APRIL 2014

University of North Carolina operates a -Socata TBM 850, a TBM 700C2 and 4 Beechcraft Baron 58s. They fly school officials, athletic directors, coaches and medical professionals involved in the UNC Health Care System. (L-R) Dir of UNC Air Ops Gordon Kramon, TBM and Baron Sr Capt Jim Hotelling, Dir of Mx David Eastwood and Air Transportation Coordinator Lotta Peltola-Nelms. Aircraft and staff are based at RDU (Raleigh-Durham NC). Workhorse Aircraft FLIGHT DEPT PROFILE UNC flies TBM 850, TBM 700C2 and 4 Baron 58s

Providing leadership for UNC’s flight department are Nadine O’Malley, associated director for administration and finance for the NC Area Health Education Centers, and Gordon Kramon, director of air operations. Carolina Blue keeps 6 planes busy transporting school officials, professors, athletic directors, coaches and health care professionals within NC and neighboring states.

By Mike Potts 1789, UNC is one of the oldest doctors to meet with groups of Contributing Editor public universities in the country. patients, vastly improving the efficient Today UNC-Chapel Hill is a coedu- use of the doctors’ time. ne of the best known college cational public research university Originally air operation was estab- logos in the country today which includes the UNC-Chapel Hill lished under the auspices of the North Obelongs to the University of School of Medicine and its associated Carolina Area Health Education Centers, North Carolina (UNC). The distinctive UNC Health Care System (HCS). HCS or AHEC, which was part of a then “Carolina blue” UNC logo appears on exists to further the teaching mission of newly-created Federal AHEC program clothing, banners and flags, license the university and to provide state-of- under the US Department of Health and plates, glasses and cups and all man- the-art patient care, creating a key Human Services. A nonprofit foundation ner of collectibles. interface between the academics of called UNC Medical Air Operations, or It is also displayed prominently on biomedical research and the day-to- Medical Air for short, was established to 6 aircraft that the university operates day delivery of health care services. own the aircraft. to support a statewide medical out- Also maintaining a world-class colle- Today the flight dept still operates on reach program and to provide trans- giate athletics department, the univer- essentially the same model, although portation for key school officials sity’s teams have won more than its role has expanded to include a traveling to conduct the university’s 40 National Collegiate Athletic wider array of medical educational business. Association (NCAA) championships in services as well as additional functions With 17 campuses located across 6 different sports, including men’s and for the university including recruiting the state, UNC is an extensive opera- women’s basketball, men’s and and executive transport, using a fleet tion from the Atlantic coast on the east women’s soccer, men’s lacrosse and of 6 aircraft including 2 Daher-Socata side to the Appalachian Mountains in women’s field hockey. Recruiting the single-engine , a TBM850 the west, serving more than 220,000 top-level athletes necessary to consis- and a TBM700C2, and 4 Beechcraft students. The school graduates about tently field teams with championship Baron 58s. 30,000 annually from more than 200 potential requires extensive travel by The flight department for UNC is academic degree programs. UNC coaches and the university’s based at RDU (Raleigh-Durham NC) In 2013 US News & World Report flight department plays an important in a purpose-built 16,000 sq ft facility magazine ranked UNC Chapel Hill role. that includes a 10,890 sq ft mainte- (the university’s flagship campus) 5th UNC’s flight department got its start nance and storage hangar, plus offices among the nation’s top public col- in 1968 when a doctor in Chapel Hill and additional maintenance space. leges and universities. This achieve- recognized that much of rural North UNC Flight Ops relocated to RDU ment shows the high academic cre- Carolina needed better access to med- about 3 years ago from its original dentials that UNC has. Chartered in ical care and that aircraft could carry location at IGX (Chapel Hill NC).

