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what is it?
The Piaggio PD.808 was an Italian business jet built by Piaggio. It was designed as a joint venture between Piaggio and Douglas Aircraft Company of Long Beach, California, United States.
How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · retractable tricycle gear · 13.2 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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- Top speed is 6.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 2,128 km: 12× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.5× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1964-08-29
- introduced
- 1966
- number built
- 24
- role
- business & military jet
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- makers
- Piaggio Aerospace
- engines
- 2× Rolls-Royce Viper Mk526 / Viper Mk.526
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 10
- length
- 12.9 m
- wingspan
- 13.2 m
- height
- 4.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 8,165 kg
- top speed
- 852 km/h
- cruise speed
- 722 km/h
- range
- 2,128 km
- ceiling
- 13,715 m
- 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 Q1520239, Wikipedia: Piaggio PD.808 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.