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What type is this strange looking turboprop?

Honda Jet posts moved to the Honda Jet thread

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Peter wrote:

Yes; I thought it was the aviation equivalent of the world’s ugliest car

But that poll is ridiculous, the only had a total of 3000 votes The Pilatus Porter certainly comes close to be the ugliest aircraft, but it has the excuse of being a utility aircraft where beautiful lines are not a design requirement. Therefore my twelve points go to the new Honda Jet.

Last Edited by what_next at 04 Jul 18:03
EDDS - Stuttgart

The PC-6 is a world famous airplane with very good STOL perfomance.

My late friend Tom Danaher, who was one of Hollywood’s most famous stunt pilots flew it for the movie “Air America” and the story behind that is breathtaking: Since the Thai military would not give the film crew one of their PC-6s when they saw what they wanted to do, Tom found a wreck of a PC-6 in a Thai JUNKYARD and made it flyable within 2 weeks … no instruments, windows cut from sheet plexi by the film crew and the PT-6 engine … they found found hanging in a bar of an Air Force Casino in Thailand as decoration.

I told that complete story in one of my books, and many others Tom told me. Here’s the clip from the film, Mel Gibson flying ;-)

@Silvaire: “Air America” was the movie about those CIA operations.



Last Edited by at 04 Jul 17:16

Fly310 wrote:

If you are going in and out of shitty strips with a tonne of rice, this is the airplane for you

The CIA found that to be so, better than the Helio Courier.

Last Edited by Silvaire at 04 Jul 16:50

The PC-6 even holds the world record for the highest ever landing of a fixed wing aircraft, at 18865 feet on a Nepalese glacier (says Wikipedia)

Low-hours pilot
EDVM Hildesheim, Germany

If you are going in and out of shitty strips with a tonne of rice, this is the airplane for you. It is a legendary airplane, surprised you have not seen it before.


ESSZ, Sweden

If it looks good it flies good – and if it looks ugly…..

EDLE

Yes; I thought it was the aviation equivalent of the world’s ugliest car

Administrator
Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

And I thought the Fairey Gannet was ugly!

Andreas IOM

Usual skydiver’s tool

LDZA LDVA, Croatia
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