aviation perfection

[flyin'gator]

Had a serendipitous opportunity to fly right seat in a PC12NG last night.
KFWS-KSGR- diverted 30NM south of SAT and around the backside to get around the line of storms that blasted Houston last night.

all I can say is, if I never fly another airplane again, I will have tasted the sweet nectar of aviation perfection. -Kind of like that guy who had the sign in MSG after the Rangers won the '94 Stanley Cup which read "Now I can Die in Peace".

 

[ahkahn]

Very cool! I would love to fly in any seat on a PC-12!

 

[Cpt_Kirk]

Nice tailwind.

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

Meh. Saw the thread title and figured you must have seen one of my landings.

 

[Clark1961]

Meh. Saw the thread title and figured you must have seen one of my landings.

I heard there were three or four landings for every approach...

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

I heard there were three or four landings for every approach...

HAHA!!!

 

[denverpilot]

He flies a PC-12 and takes a photo of the GPS. LOL.

 

[Clark1961]

He flies a PC-12 and takes a photo of the GPS. LOL.

nothing else to see at 20K feet...

 

[ClimbnSink]

Dunno I'd have to go with this http://vimeo.com/119038819 or this http://vimeo.com/128830950 as aviation perfection. Flying TV sets have their purpose too, I just think perfection comes from pure human flight.

 

[farmerbrake]

He flies a PC-12 and takes a photo of the GPS. LOL.

My thoughts exactly.... haha. Just teasing OP

 

[James331]

Nice, they are cool airplanes, they get up and scoot but it's amazing how slow you can bring one into a short field too.

Gotta admit I'm jealous of that glass panel!

 

[deftone]

My former CFI got a gig flying a corporate PC-12 and i got to take a look around, its great inside. Very jealous you got to take a ride!!

 

[flyin'gator]

I once owned a share of a pa20 and would fly low over the salt marsh between KCRG and KSAV quite often - also a fantastic experience- the capabilities of this bird are just awe inspiring in a different way- a way I happen to prefer. Plenty of photos of that crazy storm to our East but then I would catch flack about posting cloud tops of 45k instead of 65k by one of the experts!

 

[jsstevens]

I heard there were three or four landings for every approach...

Passenger currency on every approach! Very efficient.

 

[petrolero]

Curious. What's the glide ratio of a wing suit?

For the OP... A PC12 would be pretty close to perfection for me too.

 

[Clark1961]

Curious. What's the glide ratio of a wing suit?

Not enough to clear the rocks in Yosemite as often as some folks would like...

 

[kenjr]

...i dream of winning the big lottery and having one of these waiting for me in my hangar. Glad you had the chance to fly right seat...must have been a blast!

 

[James331]

The PC12 is a great plane, just not one someone would fly for the joy of flight, she's designed to be hands off above 1k, coupled to a coupled mis type of plane.

 

[petrolero]

Not enough to clear the rocks in Yosemite as often as some folks would like...

Hi-ooooo!

Yeah I heard about that. Ouch is not even the right word.

 

[jordane93]

Sounds like a great experience!

 

[OkieFlyer]

One of those babies flew in to KCHK this evening to pick up some passengers and quickly took off again. They are very sweet. The thing just looked and sounded smooth as silk. I swear a 182 makes more noise on takeoff.