Transavia PL-12 Airtruk

what is it?

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. The engine cowling, rear fuselage and top decking are of fibreglass.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 191 km/htop speed
• seats 2passengers
• size 1,855 kgmax take-off weight
• built 138made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 61 years ago, in 1965.
• 🚗Wingspan of 12 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1965-04-22

number built

138

role

agricultural aircraft

origin

🇦🇺 Australia

makers

Transavia Corporation

engines

1× Rolls-Royce/Continental IO-520-D

crew

1

passengers

2

length

6.4 m

wingspan

12 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

1,855 kg

top speed

191 km/h

cruise speed

176 km/h

range

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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.