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COMMON
PIAT

Pilatus PC-6 Porter

The Italian Stallion

“Italian design that flies backwards — on purpose.”

Pilatus · military

Pilatus PC-6 Porter
Length
35 ft 9 in
Wingspan
52 ft 1 in
Max speed
140 kts
Range
555 nmi
Ceiling
25,000 ft
Engines
1x PT6A-27 turboprop
Crew
1
Max passengers
10
Typical config
10 (utility)
Built
153

The Piaggio P.180 Avanti is one of the most distinctive aircraft in the sky. With its forward canards, pusher propellers, and laminar flow fuselage, it looks like nothing else. This Italian-designed twin turboprop is faster than most turboprops and more fuel-efficient than comparable jets. The cabin is wider than many light jets.

Fun fact

Piaggio has been building things since 1884 — they made locomotives, then seaplanes, then Vespa scooters, then this.

How to spot one

High-wing, single turboprop STOL utility aircraft. Fixed gear. Swiss-built. Famous as a skydiving jump plane.

Crews call it
The Porter
Sounds like
PT6A in a STOL airframe — full power takeoffs are impressively loud for such a small plane

One might be overhead right now.

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