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Blackhawk Caravan: New Vigor For Old 208s

Military pilots are trained for and thus accustomed to flying airplanes with thrust enough to slap the eyeballs back into their sockets. Blackhawks new XP140 conversion for the staid Cessna Caravan doesnt quite deliver that kind of punch, but there's a hint of it from the lofty left seat. Blackhawk has had great success in plying the niche of Pratt & Whitney PT6A-powered airplanes that the factory just didnt get quite right for lack of available power or just marketing considerations.

Paul Bertorelli
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Military pilots are trained for and thus accustomed to flying airplanes with thrust enough to slap the eyeballs back into their sockets. Blackhawk’s new XP140 conversion for the staid Cessna Caravan doesn’t quite deliver that kind of punch, but there’s a hint of it from the lofty left seat.

Blackhawk has had great success in plying the niche of Pratt & Whitney PT6A-powered airplanes that the factory just didn’t get quite right for lack of available power or just marketing considerations.

Paul Bertorelli

Paul Bertorelli is Aviation Consumer’s Editor at Large. In addition to his valued contributions to Aviation Consumer, his in-depth video productions on sister publication AVweb cover a wide variety of topics that greatly contribute to safety, operation and aircraft ownership. When Paul isn’t writing or filming, he’s out flying his J3 Cub.