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Old 20th Oct 2009, 09:18
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CPL vs PPL

First of all PC12, especially new generation models, ale so easy to fly. It is easy to takoff, easy to fly, easy to land aircraft. EFIS is very intuitive, much more better that G1000, or Avidyne Entegra.

I am PPL/IR pilot flying my own PC12. Before I started to fly my own plane, I used services of charter companies a was flown as a customer in Piper Meridien. Since we were flying as a fractional ownership I could act as a PIC with safety pilot on right side. I wish you witness how many times, these "safety" pilots almost killed me. Even the fact, that some of them were not able to simple SHUT UP, when we were established, was distracting. So I am flyng alone, with my own personal WX minima, fully concentrated on my task.

And if we talk CPL vs PPL. CPL pilots fly usually with clients or on a delivery flights. I fly my PC12 also for fun. Just flying into countryide and doing touch and goes on small airfields.
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