54 PROFESSIONAL PILOT / April 2014 Gordon Kramon brings experience as director of UNC’s flight department Today the flight department is led by Gordon Kramon, a 10,000-hr ATP rated pilot for whom directing a flight department represents a 2nd career. Kramon’s 1st career was in his family’s clothing manufacturing business in New York City, which he joined after graduation from Lehigh University in 1977. By then he was already an instrument-rated pilot. Kramon traces his love of aviation to Dir of Maintenance David Eastwood started a family vacation in the Caribbean Jim Hotelling flies both the TBMs and Barons with the UNC flight department as a part- for UNC and is one of the department’s most time maintenance technician in 1987 and when he was 14. He remembers sit- senior captains. He has been with UNC Air worked his way up to the senior leadership ting in the front seat of a chartered Operations since 1991. role he holds today. Piper Aztec on a trip to Virgin Gorda. He says he decided then and there light switches. Every airplane was dif- Flight activity averages 5 to 7 trips that he wanted to be a pilot. ferent, and that wasn’t good.” daily, typically carrying 1 to 3 pas- He began taking flying lessons in He also concluded that the flight sengers. Most operations are in day- 1972 at Westair at HPN (White Plains department had enough capacity to light, transporting faculty and resi- NY) while still in high school, support- expand its mission, and he actively dent physicians to clinics around the ed by his father who thought the skill began soliciting opportunities to pro- state. Occasional night flights enable would be of value. His father had vide senior level executive travel with faculty members to conduct evening used airline aviation to give the busi- the goal of increasing the department’s continuing education classes. ness a competitive advantage. “My value to the university. The success of During the 2012-2013 academic father used to say ‘I can fly to Chicago this effort, however, also began to dis- year UNC Air Operations carried and be back with the order while my play the shortcomings of his fleet. 1912 passengers to more than 98 competitors are still on the train,’” Kramon says it was a trip carrying destinations, including the state’s 9 Kramon recalls. UNC’s chancellor to Montreal in late AHEC centers and various communi- In 1982 Kramon bought a Cessna 2009 that drove the point home. “I ty hospitals, health departments and 310 and upgraded to a 340 in 1989. took him in a Baron because that’s all universities. With the clothing business in decline we had, and we bounced along at “This service makes it possible for toward the end of the decade, he trad- 7000 feet all the way to Montreal and our faculty to reach very remote sites ed for a Beechcraft Bonanza F33A but back. It was obvious we needed in the state on a daily basis, while found the lack of deicing capability something with more speed and the still maintaining a full slate of profes- too limiting and soon swapped the ability to get above the weather.” sional activities,” says Nadine Bonanza for a Beechcraft Baron. O’Malley, UNC’s associate director A growing trend toward ever more for administration and finance, who casual clothing eventually prompted Under Kramon the university has has administrative responsibility for Kramon to close the business. In 2009 modernized its fleet with TBM TPs the flight department. “Without our he was living in Chapel Hill NC and Before long, Kramon was authorized flight department, there’s no way we looking for something new to do. to replace one of the Barons with a could offer these services with our That’s when he learned that UNC was turbine-powered aircraft. The depart- current level of staffing.” looking for an aviation director—a ment demonstrated all of the available person with a strong business man- candidates: Pilatus, Piper and TBM agement background who was also a pilot, ideally was familiar with Beech Barons and perhaps even was acquainted with Chapel Hill. “It was like the job description had been tai- lor made for my background,” he said. UNC agreed and hired him. Kramon joined the flight dept as director in 2009 when it had 6 Beechcraft Barons, including a B55, an E55, and 4 58s, including 5 pre- 1985 models with old style controls and a 2001 model. It was a fleet mix that he quickly came to believe car- Mx Tech Paul Cotrufo is also a commercial, Air Transportation Coordinator Lotta Peltola- ried an increased element of risk multiengine and instrument-rated pilot Nelms handles scheduling for the UNC flight because there was so little commonal- who flies the Barons on test flights after dept. She is a native of Finland and came to ity. “One Baron had the fuel pumps maintenance is performed and also for the US to learn to fly. where all the others had the landing maintenance-related positioning trips.

