Yes, the PC-12 has a 12 to 1 glide ratio and with the prop feathered
glides quite nicely. At least the simulator does. I spent a week in
sunny Fla. last winter going thru SIMCOM PC-12 school which is designed
for low time pilots with little or no turbo prop time. My sim
instructor was a glider pilot and so we spend most of our time shooting
insturment approaches with the engine shut off. One need only carry a
bit of extra airspeed, fly the glide slope a dot and one half high and
save the landing gear until reaching DH. Non-precision approaches are a
bit more difficult. You can also both loop and roll the sim. The
part135 company I was flying for here in NM went TU or I would still be
flying the Platapus. It will run with a KingAir 200 and land almost as
short as a Cessna Caravan and of course was made by folks who know
gliders.

Billy Hill, Zulu