The PC21 display is great! Good luck to the Pilatus folk!
Having said that, I wonder why the ADF is so interested in getting a "jet like handling" turbo-prop aircraft to replace the PC9? The PC9, of course, was originally bought to replace the CT4, and only finished up replacing the Macchi in the AFT role because somebody said it would do the job. And yet the RAAF still had to keep the Macchi (and replace it with the Hawk) for lead in fighter training, and then they also brought back the CT4 to reduce the cost of attriting basic students on an "expensive" turbo-prop!
Sounds like turbo-prop "jet like handling" characteristics are of no consequence and all they did was introduce an additional type into the training pipeline!
If they really want jet like handling characteristics in a trainer, why don't they go for a jet? Maybe even use a cheap piston for the elementary/basic stuff and then a jet for the advanced stuff. That sounds like a formula which works quite well...and it has been proven succesful before
