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A PC-21 landing at RAF Fairford, England, 2010. In the Armament Program 2006, the Swiss Parliament approved an initial purchase of the PC-21 for the Swiss Air Force.By April 2008, four PC-21 have been accepted by the Swiss Air Force following the passing of acceptance trials, and flight operations were set to start in July that year. [19]
A Flight is composed of aircrew responsible for operating four Pilatus PC-21(F) Forward Air Control (FAC) variant aircraft. [1] The PC-21 in grey paintwork differs in appearance from the standard multi-coloured RAAF PC-21. The aircraft are based at RAAF Base Williamtown to train ADF Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC). [4]
Pilatus PC-7: 1966 Turboprop trainer Pilatus PC-8D: 1967 STOL transporter, only 1 prototype Pilatus PC-9: 1984 Turboprop trainer Pilatus PC-10: 1970 Twin-engined transporter, project only Pilatus B-4: 1972 Sailplane given Pilatus project number PC-11 Pilatus PC-12: 1991 Single-engined transport/business turboprop Pilatus PC-21: 2001 Turboprop ...
No. 2 FTS Pilatus PC-9 in 2008 The school began replacing its Macchis with Pilatus PC-9 turboprop trainers in July 1989, the process being completed in September 1991. The jets continued to be operated by Pearce's No. 25 Squadron ; some of No. 2 FTS's PC-9s also served temporarily with the squadron as fatigue issues took their toll on the Macchis.
CFS – Pilatus PC-21 (Flying Instructor Training) No. 1 FTS – Pilatus PC-21 (Basic Tri-Service Flying Training) No. 2 FTS – Pilatus PC-21 (Advanced RAAF and RAN Flying Training) No. 2 OCU – Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II (Operational Conversion) ARDU – Various aircraft types (Flight Testing)
A Pilatus PC-21 Roulette in March 2019. The Roulettes have had three accidents over the years: In 1983, two Macchis collided during practice near Sale and both pilots were killed; In 1988, a mid-air collision saw Roulette 4 eject safely and Roulette 1 perform a gear-up landing; and
The Pilatus PC-24 jet entered service in early 2018, with PlaneSense taking delivery of the first production model. Building on the success of the Pilatus PC-12 turboprops, the PC-24 aims to offer PC-12 versatility with turbojet powered performance. PlaneSense is the launch customer with a preliminary order for six jets under contract.
21 ex-RSAF S-211s were retired and sold to the IAP Group Australia in December 2009, including a cannibalised airframe. Fifteen have since been sold off and placed on the Australian civil registry. [12] [20] [21] United States. Two second-hand aircraft (ex-Haitian AF) are operated by private companies. [22] [23]