Piaggio P.166

The aircraft model name was Portofino, and is also known as Albatross in South African military service.Several were purchased for use as executive transports or as feeder and taxi aircraft.The improved P.166B was more powerful and had up to ten seats; a prototype was first flown on 27 March 1962.A turboprop-powered variant, the P.166D, was developed with Lycoming LTP101 engines and it first flew on 3 July 1976.Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1988–89 [18]General characteristics Performance
ZS-MMI , an ex- South African Air Force P.166S Albatross
Italian Guardia Costiera
United Nations Humanitarian Air Service
Flight deck
Utility aircraftManufacturerPiaggio AeroPiaggio P.136pusher-typeSouth AfricanLycoming LTP101Lycoming GSO-480-B1C6Lycoming IGSO-540-A1CSouth African Air ForceturbopropMaritime patrolItalian Coast GuardGuardia di FinanzaPratt & Whitney PT6AustraliaAnsett-ANAAnsett-MALGuardia CostieraMacRobertson Miller AirlinesQueensland AirlinesUnited Nations Humanitarian Air ServiceAlitaliaItalian Air ForceCorps of the Port Captaincies - Coast GuardSomaliaSomalian Aeronautical CorpsSouth Africa27 Squadron SAAFcrashed near Tzaneen in South AfricaAspect ratioAirfoilNACA 230 seriesLycoming LTP 101-700Power/massAir InternationalAeroplane MonthlyTaylor, John W. R.PiaggioFN.305APD.808Italian Armed Forcesaircraft designation systemC-42/P-42P-1150F-2000T-2006