Flying the Pilatus PC-12 NGX Turboprop Aircraft Over the Mountains of Colorado – AIN скачать в хорошем качестве

Flying the Pilatus PC-12 NGX Turboprop Aircraft Over the Mountains of Colorado – AIN

It’s been six years since Pilatus Aircraft upgraded the venerable single-engine PC-12 utility turboprop to the NGX version, and Pilatus announced in early 2025 that it was switching the PC-12’s avionics to a full Garmin suite. But before that, AIN editor-in-chief Matt Thurber visited Pilatus Business Aircraft’s U.S. headquarters in Broomfield, Colorado, where he got the opportunity to fly the latest PC-12 NGX and experience all the great features of this airplane as it had developed over the years since it first entered service in 1994. Since then, Pilatus has built more than 2,000 PC-12s, and the type is still going strong. Pilatus Business Aircraft chief pilot Gerard Lambe planned a flight from Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) to Steamboat Springs (KSBS), a relatively short flight for the PC-12 NGX, which has a maximum range of 1,800 nm. With four occupants and 1,500 pounds of fuel, the PC-12 was loaded to nearly 9,000 pounds, well below the 10,450-pound maximum takeoff weight. There was plenty of payload available for more people or bulky baggage that could be loaded through the turboprop’s big rear baggage door, one of the features that sets it apart from other single-engine turboprops, at least until the Beechcraft Denali is certified. The NGX is the last of the PC-12s with a Honeywell avionics suite, which came online in 2008, and its capable and powerful avionics made for a smooth transition for pilots moving into Pilatus’ PC-24 jet, which has the same avionics suite. ___________________________________________________ Visit http://www.ainonline.com for all the latest on the aviation industry, and AIN sister site http://bjtonline.com for the most comprehensive resource available for anyone using—or interested in trying—private flight. Visit https://www.ainonline.com/futureflight for all the news on developing aviation technology. Subscribe to the daily AIN Alerts newsletter: https://www.ainonline.com/ain-alerts-... Subscribe to the FutureFlight newsletter: https://connect.ainonline.com/futuref... Subscribe to BJT Waypoints: https://www.bjtonline.com/subscribe Follow AIN on Instagram   / ain_online   Like AIN on Facebook   / ainpublications   Follow AIN on Twitter   / ainonline   Follow AIN on LinkedIn   / aviationinternationalnews   Follow FutureFlight on Instagram   / futureflightain   Like FutureFlight on Facebook   / futureflightain   Follow FutureFlight on Twitter   / futureflightain   Follow FutureFlight on LinkedIn   / futureflight   Follow BJT on Instagram   / bjtonline   Like BJT on Facebook   / business.jet.traveler   Follow BJT on Twitter   / bjtonline   Follow BJT on Linkedin   / business-jet-traveler   Aviation International News https://www.ainonline.com Business Jet Traveler https://www.bjtonline.com FutureFlight https://www.ainonline.com/futureflight #airplane #flying #aviation