Even the shared-ownership turboprop fleet is expected to increase by some 60 aircraft in the next five years. |
This type of powerplant was ideal for lower performance aircraft that could substitute their piston engines for the turboprop. |
Suddenly above the steady vibrating thrum of the C130 cargo plane's four giant Rolls-Royce turboprop engines, a sound rings out. |
The turboprop aircraft, which has a 50-tonne payload capacity, is the only one of its kind in operation. |
Established in 1939, Pilatus Aircraft is the world's leading manufacturer of single-engine turboprop aircraft. |
His program was an aircraft hangar, filled with almost every variety of primitive aircraft, from a turboprop trainer to a hang glider. |