Pilatus delivers final two Turbo Porters

摘要

ALTHOUGH PRODUCTION was nominally suspended in 2019, Pilatus Aircraft has delivered the final pair of Turbo Porters ordered by Indonesian operator Smart Aviation, based in Jakarta. These PC-6/B2-H4 aircraft, registered PK-SND (c/n 1018 and ex HB-FBD) and PK-SNF (c/n 2019 ex HB-FBE), bring the total production to 521 built at the Stans factory in Switzerland, along with 92 built in the US by Fairchild Hiller. The original PC-6 first flew on May 4,1959, and the type was produced with either the Lycoming GSO-48 piston engine or the Turbomeca Astazou, Pratt b Whitney PT6A or Garret TPE331 turboprops.