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A new PC24 (apparently) for Switzerland, with a reg that doesn’t belong to the sequence, here leaving the factory on a beautiful morning in Stans, on its way to its sixth test flight

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LSZC - Airport - Runway

win1038 LSZC
123 1 0 Airport
HB-FOG - Pilatus PC-12M Eagle - Switzerland - Air Force

BizavMen HB-FOG
137 7 0 Pilatus PC-12M Eagle
HB-VZD - Pilatus PC-24 - Private

The future G-PCTF is here towed back to the factory after completing the first engine tests, will soon begin the flight test campaign as HB-VZD4

Dranob HB-VZD
403 22 0 Pilatus PC-24

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F-HANN - Pilatus PC-12/47 - Private

Arriving from its base in Paris Le Bourget (LBG/LFPB) for a very short stopover before returning there, finally in much better light than on its last visit to Lausanne

Dranob F-HANN
286 25 2 Pilatus PC-12/47
HB-VZD - Pilatus PC-24 - Private

The future G-PCTF is here towed back to the factory after completing the first engine tests, will soon begin the flight test campaign as HB-VZD4

Dranob HB-VZD
403 22 0 Pilatus PC-24
HB-FRY - Pilatus PC-12 NGX - Pilatus Aircraft

HB-FRY25 towed to the factory after completing the first engine tests, will go to the compass swing in the afternoon

Dranob HB-FRY
413 23 0 Pilatus PC-12 NGX

Registration

HB-VAD

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Jan 29, 2025

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A new PC24 (apparently) for Switzerland, with a reg that doesn’t belong to the sequence, here leaving the factory on a beautiful morning in Stans, on its way to its sixth test flight

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LSZC - Airport - Runway

win1038 LSZC
123 1 0 Airport
HB-FOG - Pilatus PC-12M Eagle - Switzerland - Air Force

BizavMen HB-FOG
137 7 0 Pilatus PC-12M Eagle
HB-VZD - Pilatus PC-24 - Private

The future G-PCTF is here towed back to the factory after completing the first engine tests, will soon begin the flight test campaign as HB-VZD4

Dranob HB-VZD
403 22 0 Pilatus PC-24
F-HANN - Pilatus PC-12/47 - Private

Arriving from its base in Paris Le Bourget (LBG/LFPB) for a very short stopover before returning there, finally in much better light than on its last visit to Lausanne

Dranob F-HANN
286 25 2 Pilatus PC-12/47
HB-VZD - Pilatus PC-24 - Private

The future G-PCTF is here towed back to the factory after completing the first engine tests, will soon begin the flight test campaign as HB-VZD4

Dranob HB-VZD
403 22 0 Pilatus PC-24
HB-FRY - Pilatus PC-12 NGX - Pilatus Aircraft

HB-FRY25 towed to the factory after completing the first engine tests, will go to the compass swing in the afternoon

Dranob HB-FRY
413 23 0 Pilatus PC-12 NGX
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Mirko Bleuer
Mirko Bleuer

you sure have noticed that HB-VAD is the reg of the first ever Swiss Jet, the FFA P-16. Great catch!

Dranob
Dranob

Thanks Mirko! Absolutely relevant reminder, unfortunately I wasn't there to see it in 1960 ;-)