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The PC-9 can be viewed as a further, more powerful, evolution of the earlier PC-7. It retains the overall layout of its predecessor but has very little structural commonality with it. Amongst other improvements, the PC-9 features a larger cockpit with stepped ejection seats and also has a ventral airbrake.
The PC-9 programme officially started in 1982. Although some aerodynamic elements were tested on a PC-7 during 1982 and 1983, the first flight of the first PC-9 prototype took place on 7 May 1984. A second prototype flew on 20 July of the same year; this prototype had all the standard electronic flight instrumentation and environmental control systems installed and was thus almost fully representative of the production version.
Certification was achieved in September 1985. Unfortunately by this time the PC-9 had lost in the RAF trainer competition to the Short Tucano. However, the marketing links that Pilatus built up with British Aerospace during the competition stood them in good stead, as it soon led to their first order from Saudi Arabia.
The first production aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force first flew on 19 May 1987This is a list of aviation-related events from 1987: Events January January 1 US Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphins and US Navy H-3 Sea Kings help rescue people trapped inside the Dupont Plaza hotel Puerto Rico after a fire there on New Year's Eve January 7 Frenc, under the Australian designation PC-9/A.
Condor Flugdienst of GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east uses 10 examples of the target-towing variant under the designation PC-9B. This variant has an increased fuel capacity enabling flight for up 3 hours and 20 minutes as well as two Southwest RM-24 winches under the wings. These winches can reel out a target up to 3,5 kilometres.In order to compete in the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in JPATSThe Joint Primary Aircraft Training System was a requirement by the United States Air Force and United States Navy for a trainer aircraft usable by both services. Contenders included the SIAI Marchetti S. 211, the Promavia Jet Squalus, the Soko G-4 Super competition, Pilatus and Beech Aircraft CorporationBeech Bonanza F33C Beech D. 17S Staggerwing Beechcraft Model 2000 Starship The Beech Aircraft Corporation purchased by Raytheon Aircraft on February 8, 1980, and often known as Beechcraft is a manufacturer of general aviation and military aircraft, rangin developed an extensively modified version of the PC-9, called the Beech Pilatus PC-9 Mk.II. It was later renamed the T-6A Texan II and is now built and marketed independently by Raytheon (who purchased Beech in 1980).
The PC-9 M was introduced in 1997 as the new standard model. It has an enlarged dorsal fin in order to improve longitudinal stability, modified wingroot fairings, stall strips on the leading edges as well as new engine and propeller controls. This version booked some early successes: Slovenia placed an order for 9 in December of the same year, Oman ordered 12 examples in January 1999 and Ireland signed a contract for 8 in January 2003.
A total of more than 250 aircraft of this type have been built to date.
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