angelo_c
PC12 much ?
PC12 much ?
Gives sales people a conversation starter, explaining ‘What does ‘Denali’ stand for?’
(Name comes from the days of the origin of the airplane when frontier names were popular and perhaps the design was intended for semi-frontier use. Ford motor company has had several versions of small SUVs/4bys/pickemups with names like King Ranch. (Well, perhaps that one only in the BC market, so at least a few people would have heard of that ranch.) But Oregon is a long way from where the name Denali comes from.)
That’s EXACTLY what I was thinking. Parts prices just doubled.
They were originally going to name it “McKinley”, but you know how that goes…
What’s in a name? - probably not one of Textron’s better decisions - I would purchase a Cessna Denali to later transition into a CJ4 and I have to agree that a major blow in this change is that Beech parts prices will be considerably higher along with having an engine with not much of a history - the PC12 has a better range and speed and the transition to a PC24 will make more sense from a PC12 - I never understood the acquisition of Beech by Textron - I’m thinking that a lot of other potential buyers feel the same way - still not too late for Textron to wake up
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That engine should have a lovely warranty (I’m a very small part of the Catalyst program.) The ultimate performance of the plane has yet to be determined, of course. The engine specs are on target.
At this point in time, I’d still get a PC12.
But wait, Cessna has the legendary single engine turboprop. What’s so good about full fuel and only 3 fat guys and their golf clubs.