PROFESSIONAL PILOT / April 2014 55 “For example,” he says, “I find planning software from ForeFlight, someone who will sell me a $2.3 mil- Jeppesen mobile flightdeck and lion TBM for $1.8 million, and I give FltPlan.com. them a bargain sale tax credit for the Both TBMs are currently averaging difference. The donor gets a tax about 500 hrs annually and the 4 deduction, plus he or she doesn’t have Barons about 300 hrs each. UNC to recoup as much on the sale pilots take recurrent training annually because they’ve saved it on taxes. The in both the Baron and the TBM, usu- donor is better off and so are we. It’s a ally at SIMCOM which has a TBM Arthur Johnson is UNC’s newest pilot. He total win/win situation.” simulator. previously flew for the North Carolina Dept Minimum flight time requirement of Transportation, and is currently assigned for a new pilot is 3000 hrs and an to fly UNC’s Barons. Revamped fleet expands services for UNC Medical Air ATP. The hardest thing, Kramon says, is finding candidates with lots of sin- single-engine turboprops as well as gle-pilot experience. It’s also impor- Cessna’s Mustang light jet. “We need- With his newly updated fleet, tant to find pilots with the right per- ed speed and we needed efficiency Kramon was well positioned to offer sonality, since the job requires con- but we didn’t need a big cabin,” he expanded services to the university. siderable interaction with passengers says. In 2011 the department acquired The Barons rarely leave the state but and the department does not use its 1st Daher-Socata TBM. The aircraft the 320-kt speed of the TBMs make flight attendants. quickly proved to be so popular that a them excellent midrange transports 2nd TBM joined the fleet in 2012. and Kramon now frequently carries Meanwhile, Kramon was also push- NC coaches on recruiting trips, seek- Flight scheduling under Lotta Nelms ing hard to upgrade his fleet of aging ing out top level high school athletes Lotta Peltola Nelms is the depart- Barons. By 2013 all but the 2001 to join the university’s teams. Hall of ment’s air transportation coordinator, model were gone, replaced by 3 fame UNC women’s basketball coach performing the scheduling function in newer Barons, an 04, an 05 and an Sylvia Hatchell is a regular passenger conjunction with assistant coordinator 09. With the new aircraft came match- on UNC’s TBMs. Carolyn Mann. Nelms is a native of ing avionics as well. All of the depart- University officials also periodically Finland. Her father and grandfather ment’s aircraft are equipped with need to travel to Washington DC and were pilots in the Finnish Air Force WAAS enabled 530s, except the UNC flight dept has complied and she grew up around airplanes. the newest of the Barons which was a with the complex steps necessary to Too short to qualify for the Air Force panel. All have satel- operate into DCA (National, at home, she came to the US in 1998 lite weather and active traffic avoid- Washington DC). Kramon described to learn to fly, earning her licenses at ance systems and all are certified for the procedure, which includes creat- North American Institute of Aviation at flight into known icing. ing a dedicated DCA Access Standard Myrtle Beach SC. Upon graduation she Because UNC’s airplanes are owned Security Program (DASSP) manual became an instructor at the school. In by a nonprofit foundation, the process that establishes the department’s 2001 she took a job at Ram Air Freight for acquiring them differs considerably RDU terminal as an authorized gate- at RDU, hauling checks in piston sin- from the way most flight departments way for DCA-bound flights, having gles and twins. She rose through the buy aircraft. background checks on all authorized ranks at Ram Air and became director “We don’t buy new airplanes,” pilots and having the department’s of ops there, with responsibility for 55 Kramon explains. “Instead, we acquire TBMs checked and cleared. The aircraft, remaining there until the com- airplanes that are a few years old, departure terminal must also meet pany closed in 2012. using a process called a “bargain sale requirements for secured access to Around the same time UNC’s sched- donation.” We look for wealthy peo- the ramp. It took 2 years, he says, to uler was retiring. Nelms had done ple who have written off their air- comply with all the requirements. scheduling work at Ram Air, and was planes. Pilots and other dept personnel of soon hired at UNC. She takes incom- UNC flight ops ing flight requests from doctors, clin- ics, and administrators, and develops UNC flight ops is staffed by 5 full- a schedule based on aircraft availabili- time pilots including Kramon, a part- ty. She also schedules the flightcrews time pilot, a maintenance director and and makes sure duty times and other 2 mechanics, 2 schedulers and a finan- requirements are met. cial manager. All are employees of the Part of her duties include coordinat- university and the jobs include gener- ing facility requirements, including ous pension and healthcare benefits. inspections for the building’s fire Pilots typically work a 5 day week, extinguishing system. Kramon says and an occasional weekend. Nelms’ background as an ATP-rated Overnight trips are infrequent, with pilot makes her especially valuable Kramon taking most of them himself. as a scheduler and general trouble Maintenance Technician Jeremy Greene Almost all operations are conducted shooter. “She understands our opera- learned about aviation maintenance in the single-pilot. Every pilot is equipped tion in ways a non-pilot simply Air Force where he was an F15 crew chief. with an iPad mini, loaded with flight couldn’t,” he says.

