Originally Posted by
mattyj
You could probably get a nice Nextant upgraded beechjet 400 like Careflight in Darwin has for about 4 mil. Same engines, better range, same speed, bigger cabin diameter, (not length) and very robust.
they don’t go into unprepared fields and they dont have beautiful cargo doors but
(if the Pilatus can actually do everything they promised)
I looked into one (Nextant) when I was at Careflight in DN recently, too small, over wing refueling, marginal door access in the Aeromed role, no APU & they don't have the range with a decent payload. Every A/C in the Aeromed role is a trade off. The PC's & B200/350's are great machines but they have their limitations (No APU, a huge disadvantage!) as does the Nextant & the Lear's, the latter LR45 has a lot going for it & is used extensively world wide in that role so personally is the pick of the bunch for most cases.