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We Fly Pilatus Pc-12 Ngx Milestone Maker A PILOT’S STORY: AIR FORCE TO FEDEX TO FLYING EYES LEARNING TO WEATHER THE WEATHER IN REAL TIME GARMIN GI 275 ROUND-DIAL + REPLACEMENT SUSTAINABLE FUEL: P.12 WHAT IS IT & DOES IT FLY? + 40 YEARS FLYING LIGHTHAWK’S CONSERVATION FROM ABOVE WE FLY PILATUS PC-12 NGX MILESTONE MAKER SINCE 1927 APRIL 2020 FLY0420_MK1.indd 1 2/25/20 4:33 PM WE FLY: PILATUS’ NEW PC12 NGX The latest edition of the popular single-engine turboprop will make any jet pilot feel right at home. BY ROB MARK 36 | APRIL 2020 FLYINGMAG.COM APRIL 2020 FLYINGMAG.COM | 37 FLY0420_FEAT1.indd 36 2/25/20 4:19 PM FLY0420_FEAT1.indd 37 2/25/20 4:19 PM I think I called it an airborne Chevy What Happens in Vegas Is No Secret Suburban. Pilatus chief pilot Jed Pilatus kept development of the new Johnson offered a more descriptive NGX under wraps until the official tag line when I was in Broomfield, unveiling at the National Business Colorado, for a December 2019 visit to Aviation Association’s Business Pilatus Business Aircraft, calling it a Aviation Convention & Exhibition in “turbine Suburban.” Las Vegas in October 2019, with EASA No matter what nickname you and FAA certification already in hand. give it, the PC-12 is famous for being “The NGX includes the biggest pack- able to haul a couple of Harleys and a age of updates at a serial number that few passengers out to a dirt strip and we’ve ever seen,” Aniello said. The back (see “A Little PC-12 History” for NGX comes standard with a Pratt & more on the models). In fact, Pilatus Whitney Canada PT6E-67XP with WE FLY: PILATUS PC-12 NGX PC-12 PILATUS WE FLY: specifically designed the PC-12 with a full authority digital engine control—a T-tail to make using a forklift possible first for a single-engine turboprop— while loading cargo through that big that includes an autothrottle and aft door. Johnson said, originally, 10 percent more usable horsepower. Pilatus just saw the airplane In the cockpit, pilots will find as a robust utility, cargo and updated Honeywell Epic avionics that FIRST FLEW A PILATUS PC12 MODEL 10 BACK military airplane that was include four 10.4-inch high- resolution IN 2008 AND FOUND IT MADE A NICE, STABLE only later transformed into screens and greater processing power. a luxury vehicle. Pilatus Pilatus brands their cockpit as the INSTRUMENT PLATFORM. AT 270 KNOTS, IT vice president of marketing Advanced Cockpit Environment. The Tom Aniello said it was actu- cabin windows—10 percent larger WAS NO JET, BUT A WALK THROUGH THAT ally the dealers who saw the than previous models— significantly GARGANTUAN CABIN ON THE GROUND potential for the PC-12 once increase the amount of ambient the interior was spiffed up. light flooding the cabin. The cabin WITH THE MASSIVE REAR CARGO DOOR With 1,750 PC-12s built also includes a new air-distribution to date, new NGX owners— system, better lighting, heating and OPEN MADE NO BONES ABOUT THE AIR about 10 percent of whom will cooling, and significantly increased PLANE’S ABILITY TO CARRY TONS OF STUFF. operate it single pilot—can maintenance intervals to reduce carry a 2,000-pound load on operating costs. BMW Designworks a 3½-hour IFR flight with created more-comfortable seating reserves and feel as though reminiscent of that automaker’s they were operating a light jet, except ground-based products. for the NGX’s 290-knot top speed. Johnson told me: “Putting a fadec Adding to the airplane’s own capabil- on the PT6 is much more complicated ities is the venerable Pratt & Whitney than on a jet because of the need to something special with the NGX, at least not at first. Canada PT6 powerplant, which control the prop. But you also need the Eventually, I realized it was a bit of a déjà vu moment I already has about 8 million flight avionics to take advantage of the auto- taking me back to my high school years when the coolest hours under its belt, and Honeywell’s throttle. With [the fadec], we can now muscle cars on the planet not only were capable of burn- proven Epic avionics system. operate the engine closer to its mar- ing rubber at the change of a traffic light but also sported Today, single-engine turboprops gins for better performance.” For those paint jobs that made them stand out from 50 feet away. are almost commonplace with Daher’s who worry about the effects of elec- We called those specialty paints “candy apple,” a mix of TBM series, Piper’s M350, M500 trical failures, Johnson said, “If every rich, bold colors that seemed