56 PROFESSIONAL PILOT / April 2014 WORKHORSE TURBOPROPS TPs that tackle tough jobs Beefy turboprops excel in shortfield ops, carrying heavy loads and operating at low costs. Govt and civil activities use TPs for maritime surveillance, border patrol, S&R, ISR, firefighting and other missions.

AC208B Combat Caravan Bombardier Q400 NextGen

Pilatus PC12 Spectre King Air 350ER in ISR mode

Piaggio Multirole Patrol Aircraft

Viking Twin Otter Guardian 400

Daher-Socata TBM 850

By Don Van Dyke unprepared fields, carrying needed sup- paradrop aircraft, Daher-Socata’s TBM ATP/Helo/CFII, F28, Bell 222 plies or serving isolated communities carrying officers serving in the French Pro Pilot Canadian Technical Editor where they deliver foodstuffs or Army, the Piaggio P.180 Avanti II as a medicines. They are the ubiquitous marine surveillance aircraft, the Pilatus or this compendium we selected 8 Beech King Air in ISR mode, the PC12 Spectre for reconnaissance mis- TPs that have proven their mettle Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Nextgen as a sions, the Quest Kodiak as a rough field Fand earn the respect of their pilots firefighter, Cessna’s ever-popular outpost supply aircraft and the Viking and mx providers by flying in and out of Caravan as a military supply plane and Twin Otter 400 for border patrol service.

90 PROFESSIONAL PILOT / April 2014 Beechcraft KingKing Air 350iER 303 ktas, 2340 nm, FL350 $8.5 million

Technical Specifications POWERPLANT(S) Manufacturer...... Pratt & Whitney Canada This is the extended range variant of King Air 350. Type...... PT6A-60A CABIN Output/Flat rating...... 1050 shp/ISA+10°C Seats (standard/max)...... 9/11 Volume...... 355 ft3 AVIONICS Sea-level cabin...... 15,293 ft Manufacturer/Suite...Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 WEIGHTS Cabin. The square-oval fuselage design offers BOW...... 10,385 lbs more head and shoulder room. Selected seats are MTOW...... 16,500 lbs reversible/removable. MLW...... 15,675 lbs Pressurization/ECS. A 10,380 ft cabin altitude is Payload w/max fuel...... 1023 lbs maintained at maximum cruising altitude of FL350. Dual-zone cabin climate controlled auto- PERFORMANCE matically with little input from pilot. Cruise, long range/high speed...... 238/303 ktas Range, ferry (100 nm alternate)...... 2340 nm Ice/rain protection. Bleed air used to protect brakes, wing and horizontal stabilizer leading MISSION PERFORMANCE (time/flight level) edges, and engine inlets. 300 nm...... 1h05/FL350 Cockpit. Pro Line 21 avionics includes 3 8 x 10-in 600 nm...... 2h07/FL250 PFD/MFD/EICAS LCDs to complement complete 1000 nm...... 3h36/FL330 digital CNS suite. AIRFIELD PERFORMANCE (SL, ISA) Field Length (MTOW/MLW)...... 4473/2728 ft 4.9 ft

