Fixed gear multi engine aircraft @ MTN?

[Vladimir Lenin]

I saw this thing sitting on the ramp @ MTN the other day, a fixed gear, multi turboprop (?) with a glass nose...Looks really wierd, anyone know what it is?

 

[AA717driver]

Vlad--Try over at airliners.net. Those geeks know everything!TC

 

[FlightTraker]

If it was a high wing it sounds like a Partenavia P-68 Victor "observer". Alot of government agencies use them in this country. If it was indeed a turbine, it may have been a conversion, or a Partenavia Spartacus. These aircraft were originally built in Italy, but now are being built in the USA by a company named Vulcanair. I think their website is www.vulcanair.com


FlightTraker

 

[Little_Bill]

Partenavia?

I recall Partenavia having some sort of glass nose.

Also, at OSH a few years ago there was a fixed gear twin on display. the name was Angel Air or something like that. Both were or are pistons though.

Bill

 

[Little_Bill]

Great minds think alike.

You beat me to it F/T

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

Yup, that's what it was, a Partenavia, with a glass nose ( the T-68 Observer)
Pretty cool looking plane, impressive stats, too. And none of the hassle of retracting the gear.

 

[FlightTraker]

I am training to fly one right now, can't wait to get started. Check it out www.airbornedata.com

FlightTraker

 

[Jedi_Cheese]

I saw one doing aerial camera work for ESPN at MSN when the ESPN Outdoor Games were in town. Nice airplane!

 

[flyifrvfr]

I saw this thing sitting on the ramp @ MTN the other day, a fixed gear, multi turboprop (?) with a glass nose...Looks really wierd, anyone know what it is?

Vlad, MTN is my home airport. I wonder if we know each other. My name is Victor Shiflett, I am a flight instructor at Phoenix Aviation. If you saw me, you couldn't miss me, I'm 6 feet tall and 290 pounds.

 

[crash-proof]

I am training to fly one right now, can't wait to get started. Check it out www.airbornedata.com

FlightTraker

Uh, is that really a Cessna 182 next to the Partnavaia???

http://www.airbornedata.com/ourPlanes.htm

 

[Cutlass1287]

If it was a high wing it sounds like a Partenavia P-68 Victor "observer". Alot of government agencies use them in this country. If it was indeed a turbine, it may have been a conversion, or a Partenavia Spartacus. These aircraft were originally built in Italy, but now are being built in the USA by a company named Vulcanair. I think their website is www.vulcanair.com


FlightTraker

[Dr Evil] "Welcome to my underground lair Mr.Powers [/Dr Evil]

 

[FlightTraker]

Crash,

No, the photo is a Cessna 195, I guess we didn't have any pics of the 182 at the time the website was being put together. But the 195 is set up for the camera and equipment.


FlightTraker