to include a pinch of glitter. and M600, and Cessna’s Caravan single electrical bus on the airplane I asked Aniello what Pilatus had done with serial in addition to the PC-12. None can died, you’d still have backup instru- number 2001, the first NGX, to create an iridescent blue carry the load of the PC-12 except ments and engine control thanks to a scheme with a variety of brilliant accent colors. He mat- the Caravan, which is 100 knots backup permanent- magnet alternator ter-of-factly mentioned that the company was using an slower. Only the Cessna Denali still in available just to run the fadec.” entirely new color palette with eye-catching Alumigrip development might give the PC-12 a Sitting next to the PC-24 at the “The NGX paints that made the airplane sparkle, with names such run for its money. Aniello mentioned Pilatus booth, the shell of the PC-12 includes the big- as Titanium Silver, Silver Lake Bentley (a lighter blue), that possibility but quickly added that NGX physically looked like the gest package of Blue Met and Snow White. the fact alone that Textron is building Model 10 I’d flown more than a decade updates at a se- The airplane was so packed with potential buy- a PC-12 clone adds credibility to the earlier. But the outside surface of the rial number that ers in Las Vegas, my first opportunity to climb aboard role played by Pilatus’ airplane that’s NGX seemed to glisten. I couldn’t we’ve ever seen.” came during my visit to the US Completions Facility been flying for a couple of decades. AIRCRAFT ROB MARK, PILATUS COURTESY PHOTO explain why I felt I was looking at —Tom Aniello in Broomfield, Colorado (KBJC), a few months after 38 | APRIL 2020 FLYINGMAG.COM APRIL 2020 FLYINGMAG.COM | 39 FLY0420_FEAT1.indd 38 2/25/20 4:19 PM FLY0420_FEAT1.indd 39 2/25/20 4:19 PM A Little PC12 History Aniello said the quick-release, fully reclining seats are somewhat nar- rower but certainly taller than the originals, and they have been rede- signed to make it easy to switch them out when the demand for cargo space When Pilatus—then maker of aircraft was the first single-engine outweighs the need to carry passen- the famous Turbo Porter single- turboprop to offer a huge rear cargo gers. Each of the old seats was held engine STOL aircraft—announced door to more easily allow the cab- in place by four bolts and required the PC-12 in 1989, it saw the design in to swallow thousands of pounds a mechanic to change out. No lon- as a highly efficient workhorse per- of cargo in a single gulp. Even with six ger. The natural European leather fect for the utility, cargo and commuter seats in the rear of the original airplane, covering is highlighted by prag- airline, as well as air-ambulance segments. The the cabin offered an aisle wide enough for half a matic features such as new optional first PC-12 prototype flew on May 31, 1991, with dozen people to move around without climbing WE FLY: PILATUS PC-12 NGX NGX PC-12 PILATUS WE FLY: footrests. There’s a ground- serviceable certification by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil over each other. Some critics saw the PC-12’s lack toilet near the cockpit. Aviation on March 30, 1994. The FAA’s nod followed of a stand-up cabin as a drawback, but sales num- The NGX cockpit comes with a on July 15, 1994. Three decades later, it would be bers seemed to indicate almost no one cared. profile button like the seats in many tough to look at the more than 1,750 PC-12s pro- PC-12 updates have included engine and new cars, so each pilot can custom- duced as anything other than a dream come true. avionics changes to the original PC-12/41 ize and return the cockpit displays The PC-12 was certified to Part 23 standards to airframe, as well as the Model 12/45 and the ensure the aircraft would be marketable in the US. 12/47—which, for some unknown reason, became That regulation demands a stall speed no great- known as the Model 10. Others include the NGX PILOTS WILL LIKE THE SINGLE er than 61 knots: a problem easily solved with the PC-12 Spectre for paramilitary and government LEVER POWER CONTROL THAT ELIMI PC-12’s big 70-percent-wingspan Fowler flaps. operations and the US Air Force version known The PC-12’s wing was machined specifically with as the U-28A Draco. Pilatus began offering the NATES THE NEED FOR FUSSING WITH THE the thick pneumatic deicing boots in mind, so model 47E in 2008, which was marketed as the PROPELLER, WHILE THE FADEC COM they fit flush to the airfoil for minimal drag.
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