Sun, Oct 31, 2010
P2008 Making The Rounds In November
During the first two weeks of November, West Coast Sport
Aircraft, a regional distributor for the Special Light Sport
Aircraft (S-LSA) manufacturer Tecnam, will be demonstrating the
P2008 advanced LSA at airports around the San Francisco Bay and
Greater Los Angeles area, culminating with the "Airportfest”
display at AOPA Summit in Long Beach, California.
Photo Courtesy Tecnam
The P2008 was first announced at Seabring 2010, and is the
result of Tecnam's acquisition of the Composite Aeronautic Group
(CAG) in 2008. The P2008 shares the same wing and stabilator
construction seen in the popular P92 Eaglet and P2002 Sierra
models, however its carbon fiber fuselage offers a wider cabin,
larger baggage area, and smoother aerodynamic lines than its
non-composite siblings, and features an electronic flight
information system (EFIS) option of the Garmin G3X or Advanced
Flight Systems AF4500 displays.
“We wanted it to look the best it possibly could by taking
advantage of the strength and lightness of carbon fiber”,
explains Tecnam North America's C.E.O. Phil Solomon, “while
not losing the capability for easy repair that metal structures
bring.”
Featuring a 48 inch wide cabin and true 120 knot cruise speed,
the Rotax 912 powered P2008 boasts half the fuel burn of a typical
Cessna 172, making it an economical alternative to larger aircraft
costing twice as much both to purchase and to operate. “The
P2008 is the luxury model of the LSA market.”, says Erin Hay,
Director of Sales for West Coast Sport Aircraft. “We're
excited to have the '08 in addition to Tecnam's already impressive
lineup of light sport aircraft.”, Hay continued.
Photo Courtesy Tecnam
Starting November 1st, the P2008 will be touring airports in the
San Francisco bay area before heading to Southern California for
the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) 2010 Summit. U.S.
deliveries of the first production aircraft are expected to begin
in December.
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