Aircraft Photo of ZK-CKE | Bennett PL-11 Airtruck | AirHistory.net #597344
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:ZK-CKE
Aircraft Original Type:Bennett PL-11 Airtruck
Aircraft Generic Type:Bennett PL-11 Airtruck
Aircraft Version:Bennett PL-11 Airtruck
C/n (msn):002
Location
City / Airport:ArdmoreMap
Country:New Zealand
Airport Codes:ICAO: NZAR   IATA: AMZ   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:February 1966
Photo from:AustAirData Collection
Photo ID: 597344
Photo Comment

The second of two PL-11s, this one was sometimes known as the Waitomo Airtruck. Designed by Italian-Australian Luigi Pellarini, it used T-6 Harvard components including the R-1340 engine and canopy. Both crashed, -CKE on March 1, 1967 at Maungakaramea. A lack of available T-6 parts saw Pellarini redesign it as a smaller aircraft, the PL-12, which went into series production in Australia as the Transavia Airtruk. Bob Kerr photo.

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