14.3 ft

4.6 ft 81.5 ft 57.9 ft

Bombardier Q400 NextgenNextgen 349 ktas, 1125 nm, FL350 $21 million

Technical Specifications AIRFIELD PERFORMANCE (SL, ISA) Field Length (MTOW/MLW)...... 4819/4232 ft Q400 a/c features reduced costs for fuel and mx. POWERPLANT(S) CABIN Manufacturer...... Pratt & Whitney Canada Seats (business standard/max...... 28/40 3 Type...... PT6A-150A Volume...... 2740 ft Output/Flat rating...... 5071 shp/NA Sea-level cabin...... NA AVIONICS WEIGHTS Manufacturer/Suite...... Thales Avionics BOW...... 38,986 lbs MTOW...... 65,200 lbs Cabin. Updated cabin, LED lighting, windows and MLW...... 62,000 lbs overhead bins with active noise and vibration Payload w/max fuel...... NA suppression. PERFORMANCE Pressurization/ECS. Maximum cabin pressure is Cruise, long range/high speed...... 349/360 ktas 5.5 psi. Range (100 nm alternate)...... 1125 nm Ice/rain protection. Conventional boots protect wing and horizontal stabilizer leading edges, and MISSION PERFORMANCE (time/flight level) engine inlets. 300 nm...... NA 600 nm...... NA Cockpit. Avionics suite includes 5-LCD PFD / MFD 1000 nm...... NA / EICAS displays to complement complete digital CNS suite and optional CAT IIIA with HGS, RNP 0.3, WAAS/LPV, steep approach and datalink. 4.8 ft

27.8 ft

4.5 ft 93.3 ft 107.9 ft

PROFESSIONAL PILOT / April 2014 91 CessnaCessna GrandGrand CaravanCaravan EXEX 195 ktas, 865 nm, FL276 $2.5 million

Technical Specifications AIRFIELD PERFORMANCE (SL, ISA) Field Length (MTOW/MLW)...... 2160/NA ft EX model offers enhanced performance com- pared to the venerable Grand Caravan. POWERPLANT(S) CABIN Manufacturer...... Pratt & Whitney Canada Seats (standard/max)...... 9/14 Type...... PT6A-140 Volume...... 254 ft3 Output/Flat rating...... 867 shp/NA Sea-level cabin...... NA AVIONICS WEIGHTS Manufacturer/Suite...... Garmin G1000 BOW...... 5305 lbs Cabin. Cabin can accommodate handling of MTOW...... 8807 lbs large, bulky items. Additional cargo volume is MLW...... 8509 lbs available with optional cargo pod. Pressurization/ Payload w/max fuel...... 1291 lbs ECS. Aircraft is not pressurized. Cabin climate PERFORMANCE maintained by the pilot. Cruise, long range/high speed...... 238/303 ktas Ice/rain protection. Aircraft has limited ice Range, ferry (100 nm alternate)...... 2340 nm protection and is not certificated for flight into icing conditions. MISSION PERFORMANCE (time/flight level) 300 nm...... 1h37/FL100 Cockpit. G1000 features 3 PFD/MFD/ EICAS 600 nm...... 3h09/FL100 LCDs complementing CNS suite. Also equipped 1000 nm...... NA with an IR port to accommodate data entry via handheld Garmin PDAs. 4.6 ft

15.5 ft

41.7 ft 52.1 ft 5.2 ft

Daher-SocataDaher-Socata TBMTBM 850850 320 ktas, 1452 nm, FL310 900: $3.7 million

