The nose of this aircraft looks strange. However, the original PL11 used parts from the North American T6 (Harvard), including the radial engine, so it looks like the PL12 was a rather crude way of adapting the airframe to use the much smaller Continental engine.
Transavia PL12 Airtruk. Brings back some memories. This aircraft was, for quite a few years, a common sight in the Waikato/King Country areas Nth Island New Zealand and was the successor to the Bennet Pl1 designed in New Zealand for aerial topdressing Team usually consisted of 1 aircraft and 1 loader truck with truck crew often being flown to and from base in the aircraft hopper Many thanks for the picture, I assume it was taken at MOTAT Auckland. You may care to check out Airtruk aircraft on Wikipedia and Motat museum siite
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