A flight in the TBM850
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Everskyward
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I want one! 
While cost wise a PC-12 really isn't much more to operate..and you get so much more, I think these are the best looking singles out there. A real hot rod and built right too. I would take one over a VLJ (exception to phenom) in a heartbeat. The only thing that could possibly make it cooler would be guns and missiles.
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Jim Burns
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sba55
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No, you don't get more. You get different things. All depends what you want.
The only thing you don get technically "more" of on a pc-12 is speed and looks. But your right that "less is more" to some.
peter-h
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A little outside my budget at present 
An outstanding aircraft though.
A prospective light jet buyer needs to evaluate his mission profile ever so carefully to justify a jet logically.
An outstanding aircraft though.
A prospective light jet buyer needs to evaluate his mission profile ever so carefully to justify a jet logically.
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sba55
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Right. It's the typical speed vs room tradeoff. That's not less or more, it's just different.
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Well, the speed part seems like a tradeoff to me.
C310 vs. Aztec for example - more speed, similar fuel less space.
A guy at my airport just bought a TBM 850. He's finding that his King Air was nicer for taking the family to Florida with, even though it was slower.
kkoran
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Speed, yes. Looks, that's debatable.