Cessna’s Caravan 208 single-engine turboprop utility hauler is also the subject of a new powerplant retrofit with the announcement this fall that StandardAero would offer a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135A exchange in place of the popular high-wing’s -114 engine.

If you can afford to operate an airplane, you should be able to afford to get good, high-quality training,” Richard Shine told Business & Commercial Aviation. “We have never skimped on training or maintenance. It’s very important to budget for it.”

CAE SimuFlite’s Bill Dolny terms the small flight department “the bread and butter of the NBAA organization.”