ANN Flight Test Report on Pipistrel Panthera is now Complete! OK. it took a LOT longer than expected, but with a pandemic affecting so much of our industry, as well as other factors, ANN’s massive 12,000 word flight report on the 200 knot Pipistrel Panthera is now complete as a humongous six part series on the ANN web site.
One reason it took so long is the exacting standards we maintained throughout the flight and documentation period surrounding this plane. as we have for each and every one of our flight tests. With so much YouTube baloney being published by unqualified, if not ignorant, pilots (if they are even real pilots), SportPlane Resource Guide Author, and National Test Pilot School graduate, Jim Campbell, simply refused to do anything less than a thorough job documenting all pertinent aspects of the aircraft in the air, and on the ground. Tecnam is expanding the mission profile for their P2012 aircraft series with Apex Flight Academy in Taiwan, after signing a contract f