Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. is a Swiss aerospace manufacturer based in Stans. It was founded in December 1939 as Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG by Emil Buhrle and Antoine Gazda, and it has built aircraft for niche markets, notably short takeoff and landing transports and military trainers. Its best known designs include the PC-6 Porter, the PC-7 and PC-9 trainers, the PC-12 single-engine turboprop, the PC-21 trainer and the PC-24 twin-engine jet able to use unpaved runways. In 1979 it acquired the British maker Britten-Norman, and in 2000 its owners sold it to a consortium of Swiss investors. The company is listed here as a legacy aerospace manufacturer in the space atlas agency directory.
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is an aerospace manufacturer located in Stans, Switzerland
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founded the Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG with the help of Elektrobank on December 16, 1939
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is an aerospace manufacturer located in Stans, Switzerland
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