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Friday, August 31, 2007

Part Aeroplane, Part Banana

Here's a picture of a Partenavia P68 [not sure if it's a B or C model] that was parked at Wellington outside the Aero Club recently. This particular aircraft [I missed the rego] is operated by Air New Plymouth.

The Partenavia is also affectionately [???] known as the Part Banana. I believe this is in reference to the shape of the lower fuselage, which, if you are somewhat inebriated, may appear slightly banana shaped.

The Partenavia has a reputation as a fairly easy to fly twin, and is therefore popular as an initial twin trainer. Obviously, like any twin [or any aircraft for that matter] the P68 can and will "bite" if abused.

Partenavia P68
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2 comments:

  1. Charles1 September 2007 at 03:06

    That is a cool plane. I see the Convair is still there. Don't miss it running if you can help it.

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  2. Rodney1 September 2007 at 08:34

    Hi Charles,

    Maybe I cheated a little. This picture was taken on the same day as the Convair pictures :-)

    But yeah, if it's still there, I'd love to hear it going!

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