| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Original Type: | KSAS PL-7 Tanker |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Kingsford Smith PL-7 Tanker |
| Aircraft Version: | Kingsford Smith PL-7 Tanker |
| C/n (msn): | Not known |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Sydney - BankstownMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSBK IATA: BWU Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 1956 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 91819 |
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Designed by Luigi Pellarini, the Tanker was a predecessor of the Transavia Airtruk. The Tanker used an Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah engine and first flew in 1956 from Bankstown. It failed to win interest from cropdusting firms and the project was stopped. The PL7 was never certified or registered. It was damaged in a hangar fire and scrapped in 1962. Pellarini moved to New Zealand where he developed the Bennett Airtruck using T-6 parts before returning to Australia to design the Transavia Airtruk. Photo by Col Peck. This photo was added on 7 October 2018, and has since been viewed 3451 times. |