Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. is an aerospace manufacturer located in Stans, Switzerland. In August 2025, the company employed around 3,000 people.
The PC-6 Porter was the first Pilatus aircraft to achieve widespread international success.
A Royal Malaysian Air Force Pilatus PC-7 Mk2
The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined STOL utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. First flown in 1959, the PC-6 was produced at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke in Stans, Switzerland
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…as military training aircraft. During the 1950s and 1960s, Pilatus developed a short takeoff and landing (STOL) light civil transport aircraft, the PC-6 Porter. In 1973, it was decided to restart work on a turbine version of the piston engine trainer P-3, which entered production as the PC-7 Turbo…
A PC-6 Turbo-Porter, B2-H4 PT6A-34 variant, used for skydiving in Spain.
PC-6 cabin interior, circa 1960s
Analog cockpit instrumentation of a PC-6, 2007
Peruvian Air Force PC-6, 2014