Podcast: Pipistrel’s 200/200

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Key Takeaways:

  • Pipistrel is developing a four-seat aircraft called the Panthera, projected to achieve a 200-knot cruise speed and over 1,000 nautical miles range using a 200-hp engine.
  • The company aims for certification of the Panthera's airframe before 2014.
  • The article features Pipistrel's Tine Tomazic discussing why the company believes these ambitious performance claims are achievable.
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Pipistrel says its four-seat Panthera will pull a 200-knot cruise from a 200-hp engine over 1,000 nautical miles with full seats in a certified airframe – before 2014. We asked Pipistrel’s Tine Tomazic why people should believe they can do it.

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