{"id":26220,"date":"2023-07-28T14:22:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=26220"},"modified":"2023-07-28T14:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:24:05","slug":"tecnam-p-mentor-lands-in-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/tecnam-p-mentor-lands-in-north-america\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Tecnam P-Mentor Lands in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tecnam has unveiled the P-Mentor<\/a> to North American pilots at the Tecnam display at AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI. Already a best-seller in the European training market, the aircraft is set to revolutionize the American training paradigm and personal flying marketplace. This modern aircraft represents the pinnacle of engineering excellence, offering superior flight performance, state-of-the-art technology with Garmin avionics, and unparalleled low operating cost and CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The P-Mentor is a two-seat aircraft, powered by a Rotax 912\nIs, fully IFR with PBN\/RNAV\/AFCS capabilities, compliant with the latest CS-23\nEASA & FAA amendments. The Mentor is a turnkey solution for many flight\nschools to train students from their first flight up to their CPL-IR on a\nsingle platform. With a variable pitch propeller, a simulated retractable\nlanding gear and an optional ballistic parachute, the P-Mentor has everything\nflight schools were looking for in today\u2019s market. The P-Mentor is designed to\noffer the best human-machine interface, resulting in the most effective and\nefficient VFR\/IFR training. The generous fuel tanks allow flight schools to fly\nall day without refueling, which improves operational value. It has low fuel\nconsumption of 3.70 US Gal\/h (14 lt\/h) and a low cost of operations with an\naverage of $65 per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the ceremony, Tecnam also disclosed the launch\ncustomers that will be using the P-Mentor for their flying school needs: Kansas\nbased Kilo Charlie Aviation, Vermont Flight Academy, Melbourne Flight Training\nin Florida and Stephen F. Austin State University, based in Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walter Da Costa, Tecnam\u2019s Chief Sales Officer said “We\nare very excited to launch the P-Mentor in the United States, during Oshkosh\n2023. Our fleet solution is unique in the market, ensuring reliability, cost\ncontrol, intelligent training and low emissions. Together with the most\nprestigious flight schools, we are proud to innovate the flight training\nparadigm in the USA”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristen Conklin – President, HCH Aviation: \u201cAfter flying the\nTecnam Aircraft in our fleet there was no question which aircraft that we would\nchoose to expand our Collegiate Flight Training Program.  The P-Mentor is the perfect choice due to its\nunmatched flying capabilities and super low operating economics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom D’Orso – Executive Director; Vermont Flight Academy\nstated, \u201cthe P-Mentor will be a game changer for our Flight Academy. We\ncurrently fly a mix of aircraft, and the P-Mentor will replace our legacy\naircraft and offer our students a current innovative training platform that\nmeets the requirements of both the business plan and student growth forecast at\nVermont Flight Academy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe have been in a two-year process trying to find the right\naircraft partner for our career flight training school. Once Tecnam presented\nthe P-Mentor we knew that all the work over the last two years had to be\nre-evaluated and compared to this aircraft. Safety and Technology are our two\nhighest priorities here and after comparing everything it was without a doubt\nthe best option for our school and students.\u201d Robert Renfro, Kilo Charlie\nAviation Chief Operating Officer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tradition, innovation and vision. Those factors are spearheading Tecnam to wider horizons. Based on recent data and industry benchmarks, Tecnam is offering the greenest training fleet in the world. Flight schools operating Tecanm\u2019s single- and twin-engine fleet can save as much as 10 tons of CO2 emissions for every single student graduating with a Commercial Pilot License \u2013 a 60% reduction compared to fleet using 100LL fuel on a journey of 155 flight hours, 30h of which on twin www.Tecnam.com\/soar-greener<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tecnam has unveiled the P-Mentor to North American pilots at the Tecnam display at AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI. Already a best-seller in the European training market, the aircraft is set to revolutionize the American training paradigm and personal flying marketplace. This modern aircraft represents the pinnacle of engineering excellence, offering superior flight performance, state-of-the-art technology […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P-Mentor-2212-P5933257-edit-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26224,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26220\/revisions\/26224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}