Landing a Piaggio AVANTI P180 in a Snowstorm. IFR Flight with Audio.

[@piaggio780]

A “responsible” P180 pilot always removes the Static Wicks from the forward wing and removes the nose LG pin on post flight……which this gentleman did! 👍

[@SirDrifto]

He is a great pilot.

[@itsoliviarmstrong]

May I ask what the purpose of this is?

[@qwertyuiop32935]

I always think it’s so cool when certain planes have proprietary quirks.

[@piaggio780]

@@itsoliviarmstrong The Static Wicks (two) are located on the trailing edge of the forward wing. Curiosity seekers who looking at this A/C will NOT see the wicks and accidentally break one off with their body. The Nose Gear pin MUST be removed before the A/C is towed to prevent damaging the steering mechanism! I was a Demo Pilot for Piaggio America years ago and accumulated over 1400 hours in this plane.

[@intellifly747]

​@@piaggio780thanks for sharing

[@MsMsmak]

What a beautiful aircraft.

[@MrMihawes]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing. Appreciate the no-music!

[@colinashby3775]

Yeah. I can’t stand music plane videos

[@ragheadand420roll]

Yes music is the gay

[@scottcornwell1148]

Excellent video. Excellent write-up for this beautiful aircraft. Thank you!

[@SirDrifto]

Thanks for watching

[@ubermenschen3636]

Beautiful IFR landing.

[@SirDrifto]

Agreed 👍

[@1212CRMD]

I enjoyed very much all the written information here about this Piaggio P180. Interesting characteristics! Nice flight and video! Keep it up please.

[@HQBergeron]

Great aircraft, great flight. I love the older analog gauges with the Garmin glass upgrades. Seems like a nice combination.

[@1212CRMD]

Yep! The no music style is cool and helps my full attention to appreciate and learn more about the aircraft and the flying feeling, even out on this side of a video.

[@ingohannmer8361]

It is an older P180 ! If I had to buy a jet I would go for the P180 the best of both worlds not same fast than a real jet but almost and the cost of an normal turobo prob ! One of the greatest planes ever made ! efficiant and fast !

[@SirDrifto]

That is true!

[@NGC008]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing.

[@SirDrifto]

Thanks for watching

[@memepasmal77]

i know this feeling when your hand is still shaking even after landing

[@yhird]

Outstanding video. Thanks for sharing.

[@SirDrifto]

Thanks for watching!

[@oldowl4290]

I hear the 500 AGL callout but never Minimums. And that was definitely limited visibility. Nice flight.

[@HighCountryRambler]

I was seeing some stories that the P180 was not allowed in some airports due to the noise level? Seemed fairly quiet to me but I'm not outside the aircraft. Love the design, great video. Thanks

[@ranakhalidrajput-kw6ut]

This is very vintage manufacture they invented vespa world renowned scooter.

[@countryclub1113]

wow... it's like you're flying in a cloud and then all of a sudden the runway is right there. 😬

[@SirDrifto]

Ifr is a crazy thing isn’t it?

[@Naija4K]

Solid plane biggest issue is lack of range and range extension options. I understand they make military variants with 2000 NM they need to release those to the public as modification options.

[@alanmydland5210]

Always likes the p180 since conception

[@viniciusmagnoni6492]

Italian Engineering. Canadian Engines.

[@josephwalls1003]

Spectacular vid

[@YaRassolAllah-Palestine]

Just perfect 🥰

[@SirDrifto]

Thank you! 😊

[@jimburig7064]

This would be a nice plane to own.

[@steelshotproductions]

Where are you taking off from? That community on the lake looks killer.....and so does the plane.

[@4672-m9f]

Nice flight!!!

[@1212CRMD]

Would you please keep up with more of this, state of the art acft, video? Would you also possibly work on sort of a "ground school" flight video?

[@SirDrifto]

Let me see what I can do

[@terryrogers6232]

I believe this aircraft has about the same shaft horsepower and speed/flight envelope as the WW2 single seat P51 but is much larger and heavier. I believe it has more range. Amazing aerodynamics. Could be the turbines hold power at altitude better than a Merlin also.

[@SirDrifto]

I learned something new

[@jeromeavila3195]

Amazing video!

[@kellywilkins8043]

Awesome Aircraft!

[@pianofish5198]

an interesting plane design

[@blakelee300]

Awesome plane! Slightly off-topic question, what's the story on the Pilot's sunglasses?

