Originally posted by kingwoodbarney
These turbo prop trainers were originaly made by Pilatus. Embrear (sp) builds them under licence. Now Beech or Raytheon if your prefer, builds something very similar, now called the Texan II.
Your informations, for what I know, are wrong. The Embraer Tucano is an ORIGINAL design, while the Raytheon built Texan II is a Pilatus built under license, with modifications to meet Air Force requirements. Here is a paper explaining what these modifications are :
http://www.raytheon.com/rac/press/111997a.htm , and stating that IT IS A PILATUS PC9-M.
Bernard.