Transavia PL-12 Airtruk
| PL-12 Airtruk | |
|---|---|
| Hazair PL-12 Airtruks at Albury Airport in March 1988 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Agricultural aircraft |
| National origin | Australia |
| Manufacturer | Transavia Corporation |
| Designer | Luigi Pellarini |
| Number built | 138 |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1966-1993 |
| First flight | 22 April 1965 |
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. It has a tricycle undercarriage, the main units of which are carried on the lower sesquiplane wings. It has twin tail booms with two unconnected tails. Its first flight was on 22 April 1965, and was certified on 10 February 1966.
A Transavia PL-12 featured in the 1985 movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.