Originally Posted by
Danzig
Pilatus PC-12. Excellent for short or unimproved strips, FIKI, single turbine efficiency, great mission profiles.
And with the oldest of PC12s on the market priced well north of $1.5M,
at least 50% higher acquisition cost than the other options presented.
Sure the PC12 costs less to operate...but you can operate a small twin turboprop more than a couple hours on just the interest of the $500k+ delta in price.