Please join us! If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english swissinfo. You can Login or register here. Your web browser is outdated. Please use a modern web browser for a better experience. Chrome Firefox Edge. Pilatus is privately held, and percent of the share capital is owned by a group of Swiss investors, who acquired the firm in December with the intention of further developing Pilatus as an independent company and making it ready for an initial public offering IPO within three to four years.
However, an IPO has yet to materialize. Pilatus conducts its operations through three business units: General Aviation, Government Aviation focused on trainer aircraft , and Other maintenance, subcontracting. In , 55 percent and 45 percent of revenues were generated by the General Aviation business unit and the Government Aviation business unit, respectively. At the headquarters in Stans, Pilatus is currently constructing a brand new structure assembly hall Hall S.
It was originally slated for completion in mid, but as of August no news on whether this schedule was met had been reported. The new Hall S will add , square feet of production area and is being built using local timber. Work in the new hall will focus on the PC According to Pilatus, the new assembly hall will house all the processes required for the autonomous production of aircraft airframes.
Internationally, Pilatus owns and operates two independent subsidiaries. In , the company opened a new ,square-foot aircraft interior and exterior completions center in Broomfield. About 70 percent of all PCs that come off the production line in Stans are finished to customer specifications interior and exterior in Colorado.
Pilatus Australia employs 44 people. Pilatus utilizes more than 1, suppliers in 30 countries on five continents, with 60 percent of order values going to Swiss suppliers.
The cabin seats up to 10 passengers or over 2, pounds of cargo and can be easily reconfigured. Pilatus announced in that it will deliver the last PC-6 in after a production run spanning nearly six decades. To date, approximately PC-6 aircraft have been built. According to Pilatus, the success of the PC is due to its combination of a spacious pressurized cabin, low operating costs, first class flying characteristics, and the ability to operate on grass and other unpaved surfaces.
A mission planning system MPS allows fast ground-based mission planning. The MPS provides benign handling for early stages of pilot training, while providing higher performance handling characteristics for advanced pilot training. The mission planning data is downloaded into the aircraft via a mission data loader. The mission data loader is compatible with all the PC ground-based training systems and simulators. The mission data loader is also used for mission recording as the data storage medium.
Mission recording is automatic from power-on to engine shutdown to allow complete mission playback after the flight. The system records all the display input data including the full colour head-up display, with event markers if required.
A separate solid-state memory system is used to record the engineering data for the health and usage monitoring system HUMS. System operational modes include navigation, air-to-ground and air-to-air weapon aiming and FMS. Virtual avionics prototyping system VAPS was used for the design of the software which allows fast and efficient changes to the avionics as requested by a customer. The VAPS is used in both the aircraft avionics and in the ground-based training systems, ensuring that both function to the same software release standard.
The avionics simulates front-line mission systems, including weapon aiming and the simulated release of weapons even when training rounds are not carried.
The aircraft can fly up to an altitude of 7,m. On a clear day the mountain offers a panoramic view of 73 Alpine peaks. A dragon rock supposedly fell from the sky in the year Legend has it that a petrified man stands guard in front of a cave. The mountain massif of Pilatus, which towers above the region with its 2, meters in height, indubitably captures the imagination.
Even today Pilatus is a source of mystical discoveries and is home to places of natural beauty that are steeped in legend and lore. The mountain can be reached from Lucerne by gondola lift and aerial cable car and from Alpnachstad with the world's steepest rack-railroad. Thus a special roundtrip tour is possible, involving journeys by paddle steamer, rack-railroad, aerial cable car and bus.
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