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Piaggio reported that, as of October 2010, the Avanti and Avanti II fleets had logged over 500,000 flying hours. [23] An improved Avanti II obtained European and U.S. certification in November 2005. Six months later, 70 planes had been ordered, including 36 by Avantair. Avanti II received type approval for Russia in 2011. [24]
Avantair operated a fleet of Piaggio P180 Avanti aircraft. Avantair was an aircraft fractional ownership company, headquartered at Clearwater, Florida, U.S.A..Avantair provided fractional ownership, leasing and time card options within a fleet of twin-turboprop-engined P.180 aircraft.
A Piaggio P.149 A Piaggio P.166 in flight. The Rinaldo Piaggio S.p.A company was founded in Sestri Ponente, Genoa, Italy in 1884. [1] Originally, the company was involved in the outfitting of ocean liners and the manufacturing of rolling stock for the developing Italian railway infrastructure around the turn of the century.
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In some installation such as the PT6A-66B version in the Piaggio P.180 Avanti, the engine is reversed, with the propeller acting as a "pusher", the accessory gearbox facing the front of the aircraft. From left to right: propeller mount, reduction gear, exhaust, 2-stage free power turbine, 1-stage gas generator turbine surrounded by the ...
A Piaggio P.180 Avanti showing its three lifting surfaces. A three-surface aircraft or sometimes three-lifting-surface aircraft has a foreplane, a central wing and a tailplane. The central wing surface always provides lift and is usually the largest, while the functions of the fore and aft planes may vary between types and may include lift ...
Piaggio P.136 1948 amphibious transport, 63 built; Piaggio P.166 1957 transport, 145 built; Piaggio P.180 Avanti 1986 executive transport, 216+ built; Praga E-210 and E-211 1936 transport, 2 built [18] Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.4 1916 bomber, 2 built; Rumpler G.I, II and III 1915 bomber c.220 built; Schutte-Lanz G.I 1915 bomber 1 built (behind ...
Overall, probably the fastest aircraft ever equipped with (but not driven exclusively by) an operating propeller was the experimental McDonnell XF-88B, which is a variant of the jet-powered McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo made by installing the Allison T38 turboprop engine in its nose while retaining its original turbojet engines. [9]