It’ll move 900 pounds of payload at 145 knots burning nine gallons an hour. But is there a market for a Rotax-powered twin?

By Jeff Van West

Despite being one of the bigger players in LSA market, Tecnam Aircraft isn’t well known in the U.S. The company has actually been building aircraft and aircraft parts for over 60 years, and has 3000 aircraft flying worldwide. For comparison, Cirrus Aircraft and Diamond Aircraft have each delivered slightly over 4000 airplanes to date.

Tecnam is reorganizing in the U.S. with a new website (www.tecnam.net), an expanding dealer and support network and a new aircraft: the Tecnam P2006T light twin. …