Technical Specifications AIRFIELD PERFORMANCE (SL, ISA) Field Length (MTOW/MLW)...... 2840/2430 ft At press time TBM 900 was unveiled as succes- sor to the TBM 850. TBM 900 has winglets and POWERPLANT(S) offers longer range (1730 nm) and faster cruising Manufacturer...... Pratt & Whitney Canada speed (330 ktas). TBM 850 production will cease. Type...... PT6A-66D CABIN Output/Flat rating ...... 850 shp/ISA+49°C Seats (standard/max)...... 5/6 Volume...... 123 ft3 AVIONICS Sea-level cabin...... 14,390 ft Manufacturer/Suite...... Garmin G1000 WEIGHTS Cabin. Cabin can accommodate a wide range of BOW...... 4780 lbs configurations. MTOW...... 7394 lbs Pressurization/ECS. Aircraft is pressurized. Cabin MLW...... 7024 lbs climate is automatically maintained. Payload w/max fuel...... 633 lbs Ice/rain protection. Aircraft is certificated for PERFORMANCE flight into known icing conditions. Cruise, long range/high speed...... 255/320 ktas Cockpit. G1000 uses 3 PFD/MFD/EICAS LCDs to Range, ferry (100 nm alternate)...... 1452 nm support CNS suite. IR port allows data entry via handheld Garmin PDAs. MISSION PERFORMANCE (time/flight level) 300 nm...... 1h01/FL260 Note: Drawings and photos in this writeup feature the TBM 850. 600 nm...... 1h59/FL280 4.1 ft 1000 nm...... 3h15/FL280

14.2 ft

4.0 ft 41.6 ft 34.9 ft 92 PROFESSIONAL PILOT / April 2014 PiaggioPiaggio P.180P.180 AvantiAvanti IIII 402 ktas, 1530 nm, FL410 $7.2 million

Technical Specifications AIRFIELD PERFORMANCE (SL, ISA) Field Length (MTOW/MLW)...... 3262/1282 ft Avanti II is a versatile, high-performance aircraft used in a wide range of public services. POWERPLANT(S) CABIN Manufacturer...... Pratt & Whitney Canada Seats (standard/max)...... 7/9 Type...... PT6A-66B Volume...... 375 ft3 Output/Flat rating ...... 850 shp/ISA+28°C Sea-level cabin...... 24,000 ft AVIONICS WEIGHTS Manufacturer/Suit.....Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 BOW...... 8375 lbs Cabin. Spacious cabin permits installation of MTOW...... 12,150 lbs seats, equipment and systems in widely ranging MLW...... 11,500 lbs configurations. Payload w/max fuel...... 973 lbs Pressurization/ECS. Cabin altitude permits com- PERFORMANCE fortable long-loiter at high altitudes. Cruise, long range/high speed...... 318/402 ktas Ice/rain protection. Aircraft is certificated for Range, ferry (100 nm alternate)...... 1530 nm flight into known icing conditions. All-weather MISSION PERFORMANCE (time/flight level) Protection is provided by a combination of bleed 300 nm...... 0h53/FL310 air, electrical and pneumatic anti-ice systems. 600 nm...... 1h44/FL350 Cockpit. Avionics suite features 3 10.8 PFD/ MFD/ 1000 nm...... 3h02/FL390 EICAS LCDs, Pro Line radios, 1 FMS AHRS, TCAS, TAWS, and numerous options. 5.8 ft

13.0 ft

46.0 ft 47.3 ft 6.1 ft

PilatusPilatus PC12PC12 SpectreSpectre 280 ktas, 1582 nm, FL300 $4.6 million

Technical Specifications AIRFIELD PERFORMANCE (SL, ISA) Field Length (MTOW/MLW)...... 2650/NA ft Spectre is a multi-purpose variant of the PC12 line with enhanced avionics and performance. POWERPLANT(S) CABIN Manufacturer...... Pratt & Whitney Canada Seats (standard/max)...... 7/10 Type...... PT6A-67P Volume...... 330 ft3 Output/Flat rating...... 1200 shp/ISA+35°C Sea-level cabin...... 13,100 ft AVIONICS WEIGHTS Manufacturer/Suite...... Honeywell Primus Apex BOW...... 6782 lbs Cabin. Large cabin can accommodate handling of MTOW...... 10,450 lbs bulky items and equipment. MLW...... 9921 lbs Payload w/max fuel...... 1456 lbs Pressurization/ECS. Aircraft is pressurized. Cabin climate maintained by the pilot. PERFORMANCE Ice/rain protection. Aircraft certified for flight into Cruise, long range/high speed...... 208/280 ktas known icing conditions. Pneumatic boots on wing Range, ferry (100 nm alternate)...... 1582 nm and horizontal tail. Other systems electrically heated. MISSION PERFORMANCE (time/flight level) Cockpit. Four large LCDs PFD/MFD/EICAS inte- 300 nm...... 1h11/FL260 grate flight information, aircraft configuration, pres- 600 nm...... 2h18/FL270 surization, and environmental controls. SmartView 1000 nm...... 3h49/FL280 displays a natural 3D rendering of terrain.

