Flying the Piaggio P180 Avanti! (World’s Fastest Turboprop!)

Im a 767 captain and love this video. You’re knowledge of this plane and radio talk is awesome. You make it look easy.

Owen is SINGLE PILOT, controlling a demanding beast of a plane, flying through some of the busiest airspace in the world, and he STILL has time to film clips out of the window and capture all this amazing footage. We’re so lucky we get all this TOP TIER CONTENT FREE.

My uncle was one of the test pilots of this amazing machine. As a retired fighter jet pilot he had lots of experience on supersonic jets (particularly the 104), still he was very excited about this job at Piaggio and I remember him being extatic about the pleasure of flying the P180. RIP Livio I miss you very much.

Retired aviator with over 20,000 hours in many different high performance jets. When asked what civilian aircraft I haven't flown but would like to, I always say the Piaggio P-180 ... for all the reasons you see in this excellent video. Very impressed with the Avanti and Owen. Well done - Carry on ... ^v^

People don't realize he is single piloting a very complex airplane, controlling cameras, talking to us and dealing with a very busy ATC. And he doesn't even sound stressed. I'm more impressed of Owen than the airplane

I flew 2 Piaggios for about 3 years. We had an Avanti I and II. I primarily flew the Avanti I. We took it all over North America and for years our owner just couldn’t justify buying anything else. Interesting part is I actually flew Piaggio’s original Avanti I demonstrator N320CA which was changed when I flew it when it was Canadian registered. I really miss flying the plane so this was definitely a nice little bit of nostalgia

You really have to admire the beauty of this aircraft. It is really flying art.

I'm 67 years old and received my private pilots certificate back in the early 1980s and on one of my training flights my instructor and I walked by one of these on the ramp. So, back then it was like looking at a spaceship! And, when we were taxiing to the active the Avanti we saw on the ramp was taking off and boy it nosed up and out at jet speed!!!! Just an amazing design and I just don't understand why we don't see a lot of these around the skies these days.

It is amazing that a plane built that well is so rare. Those Italians make some high performance machines!

I remember doing wind tunnel tests on the Piaggio P180 at the Boeing plant 1 facility in the early 80's. Quite a plane then, quite a plan now.

I have always been attracted to this airplane and I'm sure there are many of us who would love to fly one. I really was impressed that the dash even has a cubby for paper and pen holders! The designers really did try to think of everything. Thanks for sharing this plane with us.

I've seen the Avanti being looped and rolled (by an Italian Air Force Test Pilot) at an Airshow here in the UK. A very capable (but somewhat noisy!) aeroplane. Pilots from the same unit also loop and roll the C-27 Spartan at airshows!

Had the opportunity to fly on one of these a couple of months ago. Spent about 5 hours on it doing LBWN-LICT-LBSF delivering an FMGC for one of our jets that was AOG in Sicily. What an amazing aircraft! With me as the sole passenger, it climbs like a bat out of hell, but still quiet and really comfortable. Absolutely love it.

What a beautiful aircraft!! Thanks for taking us along for the flight.

A very clever design - and appreciative pilot! My favourite design feature is the lifting fuselage in combination with the forward wings allowing the main wings to be smaller, but clever features abound. Thanks for taking the time to make this.

I was working for Collins when we integrated the system on this aircraft. My part was the flight control. I did the inhouse design and qualification testing for that system. It resides in a card cage that holds the FCC, FMC, maintenance computer, and ARINC429 data switches. I was hired to when the company was designing the BeechCraft Starship Model 2000. That was a dud, but launched the ProLine4 avionics systems in the business and regional division. I was always impressed at the design of the P180. Odd it's not a big seller, but that may be support world wide.

The Piaggio is one of my favorite aircraft. So unique, fast, and beautiful!

As an ex enroute ATC I was blown away the first time I Saw this on radar in 2016, the height and speed is phenomenal. I thought there was a flight plan error, couldn't believe that it was a prop 😂😂😂

I learned so much about this plane I didn't know. I've watched several videos on this plane and learned more from your video than all the others combined. I want you to know that I've explained this plan well and how it achieves such stellar performance numbers. Well done.

I'd say this young man was born to fly. His focus, dedication to his craft, and the joy he exhibits while doing what he loves to do is inspiring, and gives me some hope for America's future, and the future of aviation.