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World’s Most Widely Read Aviation Magazine September 2008<br />
Super Single<br />
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New Advanced Cockpit<br />
& More Power<br />
for <br />
Next Big Thing<br />
Pilatus PC-12 NG<br />
Since its certi?cation back in 1994, the hallmark of the remarkably successful Pilatus PC-12<br />
turboprop single has been its tremendous ?exibility and utility—with a cab<br />
BY ROBERT GOYER<br />
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY<br />
PAUL BOWEN<br />
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The addition of the Honeywell Apex Integrated ?at-panel<br />
<br />
avionics system and a host of safety and quality of life enhancements<br />
<br />
make the PC-12 a hott<br />
proach greatly reduces the pilot’s work-<br />
load. When it’s time to perform a certain<br />
function, it’s one-stop shopping instead<br />
of having to travel from one end of the<br />
panel to the other, as we’ve all ha<a title="49926_elite.pdf page 1" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wqqqhr&pageid=1"> ® ELECTRONICALLY REPRINTED FROM World’s Most Wi</a>dely Read Aviation Magazine September 2008 Super Single New Advanced Cockpit & More Power for
<a title="49926_elite.pdf page 2" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wqqqhr&pageid=2"> Next Big Thing Pilatus PC-12 NG Since its certi?c</a>ation back in 1994, the hallmark of the remarkably successful Pilatus PC-12 turboprop single has been its tremendous ?exibility and utility—with a cab
<a title="49926_elite.pdf page 3" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wqqqhr&pageid=3"> BY ROBERT GOYER PHOTOGRAPHY BY PAUL BOWEN </a> The addition of the Honeywell Apex Integrated ?at-panel avionics system and a host of safety and quality of life enhancements make the PC-12 a hott
<a title="49926_elite.pdf page 4" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wqqqhr&pageid=4"> proach greatly reduces the pilot’s work- load. Wh</a>en it’s time to perform a certain function, it’s one-stop shopping instead of having to travel from one end of the panel to the other, as we’ve all ha
<a title="49926_elite.pdf page 5" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wqqqhr&pageid=5"> Pilatus says it’s proud to have its air- plan</a>es referred to as “over-engineered.” They surely weren’t afraid of that com- plaint with the design of the new genera- tor system, which replaces the
<a title="49926_elite.pdf page 6" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wqqqhr&pageid=6"> Pilatus PC-12 NG The airplane ?own was ou</a>t?tted with the six-place executive cabin and the most popular options, including a copilot PFD and deluxe exterior lighting optio
<a title="49926_elite.pdf page 7" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wqqqhr&pageid=7"> even faster. In fact, the numbers we were seeing </a>were about ?ve knots faster than what Pilatus claims. At FL 280 we saw 278 knots true with a fuel flow of 360 pounds per hour (about 54 gph). The airp
<a title="49926_elite.pdf page 8" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wqqqhr&pageid=8"> IN ACrertyioeudian?dinproduction.Moreadvanced— wi</a>thafullyintegrated,Honey- well Primus Apex avionics system. More rened — with an all-new cockpit
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