Pilatus

Owners of pre-NG Pilatus PC-12s hankering to upgrade their airplane’s original P&W PT-6 engine, can now add a Hartzell five-blade composite swept-tip propeller when the work is completed by Broomfield, Colorado-based Finnoff Aviation. The upgraded prop, now standard on new PC-12s, is 5 pounds lighter than the original aluminum four-blade Hartzell standard on nearly 800 […]

Pilatus Aircraft gave the first prototype of the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet a day’s break from its test flight duties to be featured on the static display outside Palexpo as part of the European Business Aviation Convention and Expo this week at the Geneva Airport. The airplane and a second prototype have accumulated more than […]

The three-day European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition kicked off Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 500 exhibiting companies and a static display featuring nearly 60 state-of-the-art business aircraft. Major manufacturers, such as Gulfstream, Pilatus, Dassault, Bombardier and many more, were well-represented at the exhibition. Check out some of the new designs on display […]

It was a beautiful day. Light winds. Clear skies. Towering, snowcapped Rocky Mountain peaks surrounded the 9,000-foot runway at Eagle, Colorado, from which I was about to depart. I was at the controls of a Pilatus PC-12, a sizable single-engine turboprop built to carry thousands of pounds of people or gear. Today we were light. […]

Stans, Switzerland-based Pilatus announced improvements to the 2016 model of its single-engine turboprop-powered PC-12 NG, upgrades the company says will provide its customers with greater speed, climb performance, range and cabin comfort. Without increasing the horsepower of the PT6A engine, but rather through several drag-reducing modifications, the max cruise speed has been increased to 285 […]

Swiss airplane maker Pilatus has achieved a significant milestone in its PC-24 Super Versatile Jet program, taking the twinjet to the skies for its first flight on Monday morning at the Buochs Airport in Stans, Switzerland. During the flight, second in command Reto Aeschlimann reported: “Everything looks great so far! Beautiful handling — the PC-24 […]

Pilatus Aircraft, based in Stans, Switzerland, announced it had a record year for sales revenues in 2014. With revenues of CHF 1.174 billion (more than $1.2 billion), the company saw a 16 percent jump over 2013, which was also a strong year. Pilatus delivered 127 airplanes last year, 15 more than the previous year. The […]

If you attended the Flying Aviation Expo in Palm Springs, California, you may have noticed a Pilatus PC-12 NG on display. If you didn’t take a closer look, you may not have noticed that this was not any Pilatus — it had been modified for special missions. Called the PC-12 NG Spectre, the airplane was […]

The Pilatus PC-24 made its initial appearance this week across the pond with the unveiling of the first twinjet prototype at Buochs Airport in Switzerland. Pilatus took the wraps off its newest creation in a fanfare-filled ceremony that included a fly-by of all the Pilatus aircraft that ever reached production in the company’s 75-year history. […]

On the 77th anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s daring attempt to circumnavigate the globe, another Amelia Earhart is setting out on the same journey. Amelia Rose Earhart — no relation to Amelia Mary Earhart — set off on June 26 from Oakland, California, in a Pilatus PC-12 NG to fly 24,300 nautical miles in 17 stops […]