Tecnam

This Italian piston twin makes a surprising alternative to a turboprop.

Italian airplane maker Tecnam got the Christmas present it likely wished for as the company achieved certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency for the commuter-style airplane in the company’s 70-year history – the P2012 Traveller. The Traveller was designed as a solution for low-cost regional air travel, with two turbocharged 375 hp Lycoming piston […]

Tecnam is making great progress on the certification program for the 11-passenger P2012. The Italian airplane maker expects to get the sign off from the FAA and EASA later this year and start delivering airplanes next year. Dan Wolf, founder and CEO of Cape Air, the launch customer for the P2012, recently visited the factory […]

Three companies in Europe – Tecnam, BRP-Rotax and Siemens – announced they will lead a project for the development of parallel hybrid powertrains in general aviation. Funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program, the “High Power High Scalability Aircraft Hybrid Powertrain” (H3PS) project has the goal of providing a “foundation for the development, manufacturing […]

Italian light airplane maker Tecnam is making quick progress on what is the largest airplane it has produced to date — the P2012 Traveller. The second prototype of the 11-seat piston twin (CHECK), which is the first fully conforming test platform, recently took its first flight. The first test airplane has accumulated more than 250 […]

As Tecnam is closing in on certification of it’s 11-seat multipurpose P2012 Traveller high-wing airplane, the company scored a big win last week as Cape Air committed to an order for 100 Travellers. The east coast commuter airline plans to put the first 20 P2012s in operation beginning in early 2019. “What we asked of […]

With Sun ‘n Fun taking place concurrently with the AERO Friedrichshafen show in Germany, Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam announced a range of upgrades to some of the airplanes in its wide range of models. The single-engine P2002 Sierra has undergone major improvements, starting with the powerplant. The Rotax 912 engine has been replaced with the […]

The world lost another aviation pioneer this week as Luigi “Gino” Pascale, the founder, president and chief preliminary design officer of Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam, died at the age of 93. Pascale started designing model airplanes in the 1930s with his brother Giovanni. The brothers built their first real airplane in 1948 — the P48 Astore […]

Morning fog gradually gave way to sunny skies and pleasant temperatures near 80 degrees as the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo opened its doors to the LSA community yesterday at the Sebring Regional Airport in central Florida. It was a marked difference from last year’s show, when wind and rain put a damper on the five-day […]

In a recent feature, we outlined some of the reasons light-sport aircraft are experiencing a resurgence in the general aviation industry — and why now is a good time to look into LSA ownership. Whether you’re in the market for an LSA or just enjoy looking at interesting airplanes, the aircraft below will give you […]