Despite being one of the bigger players in LSA market, Tecnam Aircraft isn’t we’ll 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. The P2006T (That name doesnt quite roll off the tongue, does it?) has specs more like a single than a twin. Its gross weight is only 2601-50 pounds more than a Cessna 172SP-and cruise speed is in the 140- to 150-knot range. The really novel item is that the P2006T sports two Rotax 912 S3 engines. The S3 is the certified version of the Rotax found in most LSAs. Each engine puts out about 100 HP. When Diamond Aircraft introduced the Katana (DA20) with a Rotax engine, the market balked, but the LSA movement has both proved the reliability and improved the general acceptance of these motors. More shops know how to fix them, and the growing price of 100LL makes burning automotive gas when possible a more appealing option. 
The P2006T Pedigree
If youre an aircraft buff, you’ll pick out right away that the Tecnam Twin looks like a scaled-down version of the Partenavia P.68. Thats because they were both designed by Luigi Pascale. Pascale has been designing aircraft since the 1940s, and all that experience shows in the P2006T.
The P2006T sits low on the ramp. While its a high-wing aircraft, a six-foot-tall adult could stand on tip-toe and see the top of the wing. That cabin height makes getting in feel like stepping into a car rather than climbing into an airplane as were accustomed to doing.
In fact, the cabin ergonomics overall are excellent. Its 49.2 inches wide, but the rectangular fuselage means both front and