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by potato3732842 247 days ago
>Wait, military aircraft have LESS redundancy to survive "hits" than civil?

How many single engine civilian jets are there?

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Plenty. They're far simpler to fly than multi-engine planes, but they don't have the redundancy or power needed for e.g. airliner purposes. For example FedEx operates a fleet of over 200 single engine turboprops (Cessna 208). Pilatus built about 2,000 PC-12s in the 35 years since it was introduced.
If we’re talking General Aviation, lot more than single engined military planes that is for sure!