Diamond Aircraft is replacing General Electric engines with Pratt & Whitney's PT6A-25C in its DART-750 high-performance military trainer. This engine switch aims to accelerate European certification ...

France, Australia, Singapore and Sweden are giving a greater role to turboprop trainers within its pilot training process. Cost savings are a key motivation, with training fleets increasingly ...

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has completed the first flight of the country’s first indigenously produced turboprop trainer. The Hurkus, named after celebrated Turkish aviator Vecihi Hurkus, took ...

A rendering of the Textron T-6C with U.K. Royal Air Force roundel. Melbourne, Australia – Thailand has taken delivery of its first Textron Aviation T-6C Texan II turboprop trainers, with the Southeast ...

The Hürkuş-II will replace the TAF’s current Hürkuş-B trainers, with the first 15 aircraft expected to be delivered this year and the remaining 40 being handed over by 2027. The new advanced version ...

The PC-7 MKX is offered as a low-cost trainer that is optimized for training students destined for today’s modern cockpits. Pilatus Aircraft’s new PC-7 MKX turboprop trainer offers basic training ...

The jet versus turboprop trainer argument appears to have come full circle. Turboprops were brought in to replace the first generation of jet trainers as they offered significant cost savings in ...

Italian airframer Blackshape has flown a turboprop-powered example of its Gabriel basic trainer, as it eyes sales opportunities in Southeast Asia. The company says it has conducted “several” flights ...

The DART-750 turboprop trainer aircraft was displayed at the Paris Air Show 2023 just days after its maiden flight earlier in June. (Janes/Gareth Jennings) An uprated and more powerful version of the ...

The video gives some insights about the systems aboard the M-345 trainer aircraft and also the first glimpse of the advanced cockpit. As you may already know, just before Christmas, the Italian Air ...

Upgrading from a piston single to a turboprop involves a significant leap in acquisition and operating costs, including higher fuel burn, maintenance, insurance, and mandatory training. Turboprop ...

The RNLAF is to replace its PC-7 (pictured) trainer aircraft with a new type from the same manufacturer, Pilatus, subject to a pending protest from the unidentified losing bidder for the requirement. ...