2009
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Tragic crash of PK-LTJ - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 PK-LTJ # 959 of Mimika Air fatal crashed on April 17, 2009 in the Gergaji mountain range (between Ilaga-Mulia Airstip). On board had been two pilots and nine passenger. No one survived the crash. My deepest sympathy goes to the families and friends of the dead persons. More more information check The Jakarta Post. |
| 5-Apr-2009
HB-FKC converted to PT6A-34 - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 844 HB-FKC of Para-Sport-Club Triengen has been converted with a PT6-A34 engine. |
| 26-Mar-2009
D-FELI with new owner - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 845 is new owned by TRANS-PORTER GmbH & Co. KG and is operating at Schlierstadt with Southside Base. |
| 23-Mar-2009
F-GIXX with a new look - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 F-GIXX # 564 of BTNB SARL / OSEO BDPME has been new painted during the winter. The PC-6 is now based at La Réole next Bordeaux. |
| 22-Mar-2009
# 778 registered T7-SFH - PC-6/B2-H4 # 778 is now registered in San Marino as T7-SFH owned by Tangosette srl and still operated by Skydive Marche at Fermo. With San Marino the Porter community can now count 69 different countries with a PC-6 in its aircraft registers. |
| 22-Feb-2009
# 907 registered N106SF - PC-6/B2-H4 # 907 is now registered N106SF owned by Starflite International Corp. |
| 29-Dec-2008
# 735 Golden Eye delivered - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 # 735 has been delivered to Revolution Air at Nimes and is now registered F-HDEY. This aircraft is painted in the "Golden Eye" livery to remind its use in the James Bond film Goldeneye in 1995. |
| 29-Dec-2008
New aircraft # 964 - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 964 is registered now as HB-FNI with Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG. |
| 18-Dec-2008
# 790 with new owner - Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 # 790 of Paraclete Aviation has been sold recently and is now owned by EP Aviation LLC. |
| 9-Dec-2008
# 960 / 961 delivered - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 960 and # 961 are now cancelled in the swiss register following the delivery to Petro Ecuador as HC-CGP and HC-CGQ. Ecuador has a long time PC-6 presence with so far a total of 18 aircraft in civil and military operation. |
| 9-Dec-2008
N77DQ back Guadeloupe - PC-6/B2-H4 N77DQ # 921 of Atlantel Aero Service has been flown recently to Guadeloupe for the winter season. The flight to cross the atlantic over a distance of 1463 NM from GVNP to SBNT took 12h45`. More details in this BLOG. |
| 9-Nov-2008
New aircraft # 963 - The factory new PC-6/B2-H4 # 963 is registered now as HB-FNH with Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG. |
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PILATUS urges all pilots to adhere to the procedures given in the AFM. Special attention must be paid to correct trim settings prior to take-off. PILATUS also strongly urges all operators to install the trim warning system as offered thru SB 180. This system will warn the pilot already on the ground about a dangerous out of trim situation!!! |
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