Diamond Aircraft is replacing the General Electric engine in its DART high-performance military trainer with a Pratt & Whitney PT6A-25C turboprop. The primary reason for this engine swap is to ...

In the 1970s, RFB developed the Fantrainer as a cost-effective advanced military trainer, utilizing a ducted fan to offer lower operating costs and emulate jet aircraft handling amid rising fuel ...

Honeywell has delivered three TPE331-12B turboprop engines for the HTT-40 (Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40) aircraft being built ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...