# Anybody Ever Flown in a Piaggio P-180 Business Jet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-flown-in-a-piaggio-p-180-business-jet/602793 "2011-11-13T14:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-flown-in-a-piaggio-p-180-business-jet/602793/1 "2011-11-13T14:20:18Z")
I just saw one on tv-interesting design (rear psher props, front canard wings). Anyway, they have a very wide cabin, and lok quite luxurious. Has anyone here ever flown in one? When I become a billionaire, I’m buying one! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-flown-in-a-piaggio-p-180-business-jet/602793/2 "2011-11-13T15:32:25Z")
No, but I’ve been on [this one](http://www.airliners.net/aircraft-data/stats.main?id=175) quite a few times. It’s certainly a nice way to travel. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-flown-in-a-piaggio-p-180-business-jet/602793/3 "2011-11-13T15:55:41Z")
I flew in one for a short flight (about 50-60 mins flight time). It was a nice plane with a good ride. I found the interior a little cramped, but I am a big guy. I would rank it somewhere in the top third of business jest I have flown in, but I always felt it was a plane that was much nicer to look at then to fly in. All the cool stuff about it is on the outside. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-flown-in-a-piaggio-p-180-business-jet/602793/4 "2011-11-13T23:07:18Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > No, but I’ve been on [this one](http://www.airliners.net/aircraft-data/stats.main?id=175) quite a few times. It’s certainly a nice way to travel. I like how the pilot taped a note to the stick for the next guy/gal: “Dude, don’t change my presets on the FM radio. I like my classic rock, so use FM2.” 😉 Tripler " . . . and put on the autopilot before you call into 104.3." ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-flown-in-a-piaggio-p-180-business-jet/602793/5 "2011-11-13T23:55:17Z")
Piper Saratoga, 1950-something Navion…a Mooney once or twice…and a Piper Cub Sorry…no bizjet experience. 🙂 I’ve stood in a G3’s cabin once, but it was on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-flown-in-a-piaggio-p-180-business-jet/602793/6 "2011-11-14T01:05:42Z")
helpful link > **[Piaggio P.180 Avanti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_P.180_Avanti)** > > The Piaggio P.180 Avanti is an Italian executive transport aircraft with twin turboprop engines mounted in pusher configuration. It seats up to nine people in a pressurized cabin and may be flown by one or two pilots. The design is of three-surface configuration, having both a small forward wing and a conventional tailplane, as well as its main wing, with the main wing spars passing behind the passenger cabin area. > A 1980s wave of new-generation planes, developed to appeal to Fortune 500 clien...