IS&S Autothrottle For The PT6A Is Significant Safety Advancement

Innovative Solutions & Support’s autothrottle (A/T) system, now approved for first-generation Pilatus PC-12 turboprops, virtually is a takeoff-to-touchdown power management system for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A. It finally relieves pilots of having to babysit the engine, to prevent exceeding...
Fred George

Fred is a senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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