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- 1. P.166 DL3 Italian Coast Guard: SCDBob· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
The Piaggio P.166 is an Italian twin-engine pusher-type utility aircraft developed by Piaggio Aero. The aircraft model name was Portofino, and is also known as Albatross in South African military service.
How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · retractable tricycle gear · 13.5 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 69 years ago, in 1957.
- Top speed is 3.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,390 km: 8× Amsterdam to Brussels.
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1957-11-26
- number built
- 154
- role
- utility aircraft
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- makers
- Piaggio Aerospace
- engines
- 2× Lycoming LTP 101-700
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 8
- length
- 11.9 m
- wingspan
- 13.5 m
- height
- 5 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,300 kg
- top speed
- 400 km/h
- cruise speed
- 300 km/h
- range
- 1,390 km
- ceiling
- 8,535 m
- wings
- monoplane
- landing gear
- retractable tricycle gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q532561, Wikipedia: Piaggio P.166 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.