Aircraft
Pilatus: PC-24 Numbers ‘Better Than Expected’
Two test aircraft had flown 1,032 hours over the course of 600 flights through the end of October.
Andre Zimmerman, vice president of Pilatus Aircraft’s PC-24 program. (Photo: Mariano Rosales)
Andre Zimmerman, vice president of Pilatus Aircraft’s PC-24 program. (Photo: Mariano Rosales)

Pilatus Aircraft remains on track to earn certification of the PC-24 twinjet in the third quarter of next year. Andre Zimmerman, vice president of the program, reported yesterday morning at NBAA 2016 that the two test aircraft have flown 1,032 hours over the course of 600 flights through the end of October and are halfway through the test program, having completed natural ice testing, extreme temperature testing and flooded runway testing.


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