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In June 2010, Pilatus announced that the 1,000th PC-12 had been delivered. [39] By August 2013, the worldwide PC-12 fleet had accumulated a combined total of 4 million flight hours and 1,200 PC-12s had been delivered to customers. [40] Just over a year after the 1300th, the 1400th PC-12 was delivered in July 2016.
Announced at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, the aircraft is a completely new design, not derived from any existing aircraft. [4] It should compete primarily with the nine-passenger Pilatus PC-12 as well as slightly faster and smaller single-engine turboprops such as the Epic E1000, Piper M700 Fury, and SOCATA TBM. [5]
In October 2019 the PT6 E-Series was launched on the PC-12 NGX, the first general aviation turboprop with an electronic propeller and engine control system with a single lever and better monitoring for longer maintenance intervals, increased from 300 to 600 hours, and a TBO increased by 43% to 5,000 hours, reducing engine operating costs by at ...
The prototype PC-12 was flown on 31 May 1991. [9] On 30 March 1994, the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation issued the type certificate for the PC-12; [26] The first PC-12 Eagle surveillance aircraft was built in 1995, further developments led to the PC-12 Spectre; amongst other customers, it was adopted by the United States Air Force as the ...
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. Before ...
In March 2022, Tradewind marked a major fleet renewal and expansion program with the purchase of 20 new Pilatus PC-12 NGX aircraft in a deal valued at over $100 million, with deliveries proceeding at 3-4 per year through 2027. The program cemented Tradewind's status as the operator of one of the world's largest fleets of Pilatus PC-12s, and the ...
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South African Air Force - operates one PC-12 with 41 Squadron for VIP transport. [26] Switzerland. Swiss Air Force - operates one PC-12 for research flights and VIP transport. [27] United States. United States Air Force - operates 35 [28] PC-12 (designated U-28A), for special operations (Air Force Special Operations Command). [29] 1st Special ...