Tecnam

A premier collection of aircraft and products earned our highest level of commendation, the Editors’ Choice Awards, by our team back in February —with the Innovation Award winner to be announced later this week—and in the August 2020 issue of Flying. Last year at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, we announced that Gulfstream’s G500 business […]

When flying regularly takes a course over inhospitable terrain or open water through instrument meteorological conditions in the dark of night, that’s when many pilots depend on the safety and security of having a second engine in case of trouble. Today’s multiengine piston aircraft are extremely capable, and with advances in both engine and avionics […]

Tecnam has partnered with ultra-freezer manufacturer Desmon to retrofit the P2012 Traveller for COVID-19 vaccination transportation, into a new version dubbed the Travelcare. The P2012 was deemed a good platform for transportation of the critical materials to remote locations in Europe and around the world. A special ultra-freezer designed by Desmon can maintain product temperatures at minus 86 […]

Tecnam has announced a special missions version of its P2012 Traveller piston twin, designated the Sentinel SMP, aimed at both government and private organizations around the globe. The model follows in the path of the P2006 Twin SMP, with additional payload, observation stations, and FIKI (flight into known icing) approval. The Sentinel SMP will wear […]

Continental announced on August 11 that it has received European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certification on its CD-170 diesel engine. The latest jet-A burning powerplant will be used in the upcoming Tecnam P2010 TDI—the latest version of the single-engine piston cruiser. The nod from EASA comes as part of a program that Continental […]

Tecnam announced a new version of its P2010 4-seat, single-engine airplane, with a new Continental CD-170 diesel engine, ready for certification by EASA. The 170 hp engine builds on the success Continental has had with the previous -135 and -155 hp models of its liquid-cooled, turbocharged, fadec-operated diesel engine series. The type certificate is expected […]

Universal Flight Concepts, based in Waco, Texas, has delivered its current Part 141-approved training programs using 10 Tecnam aircraft. On January 28, Universal announced that it has agreed to purchase an additional 18 Tecnam aircraft over the course of 2020, bringing its fleet to 28 total airplanes. The flight training organization has served Baylor University’s […]

After a 4,500-nm flight over Italy, Greece, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania, a Tecnam P2012 Traveller arrived in the Seychelles last week to begin service with Zil Air, a commercial operator in the archipelago. With the arrival, Zil Air became the second worldwide operator, and the only one outside the USA, to offer the Tecnam […]

Cape Air celebrated its 30th anniversary in a special way last week, with the arrival of its first Tecnam P2012. The regional airline signed on to be the launch customer in the United States for the multiengine airplane in a collaborative process that goes back several years. Cape Air Senior Vice President, Fleet Planning & […]

Italian aircraft builder Tecnam said its P2012 Traveller and the number A00076CE are forever linked thanks to the FAA. That’s the full certification number the agency assigned the airplane last week when they gave the machine the final U.S. green light. Tecnam is now on track to begin delivering airplanes around the globe, beginning with […]