Pilatus PC-12NG: Faster, More Capable, More Comfortable

The new prop’s computer-refined blade airfoil and thin chord section are more efficient at converting torque into thrust than the aluminum four-blade prop it replaces. Harder to spot are drag reduction improvements that, combined with the prop, raise cruise speed by up to 5 kt., improve runway...
Fred George

Fred is a senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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