PC-6 Porter
E384007
The PC-6 Porter is a Swiss-designed single-engine short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility aircraft widely used for rugged operations such as transport, parachute dropping, and liaison duties.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pilatus PC-6 Porter | 4 |
| PC-6 Porter canonical | 1 |
| PC-6/B2-H2 | 1 |
| PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo-Porter | 1 |
| PC-6/B2-H2M | 1 |
| PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo-Porter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3717150 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PC-6 Porter Context triple: [Austrian Air Force, usesAircraft, PC-6 Porter]
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A.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
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B.
Convair T-29
The Convair T-29 is a military trainer and transport aircraft developed from the Convair 240 airliner and used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for navigation and radar training.
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C.
Beechcraft T-6 Texan II
The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used by air forces for primary and basic flight training.
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D.
Fairchild C-82 Packet
The Fairchild C-82 Packet was an American twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft developed during World War II for cargo and paratroop operations.
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E.
Cessna 402
The Cessna 402 is a twin-engine light aircraft commonly used for regional commuter, air taxi, and cargo operations due to its reliability and ability to serve short-haul routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PC-6 Porter Target entity description: The PC-6 Porter is a Swiss-designed single-engine short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility aircraft widely used for rugged operations such as transport, parachute dropping, and liaison duties.
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A.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
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B.
Convair T-29
The Convair T-29 is a military trainer and transport aircraft developed from the Convair 240 airliner and used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for navigation and radar training.
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C.
Beechcraft T-6 Texan II
The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used by air forces for primary and basic flight training.
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D.
Fairchild C-82 Packet
The Fairchild C-82 Packet was an American twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft developed during World War II for cargo and paratroop operations.
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E.
Cessna 402
The Cessna 402 is a twin-engine light aircraft commonly used for regional commuter, air taxi, and cargo operations due to its reliability and ability to serve short-haul routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short takeoff and landing aircraft
ⓘ
single‑engine aircraft ⓘ utility aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | high‑wing monoplane ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | single engine ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1959-05-04 ⓘ |
| fuselageMaterial | metal ⓘ |
| introduced | 1961 ⓘ |
| landingDistanceSTOL | less than 130 m ⓘ |
| landingGearType |
fixed landing gear
ⓘ
taildragger configuration ⓘ |
| licenseBuiltName | Fairchild Porter ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Pilatus Aircraft ⓘ |
| maxCruiseSpeed | 230 km/h ⓘ |
| militaryDesignation | U-1A ⓘ |
| nickName | Turbo-Porter ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
ability to operate from short unprepared strips
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exceptional STOL performance ⓘ high useful load for its size ⓘ large rear cargo door ⓘ |
| powerplantVariant |
piston engine
ⓘ
turboprop engine ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
STOL operations
ⓘ
aerial survey ⓘ air ambulance ⓘ bush flying ⓘ liaison duties ⓘ parachute dropping ⓘ utility transport ⓘ |
| producedByUnderLicense |
Fairchild Aircraft
ⓘ
surface form:
Fairchild Hiller
|
| productionEnd | 2019 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1960 ⓘ |
| range | around 1,000 km ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | around 25,000 ft ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| takeoffDistanceSTOL | less than 200 m ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 10 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Austrian Air Force
ⓘ
Royal Thai Air Force ⓘ Swiss Air Force ⓘ civil operators worldwide ⓘ |
| variant |
PC-6 Porter
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
PC-6/B2-H2
PC-6 Porter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo-Porter
PC-6 Porter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
PC-6/B2-H2M
PC-6/B2-H4 ⓘ PC-6 Porter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo-Porter
PC-6/B2-H4M ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | strut‑braced high wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PC-6 Porter Description of subject: The PC-6 Porter is a Swiss-designed single-engine short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility aircraft widely used for rugged operations such as transport, parachute dropping, and liaison duties.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pilatus PC-6 Porter
this entity surface form:
Pilatus PC-6 Porter
this entity surface form:
Pilatus PC-6 Porter
this entity surface form:
PC-6/B2-H2
this entity surface form:
PC-6/B2-H2M
this entity surface form:
PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo-Porter
this entity surface form:
PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo-Porter
this entity surface form:
Pilatus PC-6 Porter