The Pilatus PC-7 of Botswana were replaced by Pilatus PC-7 Mk.2 carrying the same registrations in late 2012.
I photographed the PC-7 Mk.2 OD-1, OD-3 and OD-4 in September 2012 at Stans. The pictures are on my site (http://www.airpic.ch)
Regards,[/quote]
Thanks, for the answer.
When Botswana received new PC-7 Mk.2 in 2012, does that mean that all 4 old PC-7 went to Stans in 2015? What happened to them and are there any photos of them exept that OD-4 photo taken in 2015 I found on the internet before?
Thanks in advance,
groundcontrol
Taken from the full trip report elsewhere on this message board, also posted here for completeness sake.
Stans-Buochs (24-5)
Hangar on airfield:
A-102 PC-21 no mks
A54-024 PC-21 Roulettes
A54-025 PC-21 Roulettes
(A54-026) PC-21 primer, c/n 259
(A54-027) PC-21 primer, c/n 260
(A54-028) PC-21 primer, c/n 261
(A54-029) PC-21 primer, c/n 262
1178 PC-21 Jordan AF
(1179) PC-21 Jordan AF, c/n 292 on board
(?) PC-21 primer fuselage, c/n 158
Maintenance hangar:
578/AH PC-7 DGA
665 PC-9M Bulgarian AF
260 PC-9M Irish Air corps
L-04 PC-7 KLu
L-09 PC-7 KLu
New PC-24 hangar:
(02) PC-21 HB-HVB, French AF
(09) PC-21 HB-HVI, French AF
(16) PC-21 HB-HVP, French AF
The old wooden hangar was a disaster in the fading light, but the rest we managed to read off. Anybody for the story about fuselage c/n 158?
It had been a long and tiring day, with lots of sunshine and heat, so we really longed for a meal and drink, which we found at a good restaurant almost on the airfield here. After that all that was left was the drive back to our Gästhaus. Next morning we came back for the wooden hangar though.
Stans-Buochs (25-5)
Wooden hangar:
10 PC-21 HB-HVJ, French AF
11 PC-21 HB-HVK, French AF
12 PC-21 HB-HVL, French AF
(A54-0)21 PC-21 HB-HWU, Roulettes
(A54-0)22 PC-21 Roulettes
(A54-023?) PC-21 Roulettes
(G-ETPB) PC-21 HB-HYY, ETPS
It still was very difficult to read off the stuff inside, the above was a combination of what we read off yesterday evening, this morning when they were pulled out the hangar and what could be seen from the side through the open doors. There were more Australian aircraft inside, we think we read off HB-HWT and HWQ (read off as D or O) as well. Recent logs for comparison would be helpful of course.
Reading the 2017 business report from Pilatus finds that the Jordanian Airforce ordered 2 more PC-21s in 2017 and will have a total of 12 PC-21s. So, 312 and 313 should be number 11 and 12 for Jordan. The report does not mention any other new orders for the PC-21.
Yesterday 2 primer PC-21 fuselages were noted in the hangar airfield side.
One of them was c/n 263 (Other unknown)
No sign of 3.. series primer fuselages.
1178/HB-HXI RJAF should be making its first flight today.
PC-7 from DGA-EV will be picked up today. TBM-700 with code BW will bring the pilot.
PC-21s for Australia:
A54-021
A54-022
A54-024
A54-025
A54-026
A54-027
A54-028
PC-21s for France
11
17
New production hall
PC-21 for Australia
A54-023
PC-21s for France
09
10
16
Old PC-21 production hall
PC-21 for France
06
PC-21s for Jordan
1178
1179
Production hall at airfield
PC-21s for Australia
A54-029
A54-030
264 (primer)
265 (primer)
266 (primer)
267 (primer)
PC-21s for Jordan
312 (1180) fully painted but could not read number on tail
For 313 (1181) space was reserved but frame in paintshop according whiteboard
There were more PC-7/PC-9 frames present. The Bulgarian PC-9 (665) could be one of them but the wing from 665 are in the new Production hangar. The white board for the Klu project stated four PC-7s present.
On Monday afternoon we also noted PC-24 DS-1 outside on the airfield. This one is for the Botswana Goverment (on one side it has the Botswana flag).
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