Aircraft
PC-24 Gets Off to a Flying Start
On May 11 Pilatus achieved the first flight of the PC-24 business jet. The company is embarking on a test campaign to certificate the jet in 2017.
Pilatus chairman Oscar Schwenk is bursting with pride over the progress and prospects for his PC-24 “super versatile jet.” (Photo: Mark Wagner)
Pilatus chairman Oscar Schwenk is bursting with pride over the progress and prospects for his PC-24 “super versatile jet.” (Photo: Mark Wagner)

At the 2014 EBACE show Pilatus opened the order book for the PC-24 “super versatile jet,” and in just 36 hours had notched up 84 orders. A year later and the company is now focused on getting the aircraft cleared for service, a process that began eight days ago with the first flight. Even as the EBACE opening ceremony got under way yesterday morning, the first PC-24 was undertaking its fifth test flight. The aircraft, registered HB-VXA and known to the company as P01, has now chalked up 7.7 hours in the air as part of what is planned as a 2,300-hour trials campaign.


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