The Transavia PL-12 Airtruk is a single-engine agricultural aircraft designed and built by the Transavia Corporation in Australia. The Airtruk is a shoulder-wing strut braced sesquiplane of all-metal construction, with the cockpit mounted above a tractor-location opposed-cylinder air-cooled engine and short pod fuselage with rear door.

2019年5月8日 · The PL-12 Airtruk was a fully aerobatic machine with a limited load, and could be safely spun with a full load in the hopper. The twin-booms were interchangeable, as were the ailerons, flaps, shock absorbers and wheel assemblies, and tailplanes.

2025年3月7日 · A PL-12 U (for utility) variant was adapted for air ambulance, surveying, and general passenger and cargo transport. A PL-12 MIL (military version) was designed for forward air control and light attack. And there were even plans to hang the ubiquitous Pratt & Whitney PT6A turbine on the nose to increase the Airtruk’s performance.

A rare three-ship formation of TransAvia PL-12 AirTruks led by Ian Bell (in yellow) with Nick Wills (center) and Steve Death (top) departs an October 2018 airshow in Temora, New South Wales,...

2022年5月15日 · While not as well-known as the PZL M-15, the Transavia PL-12 Airtruk deserves a place in this eclectic company. Many descriptions emphasizing its weirdness are floating around the internet. Some say that the PL-12 looks like it was drawn by a child.

The Transavia PL-12 Airtruk is a topdressing aircraft designed by Luigi Pellagrini and built by the Transavia Corporation of Australia. Luigi Pellagrini had earlier designed a similar aircraft known as the PL-11 Airtruck utilising war-surplus North American Harvard parts, two of which were manufactured by Bennett Aviation in Te Kuiti, New Zealand.

The Transavia PL-12 Airtruk is a single-engine agricultural biplane aircraft designed and built by the Transavia Corporation in Australia. The Airtruk is of all metal construction with the cockpit mounted above a tractor engine and short pod fuselage with rear doors. It has twin tail booms with two unconnected tails.

2019年8月27日 · Quite the unusual aircraft and almost exclusively only found in Australia & New Zealand as an Ag Plane. It was manufactured by the Transavia Corporation from 1966 - 1993 with 118 examples built. The common way anyone in the US or Europe would likely know about this aircraft is from 1985's Mad Max Beyond Thunder…

2024年1月11日 · Aircraft: Transavia PL-12 Airtruk; Serial #: 818; Photo date: 2023-08-08; Uploaded: 2023-09-01

The Transavia PL-12 Airtruk is a single-engine three-seat agricultural aircraft produced by the Australian manufacturer Transavia Corporation. The T-300 Skyfarmer is an improved variant with a Textron Lycoming IO-520 engine.