Just got an answer from my friend who owns a 2 year old PC-12. Glide ratio
is 12:1 or approx. 2 nm per 1000 ft.

My Mooney 201 is the same, but lots cheaper!

All else being equal, the probability that I might "test" the Mooney's glide
ratio some day is much more than the chance of that PT-6 going quiet.

bumper

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oups.com...
Pilatus' web site states that the glide ratio of a PC-12 is 16:1.

It is a very clean aircraft (as turboprops go), but the wing loading is
35 lb./ft2. 16:1 seems optimistic, but I since it is on the internet,
I am sure that it is true.

Bob Zahradnik