Piaggio campaigns new EVO
The EVO is fitted with Piaggio-designed winglets, redesigned engine nacelles, a reshaped front wing (canards) and Hartzell five-bladed scimitar

Ever since 2006 with the dawn of the Piaggio Aero (Booth 261) Avanti II with its uprated engines and Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics, the company has been promising to correct the fast twin pusher turboprop’s shortcomings including high exterior noise levels, erratic environmental control system and locking brakes that have vexed pilots and owners alike since the plane was first introduced in 1990. At NBAA 2011, Piaggio’s then general manager, Eligio Trombetta, promised these improvements by 2012; but it wasn’t until earlier this year that Piaggio finally delivered the improvements in the form of the Avanti EVO.