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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, 1st flight 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
           
During the Swiss Dhaulagiri Himalaya Expedition the PC-6 made the world record of the highest landing of a fixed wing aircraft. After a landing accident on May 5, 1960, HB-FAN has been left there on an altitude of 5200m - where it rest until today. 
The very first Pilatus PC-6 Porter built - Photo courtesy Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG © 1959 HB-FAN - the very first built Pilatus PC-6 during a flight at Stans - Photo Archive Markus Herzig © 1959
HB-FAN YETI of Swiss Dhaulagiri Expedition in Nepal - Photo by Max Eiselin © Apr-60 HB-FAN of Swiss Dhaulagiri Expedition taking off from a camp - Photo by Max Eiselin © Apr-60
HB-FAN of Swiss Dhaulagiri Expedition in the Himalaya - Photos by Ernst Saxer © Apr-60 HB-FAN YETI of the Swiss Dhaulagiri Himalaya Expedition in Nepal - Photo courtesy PVA © 1960
HB-FAN damaged at the Dambuschpass in Nepal - Photo by ErnstSaxer © 5-May-60 HB-FAN YETI lying in a mountain river after its crash - Photo by Don Messerschmidt © 1964
HB-FAN YETI lying in a mountain river after its crash - Photo by Don Messerschmidt © 1964 HB-FAN resting in peace up in te Himalaya on 5200m - Photo courtesy Karl Scheuber © 2000
S/N 540 painted as HB-FAN 'Yeti' at the Aero Friedrichshafen - Photo by Mirko Bleuer © 20-Apr-16 S/N 540 painted as HB-FAN 'Yeti' at the Aero Friedrichshafen - Photo by Mirko Bleuer © 20-Apr-16
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