Ady1 | 13/04/2022 13:15:39 |
![]() 6137 forum posts 893 photos | Saw one of these a couple of days ago Actually I heard it before I saw it, the engines made quite a racket |
Thor 🇳🇴 | 13/04/2022 15:33:42 |
![]() 1766 forum posts 46 photos | Never seen any of those, seems to be an advanced design but generates a lot of noise. Thor |
V8Eng | 13/04/2022 15:36:53 |
1826 forum posts 1 photos | Not quite a winged Vespa scooter! |
AdrianR | 13/04/2022 16:15:54 |
613 forum posts 39 photos | Just looked it up https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/F-HBAI/685869 It is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_P.180_Avanti Belongs to Britany Ferries and seems to be the only aircraft registered to them, Perks of being the boss I guess. |
Lee Rogers | 13/04/2022 17:58:34 |
![]() 203 forum posts | Piagio Avanti . Yes very loud, it's the pusher props that do it . Believe it or not Piagio were punting out a stealth drone version a while back. |
duncan webster | 13/04/2022 19:37:32 |
5307 forum posts 83 photos | Not a new idea, the Wright Flyer was a canard. |
old mart | 14/04/2022 22:54:48 |
4655 forum posts 304 photos | When I lived in Surrey and walked the dog evenings, one used to fly over from North to South fairly regularly, the noise was unlike any other aircraft I had heard, apart from the unusual shape. |
Michael Gilligan | 15/04/2022 06:46:04 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | The Hammerhead variant is rather ‘interesting’ MichaelG. . https://web.archive.org/web/20140514105137/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lznciYMmo54 Edited By Michael Gilligan on 15/04/2022 07:03:42 |
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