Ultimate Turboprop

[Goose Egg]

You could always go NASCAR style and go for the E-120.

Seriously though, I would think the King Air 200 would fit that role pretty well. I think PC-12s are great, but there's always that "warm fuzzy" factor with having the 2nd PT-6 out there.

-Goose

 

[pilotyip]

KA are pretty pricy, look at a TC-690 with -10 engines. Fast, low per mile cost, reasonable price.

 

[Swass]

I agree with yip, Turbo Commanders are sweet for the money. Would be a great fit.

If you can swing it a 441 would be a good fit also, albeit pricey.

 

[WabiSabi]

Merlin! and Garretts sound better than Pratts!

almost as fast a King Air 200, flys almost as far, half the price and looks much cooler

 

[Plunder Hound]

Thanks everybody. Seems like the KA is winning the vote. I'll look into the other options as well. I've flown J-32s but never a KA. I think she secretly wants to fly the plane someday, therefore the interest in the TBM. We'll see. Always more fun shopping with other peoples money.

 

[willNOTfly4free]

King Air 350. It's the greatest King Air ever built, IMHO.

I've heard that the CJ2+'s direct operating costs are lower than a King Air 200.

 

[Goose Egg]

...and Garretts sound better than Pratts!

Yeah, if you are the type of guy that enjoys the sound of fingernails scratching across a chalk board...

 

[kingairyahoo]

King Air 350. It's the greatest King Air ever built, IMHO.

close...best king air in my book is the 300 with (or without) winglets.

• faster than the 350
• hauls all but 1,000# of a 350
• can be opearted below 12,5 and get into places a 350 cant
• better performance numbers than a 350
• cheaper than a 350

 

[Flyingdutchman]

BE-200 hands down...

 

[acpilot]

Merlin with big engines

 

[Flyingdutchman]

Looks like King Air is the winner baby!

 

[pilotyip]

cost?

Looks like King Air is the winner baby!

Get your check book out, my company in 1996 went from AC-690 to a KA 200 and got out of the flying business about 6 months later

 

[BoilerUP]

What was so expensive about the KA200, yip?

 

[pilotyip]

parts and labor

What was so expensive about the KA200, yip?

It was an older KA, we did alot of maint at Beech Service center. Parts seemed high. It burned more fuel for about the same speed. But it did have and air stair and a bigger cabin.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Commander, Merlin, Conquest. Or better yet, MU-2. Fast, cheap, great field performance, easy on gas, they'll hear you coming from miles away.