The Pilatus PC-6: a plane for all occasions
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Characteristics
| ISBN-10 | 3-85859-315-X |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( square back binding ) Dust jacket |
| Condition | Used - Very Good |
| Author(s) | Christian Müller |
| Publisher | Ringier AG |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Published date | 1996 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 25 x 29.5 x 2 cm |
Description
Throughout the world — from Switzerland to the United States, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia — the same light aircraft performs the widest range of highly demanding duties: operating to and from Alaska’s icy fjords, bringing in the beer and taking out the salmon; carrying cash safely up to remote villages in the Andes; helping the South African police fight crime on the ground; supplying petroleum camps in the North African desert with equipment and provisions; lifting Japanese tourists onto the glaciers of New Zealand; or ferrying skydivers up for their jumps in southern Switzerland and many other locations scattered across the globe.
Designed and built in Stans, central Switzerland, the Pilatus Porter PC-6 is no ordinary aircraft. With its unique handling credentials and the vast variety of roles it can perform, the Porter is an irreplaceable fixture in countless air transport operations today.
Christian Müller, a journalist and former editor-in-chief of a major Swiss daily newspaper, has followed the Porter trail all over the world. He has flown in the aircraft on many of its varied missions, photographed it in action — often from a second transport flying in tandem — in the spectacular landscapes in which it is deployed, and spoken to the people who pilot and operate this versatile machine. From all his research, he has written a series of highly readable and lavishly illustrated accounts of the remarkable work of this aircraft: accounts that are brief, lively, and colourful, yet unerringly accurate in their technical detail.
The Pilatus PC-6: a plane for all occasions is a book that will appeal to all friends of aviation, all lovers of travel, and all admirers of engineering excellence and exemplary design.