With its excellent range, large cabin and ability to cruise at high speed yet loiter for hours on end at low speed, Pilatus realised that the PC-12 would make an ideal multi-mission platform and it developed a variant of the aircraft to carry different sensors. Originally known as Eagle and now called Spectre, this model features a retractable sensor platform and a seven-passenger utility interior, including a sensor operator's console, as standard. However, most Spectres are custom-tailored to the user's specific mission requirements. A typical operator console incorporates two display monitors, a digital video recorder, a communications panel and a lift-platform control, although multiple expansion bays allow additional radios and data links. The operator's seat is equipped with an Inflatable Restraint System, allowing it to be safely occupied during take-off and landing.
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