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  1. 13th July 2013, 08:43 AM #1
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    Celebrating 50 years of the PT6 Engine

    Well who would have thought that the venerable PT6 is 50:

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN1_OkvwEXI]Celebrating 50 years of the PT6 engine - YouTube[/ame]

    Some great footage & some interesting aircraft.

    Cheers Nigel
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  2. 13th July 2013, 10:24 AM #2
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    Thank you for the post, the Pilatus PC12 with the PT6 engine is a nice combo
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    PT6

    A versatile design. Started out as a power plant for pumping oil on an Alaska crude oil pipeline.
    A person showed real foresight in developing it as an aircraft power plant.
    Also has an excellent reliability history. Only know of a dozen engine failures or precautionary shutdowns in the 35 plus years I have been working on them.
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    Hi Chucaro,

    The PC12 -67B combination is also one of my favorite combinations, as is PC9/A & the -62. We had fun making the Single engine IFR Night RPT submission to CASA back in 1998, but I think it has worked out well. Also love the Caravan especially on floats, and the Ag variants.

    Graz it started out life as a Helicopter engine (Hiller) first flight ever, then Beechcraft King Air 90 first fixed wing.

    Interesting timeline from Aviation Week:
    PT6: A Timeless Turbine
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  5. 3rd September 2013, 08:34 AM #5
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    pt6 governor

    if you ever get the chance to see the centrifugal governor it will really show you how old the technology is.
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