A23-001 (MSN 501) and A23-009 (MSN 509) Pilatus PC-9/A of 2 Flying Training School (2 FTS), RAAF, at RAAF Pearce - Fri 9 June 2017. A23-001 was the first of 67 PC-9/A aircraft delivered to the RAAF. The first two aircraft were assembled by Pilatus Aircraft at Stans, Switzerland, and the other 65 were assembled by Hawker de Havilland at Bankstown, NSW. This particular aircraft made its first flight on 19 May 1987 registered as HB-HQA. It was displayed at the Paris Air Show in June 1987. It later departed the Pilatus factory at Stans with HB-HQB (which later became A23-002) on the 12,576 mile delivery flight, arriving at Bankstown, NSW on 16 October 1987. Photo © David Eyre
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