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Pilatus Porter History
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S/N 540

S/N: 540 Built: 1962 TSN: 10'237
Registration Type Operator / Owner From To Remarks
HB-FAL PC-6/350 Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG 1962-04-09 1965-03-26 demonstrator on floats
CF-RZZ PC-6/350-H1 B.C. Air Lines 1965-03 1965- after demotour in Canada
N17077 PC-6/350-H1 Fairchild-Hiller Corp. 1965- 1967-09-26 also reported as N13700
N17077 PC-6/350-H1 Northern Light Gospel Missions / Shank Walter A 1967-09-26 1970-04-09  
C-FBGL PC-6/350-H2 Northern Light Gospel Missions 1970-05-19 1990-07-17 ops on floats
C-FBGL PC-6/350-H2 Mackenzie Mountain Outfitters (1978) Ltd 1990-07-17 1991-09-18 ops on floats
C-FBGL PC-6/350-H2 Wayco Aviation Ltd 1991-09-18 1993-09-22 ops on floats
C-FBGL PC-6/350-H2 Coyote Air Service Ltd 1993-09-22 2002-02-27 ops on floats
N283SW PC-6/350-H2 Kennicott Wilderness Air LLC 2002-03-06 2009-04-15  
N283SW PC-6/350-H2 Mc Carthy Air LLC 2009-04-15 2015-07 among the 10 oldest PC-6 worldwide
N283SW PC-6/350-H2 Flyporter LLC 2015-07 2017-09-14 mod to PC-6/340 in Yeti HB-FAN c/s
N283SW PC-6/350-H2 Sturm Philipp 2017-09-14 2019-11-18 displayed at VHS Luzern in Yeti HB-FAN c/s
N283SW PC-6/350-H2 YETIFLYERS GmbH / Plane Fun Inc TR Trustee 2020-01-02 2023-08-28 1st flight 14-Jan-22 after overhaul
HB-FAN (2) PC-6/350-H2 Yeti Flyers GmbH 2023-08-29 Current  
           
 

HB-FAL of Pilatus Flugzeugwerke on demo tour in Sweden - Photo by Pilatus Flugzeugwerke © 1964 HB-FAL was the 1st PC-6 on floats used as demonstrator - Photo courtesy by Walter Blumer jun. © 1964
CF-RZZ of B.C. Air Lines at Vancouver Seaplane - Photo by Harvey Gooch © 1965 CF-RZZ of B.C. Air Lines at Vancouver Seaplane - Photo by Roger Mc Donald © 31-Jul-65 - AHnet
C-FBGL of Northern Light Gospel Mission at Red Lake - Photo by Peter Garwood © Jun-1990 C-FBGL of Wayco Aviation in the beautiful nature of Canada - Photo by Coyote Air Service © 1-Jul-93
C-FBGL of Coyote Air Service Ltd on a glacier in Canada - Photo by Coyote Air Service © 1997 N283SW of Coyote Air Service Ltd at Anchorage - Photo by Gary Green © 25-Feb-02
N283SW of Mc Carthy Air Service at Mt Blackburn in the Wrangells - Photo by Gary Green © 6-May-02 N283SW of Mc Carthy Air Service on the Kennicott Glacier - Photo by Gary Green © 15-Jul-04
N283SW PC-6/350-H2 of Mc Carthy Air Alaska - Photo by Edwin Mc Keithin © 5-Jul-11 N283SW PC-6/350-H2 of Flyporter LLC at McCarthy - Photo by Philipp Sturm © 10-Jun-15
N283SW of Flyporter LLC during preparation for the Yeti project - Photo by Philipp Sturm © 20-Jun-15 N283SW of Flyporter LLC during preparation for the Yeti project - Photo by Philipp Sturm © 2-Jul-15
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
S/N 540 painted as HB-FAN 'Yeti' at Museum of Transport Luzern - Photo by Mario Richard © 12-Feb-17 S/N 540 painted as HB-FAN 'Yeti' at Museum of Transport - Photo by Martin Dällenbach © 1-Jan-18
S/N 540 of YETIFLYERS GmbH at Bleienbach during progress work - Photo by YETIFLYERS © Jul-20 S/N 540 YETI at Bleienbach with assembled wheels - Photo by YETIFLYERS GmbH © 25-Aug-20
S/N 540 YETI at Bleienbach back on own wheels - Photo by YETIFLYERS GmbH © 5-Nov-20 S/N 540 YETI during assembling of the wings - Photo by YETIFLYERS GmbH © 23-Feb-21
S/N 540 YETI at Bleienbach ready to get a revised engine - Photo by YETIFLYERS GmbH © 2-Mar-21 S/N 540 YETI at Bleienbach again powered with a Lycoming O-540 - Photo by Yetiflyers © 14-Apr-21
S/N 540 YETI at Bleienbach under a blue sky - Photo by Yetiflyers GmbH © 22-Apr-21 S/N 540 YETI at Bleienbach near in flying conditions - Photo by Mario Richard © 22-May-21
N283SW of YETIFLYERS GmbH at Bleienbach soon ready to fly - Photo by Mario Richard © 1-Oct-21 N283SW of YETIFLYERS GmbH during a runway run at Bleienbach - Photo by Yetiflyers © 9-Nov-21
N283SW of YETIFLYERS GmbH above a snowy landscape - Photo by Yetiflyers © 14-Jan-22 N283SW of YETIFLYERS GmbH before touchdown at Bleienbach - Photo by Mario Richard © 21-Jan-22
N283SW cockpit of YETIFLYERS GmbH - Photo by Mirko Bleuer © 19-Mar-22 N283SW tail with the partly historic registration HB-FAN - Photo by Jean Etienne Allet © 15-May-22
N283SW of YETIFLYERS GmbH at Sion airport - Photo by Jean Etienne Allet © 15-May-22 N283SW of YETIFLYERS GmbH at Thun with the castle - Photo by Adrian Romang © 11-Jul-22 - AHnet
N283SW during the Porter pilot event at Bleienbach - Photo by Mario Richard © 11-Feb-23 N283SW of YETIFLYERS GmbH taking off at Grenchen - Photo by Mario Richard © 14-Apr-23
N283SW of YETIFLYERS GmbH at Stanserhorn OldtimAIR - Photo by Mario Richard © 8-Jul-23 HB-FAN of Yeti Flyers GmbH at Bleienbach - Photo by Mario Richard © 3-Sep-23

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