Piaggio Debuts New Tail and Canard

Edited by Paul RichfieldBy Paul Richfield March 01, 2000
Italian manufacturer Piaggio has delivered the first P.180 pusher turboprop to be equipped with an aluminum alloy vertical fin and canard to an unnamed, Palm Springs, Calif.-based buyer. All prior P.180s used carbon fiber for these portions of the airframe; Piaggio says the change not only allows...

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