The title of fastest single-engine civilian propeller aircraft goes to the Pilatus PC-21. It is powered by a 1,600 horsepower Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68B turboprop engine, producing 1,200 kW ...

Aircraft are chosen for all ... which can be done with a basic propeller-driven plane. Certainly, and it isn’t hard to see why. A civilian Cessna is cheap, easy to service, and robust to operate.