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Cub Driver writes:
On 6 Oct 2004 21:02:10 GMT, "ian maclure" wrote:

Helio Stallion or Pilatus PC-6 IIRC.

Pilatus Turbo-Porter.

The Pilatus Porters were much used for glacier skiing in Switzerland
and, for a brief while, in Canada. I always had the devil of a time
remembering whether it was a Pilatus Porter or a Porter Pilatus.

That would depend on whether you're in a German, French, or
Italian-speaking Canton, right?

What's the Helio Stallion? (At least I'll never mix that one up!)

Basically, it's a pumped-up Helio Courier with a turboprop in the
nose, It's about the same size & performance as a Turbo Porter, but
ot lookes a little swoopier. (As in they took the parts out of the
boxes before they bolted them together. ) I don't think too many were
built. A couple of dozen were used as "Mini-Gunships" by the Laotians
in the early '70s.


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