Planesense facility goes live

Launched in 1995, PlaneSense flies 34 PC-12s, the largest fleet in the world. PlaneSense have also ordered an additional 19 planes through 2010.

The rapid growth of the fractional ownership and PlaneSense's expanding fleet, in conjunction with the excellent performance of AAC, prompted both companies to move from the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport to the larger facility at Pease.

PC-12 short field landing

A short movie with the PC-12 landing on a narrow 1800ft strip

Pilatus delivers first PC-12 NG

Pilatus is proud to announce the start of PC-12 NG customer deliveries. At the delivery ceremony in Broomfield, Colorado, this important milestone was celebrated by Pilatus employees and the exclusive PC-12 Sales and Service Center for the northwestern United States, Western Aircraft of Boise, Idaho.

Read the press release here:
http://www.tinyurl.com/4odocn

Aviation Week - European Business Jet market

Rising demand in Europe for business aviation is fueling tough competition in the sales arena among builders of legacy turboprop-powered airplanes and new light jets, blurring and overlapping traditional lines between performance, price and technologies.

Airframe manufacturers Socata in France, Piaggio Aero in Italy, and Pilatus Aircraft and Grob Aerospace, both in Switzerland, are locked in a tight battle as savvy buyers scrutinize four different aircraft, all of which represent advances in business aviation technology.

Read the complete story here:

http://www.tinyurl.com/52yn6v

Pilatus launch PC-12 NG in europe

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd selected EBACE (European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition) for the official European debut of the newest version of its flagship business turboprop, the PC-12 NG.
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd selected EBACE (European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition) for the official European debut of the newest version of its flagship business turboprop, the PC-12 NG.

Read the full press release here:

http://tinyurl.com/64zfpw

Great article about the PC-12 NG from Flight Global

Flight Test: new avionics are at the heart of the updated Pilatus PC-12 NG. I had not flown the Pilatus PC-12 or -12 NG single turboprop; received no simulator training or computer-based training on the upgraded aircraft's Honeywell Primus Apex avionics and had never seen the cockpit of the PC-12 NG up to the moment of the pre-flight briefing just before engine start.

Read the full article here:

http://www.tinyurl.com/4vvlxd

Around the world with the Schumer's

Many of you will know Art & Tracy Schumer. These days they are enjoying the trip of a lifetime in their PC-12

Please take a moment to see their blog which offers a glimpse of life on the road (so to speak).

http://www.threepondsranch.com/rtw2008