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Turbo-Porter...
Here is a proto-photo of our Aussie colored Turbo-Porter. Unfortunately, our man in Australia has informed us that the tan needs to be more pink! We'll be doing an Air America version too, for "hard rice" deliveries...
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Very nice. I remember the Air America Turbo-Porters.
Is the model available commercially and, if so, where? Don (Who spent some time serving with Strines over the years.) |
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Looks very cool!
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I thought the Turbo Porter was in service in the Viet Nam era. The camo scheme would have been green-buff-black as per this image.
There do seem to be other single colour schemes (http://www.acr.net.au/~tony/A14-662.html) but these aren't the standard RAAF camo scheme. The Pilatus was operated by the Australian Army not the RAAF. Edit - for the really fanatic try the site http://www.adf-serials.com/ - Click "Army" then "A14" - you get to a list of all the Turbo Porters in Australian service with image links for most of them. Regards, Charlie Last edited by CharlieC; 01-01-2008 at 07:43 AM. |
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Charlie -- As near as I can tell, the Turbo-Porter was in service in the Vietnam era, but my earlier comment was based on a faulty memory. I never saw a Turbo-Porter there myself -- I was confusing it with the Helio Courier (Ihttp://www.helioaircraft.com/ourplanes_courier.htm), which Air America flew in the Delta and one or more examples of which would make the occasional appearance at the Vinh Binh airfield, near where I was stationed with an ARVN battalion, and at Vinh Long airfield, which I visited occasionally (1966-67). They probably flew in and out of Binh Hoa airfield, too, which is also where the Air Commando unit operated, as did the VNAF A-1s that provided much of our close air support.
Anyway, the Turbo-Porter is a neat airplane and I really like this model. And thanks for the very useful sites. To return the favor, here is a useful one for USAF (and predecessor) aircraft serials: http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/usafserials.html Don Last edited by Don Boose; 01-01-2008 at 08:22 AM. |
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The Australian Turbo Porters didn't get to Vietnam until 1969 and served there until 1971/72 (they didn't all come back to Australia at the same time). From the ADF Serials site they were based at Nui Dat.
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Is there maybe a non-mil version in the future. I'm pretty sure that California Forestry had one that they used for spotting aerial tankers. Think I've seen a couple in the Cal. Central Valley outfitted for crop dusting.
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That's a pretty airplane, Rick, although it appears to be the earlier version, rather than the long-nosed turbo.
Some years ago, Bill Hannan put out plans for a peanut-scale stick and tissue version of the Turbo-Porter in civilian markings. Don |
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Don,
I know helicopters better than I do aircraft, maybe someone can kitbash the longer nose Rick
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