Aircraft Photo of VH-UIC | Pilatus PC-6/340-H2 Porter | Wirui Air Services | AirHistory.net #180971
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-UIC
Aircraft Original Type:Pilatus PC-6 Porter
Aircraft Generic Type:Pilatus PC-6 Porter/Turbo Porter
Aircraft Version:Pilatus PC-6/340-H2 Porter
C/n (msn):660
Operator Titles:(Wirui Air Services)
Location
City / Airport:Wewak - Wirui (closed)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:1973
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID: 180971
Photo Comment

Few photos exist of the only piston-engine Porter to grace the Australia register. It was based in Papua New Guinea and became P2-UIE when that country adopted its own register in May 1984. It was used in support of the Catholic Divine Word Mission missionaries.

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