4.1 ft

14.0 ft

5.0 ft 47.3 ft 53.4 ft

94 PROFESSIONAL PILOT / April 2014 QuestQuest KodiakKodiak 100100 171 ktas, 1181 nm, FL250 $2.2 million

Technical Specifications AIRFIELD PERFORMANCE (SL, ISA) Field Length (MTOW/MLW)...... 1468/1050 ft This aircraft is a high-performance STOL utility TP designed for rough and rugged operations. POWERPLANT(S) CABIN Manufacturer...... Pratt & Whitney Canada Seats (standard/max)...... 5/9 Type...... PT6A-34 Volume...... 248 ft3 Output/Flat rating...... 750 shp/ISA+7°C Sea-level cabin...... NA AVIONICS WEIGHTS Manufacturer/Suite...... Garmin G1000 BOW...... 4428 lbs MTOW...... 7255 lbs Cabin. Cabin can accommodate a wide range of MLW...... 6690 lbs configurations. Optional external pod affords Payload w/max fuel...... 733 lbs additional 63 cu ft capacity. PERFORMANCE Pressurization/ECS. Aircraft is not pressurized. Cruise, long range/high speed...... 139/171 ktas Cabin climate control is maintained by the pilot. Range, ferry (100 nm alternate)...... 1181 nm Ice/rain protection. Flight into known icing condi- tions is permitted with optional TKS ice protection MISSION PERFORMANCE (time/flight level) system installed. 300 nm...... 1h49/FL100 600 nm...... 3h38/FL100 Cockpit. G1000 features 2 TFT PFD and 1 MFD/ 1000 nm...... 5h54/FL100 EICAS LCDs complementing CNS suite. Options include radar, Stormscope, synthetic vision sys- tem (SVS), and TCAS. 4.8 ft

14.7 ft

45.0 ft 33.8 ft 4.5 ft

VikingViking TwinTwin OtterOtter 400400 182 ktas, 799 nm, FL250 $5.9 million

Technical Specifications AIRFIELD PERFORMANCE (SL, ISA) Field Length (MTOW/MLW)...... 1200/1050 ft Twin Otter can operate at remote, unimproved air- fields and in challenging environments. POWERPLANT(S) CABIN Manufacturer...... Pratt & Whitney Canada Seats (standard/max)...... NA/19 Type...... PT6A-34 Volume...... 384 ft3 Output/Flat rating...... NA/NA Sea-level cabin...... NA AVIONICS WEIGHTS Manufacturer/Suite...... Honeywell Primus Apex BOW...... 7100 lbs MTOW...... 12,500 lbs Cabin. Interior features multiple quick-change MLW...... 12,300 lbs configurations and accommodate handling of Payload w/max fuel...... NA bulky items and equipment. PERFORMANCE Pressurization/ECS. Cabin not pressurized. Cabin Cruise, long range/high speed...... NA/182 ktas climate is maintained by the pilot. Range, ferry (100 nm alternate)...... 799 nm Ice/rain protection. Optional full de-ice package, propeller de- icing, heated windshields. MISSION PERFORMANCE (time/flight level) 300 nm...... NA Cockpit. Avionics features 2 large LCD PFD and 1 600 nm...... NA MFD/EICAS to integrate and display flight, config- 1000 nm...... NA uration, and environmental information.

4.8 ft

19.6 ft

4.5 ft 51.6 ft 65.0 ft

96 PROFESSIONAL PILOT / April 2014