Aircraft Photo of N392R | Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 Turbo Porter | Air America

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	N392R
Aircraft Original Type:	Pilatus PC-6 Porter
Aircraft Generic Type:	Pilatus PC-6 Porter/Turbo Porter
Aircraft Version:	Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 Turbo Porter
C/n (msn):	530
Operator Titles:	Air America

Location
Location:	In Flight
Country:	Laos

Photo Date:	1968
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	430622

Photo Comment
This Swiss-built Porter was delivered to the Swiss air force as V-611 in 1962. After an engine malfunction at the Tschierva Glacier in 1963 it was disassembled, but a helicopter dropped its wing in a crevice. The glacier released it in 2015! Through Foshing Airlines in Taiwan, the rebuilt aircraft was delivered to Air America in 1966, fitted with a Garrett turboprop. It is seen near the LS-36 airstrip at Na Khang in Laos. It crashed in 1973. Photo by: Ernest Kuhn / University of Wisconsin-Madison This photo was added on 14 January 2022, and has since been viewed 5738 times.

Photo Comment

This Swiss-built Porter was delivered to the Swiss air force as V-611 in 1962. After an engine malfunction at the Tschierva Glacier in 1963 it was disassembled, but a helicopter dropped its wing in a crevice. The glacier released it in 2015! Through Foshing Airlines in Taiwan, the rebuilt aircraft was delivered to Air America in 1966, fitted with a Garrett turboprop. It is seen near the LS-36 airstrip at Na Khang in Laos. It crashed in 1973. Photo by: Ernest Kuhn / University of Wisconsin-Madison

This photo was added on 14 January 2022, and has since been viewed 5738 times.

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