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I'm not in that league, but from what I've read it's one of the best
combinations of single-engine simplicity and turbo-prop performance. It's
certainly on my list of "what planes to buy when I win the lottery", right
after a deHavilland Beaver on floats.



A lot of operators consider it to be "the one I don't need to win the
lottery to own. . ." The single-engined turboprop is doing a lot of damage
to KingAir sales. The cost efficiency is not so much in the purchase price,
or in the fuel costs, which are both in the same order of magnitude to twin
turboprops, but in maintenance, you have only one PT6-A to overhaul,
instead of two, which is a substantial savings in operating cost.

Ironically, two of the hottest contenders in this market, Pilatus
(Switzerland) and Socata (France) are in places where there are significant
restrictions on single-engine IFR operations.

GF