[@SirDrifto]

I have similar style glasses. Mine are made by serengetti.

[@eminye1]

I like that they shade the sides as well.

[@ahmetergenler6223]

Şok güzel very nice Vidio😎👍thank you kaptan

[@oldsnwbrdr]

Just out of curiosity, how easy are these to operate for single pilots (let’s say with the newest avionics) relative to other single pilot aircraft? I have to know, when I hit the lottery and buy this gorgeous thing!

[@SirDrifto]

This is usually flown by a single pilot which is pretty cool and it’s flown often as single.

[@tomdick693]

no civilian plane should be flown single pilot.

[@buckeye2246]

​@@tomdick693Do you think it is bad practice for F-16s to be flown with only one pilot?

[@tomdick693]

@@buckeye2246 no, ill edit my answer for you.

[@ubermenschen3636]

@2:13, nice Garmin upgrade from the Collins avionic.

[@aschro6230]

when i was flying the piaggio i preferred the Collins and old FMS. thought it was more simple.

[@ubermenschen3636]

@@aschro6230 ::: the Garmin is much better than Collins - reduces pilot workload, easy setup, better situation awareness displays.

[@o0OPioloO0o]

What is the IAS for typical climb?

[@piaggio780]

160 KTS

[@KutWrite]

Nice. Flight was from where to where?

[@SirDrifto]

KBJC to hot springs Arkansas

[@KutWrite]

@@SirDrifto Thanks!

[@igclapp]

@@SirDrifto I think the video is showing the other direction, i.e. Hot Springs to KBJC?

[@SirDrifto]

@@igclapp ​ correct, i should of clarified, kbjc to khot back to kbjc that day.

[@gdotone1]

the plane is pretty loud inside

[@HabuBeemer]

I'm curious as to what deicing protection the aircraft has. Didn't see anything on the canard or the wings. I know it has inlet protections. Thanks.

[@SirDrifto]

Good question!Front there is none but the rear wing surface areas it does.

[@HabuBeemer]

@@SirDrifto After a little sleuthing I found this: Along with the wings, the engine inlets and wing leading edge are deiced by bleed air; the tail does without, as do the props, which are heated directly by the engine exhaust blowing over them. I suspected it but was't completely sure. My company has given thought to making heated engine inlets for these aircraft. We make other deice systems for many aircraft. Thanks for the reply. Keep up the good work on the vids. Very informative.

[@SirDrifto]

I learned something new thanks to you, thats fascinating. Thanks for looking that up!

[@HabuBeemer]

@@SirDrifto I have a friend who is the Director of Maintenance at an MRO that services the Piaggios. I've been around them frequently but hadn't looked at them that closely. Your video prompted me to take a closer look.

[@quimt.6440]

Me gusta el diseño. A ver si me dejan pilotarlo.

[@Nbolanos0624]

should have that itt gauge replaced.

[@tuffitout2568]

The Piaggio AVANTI is the best twin turbo prop currently available.

[@CharlesBallard-f3t]

Remember kids this KZbin video has audio AND sound according to the title

[@chenisikymoh]

does Piaggio has auto pilot ?

[@sleeper002]

Whats is approach and landing speeds?

[@jp-iy8hk]

Just curious, what length runway would you be comfortable with while not at gross weight? Say 3 pax on a 2 hour flight.

[@piaggio780]

4,000’ dry RWY No contamination

[@JonathanDrake]

What kind or glasses is the pilot wearing?

[@7271k]

Raised the gear before a positive ROC...just failed the checkride.

[@90330]

Houston, we have a Roger.

[@metricstormtrooper]

I hope the pilot reports the gauge malfunction.

[@madzen112]

Does that plane think it's something special just because it got wings on the nose??

[@hotelgulf]

❤

[@SulaimanTheAviator]

Low visibility but no snow on the runway.

[@manilamanila6535]

.....looks like flying backwards, it also landed at Berlin - Tempelhof Airport (20 yrs. ago)....

[@danizweifler6061]

"snowstorm" landing ?.............. = any idea what a real snowstorm looks like ?

[@theeglobalcitizen]

Not gonna lie, the cockpit kinda looks old school though...

[@МишельЗабухальский]

Дайте полетать!!!

[@foxlake6750]

Very, very noisy……..they have been banned at some airports…..no thanks.