Massa gets a private aircraft

A Piaggio P-180... small but noisy aircraft! Italian registration: I-FEMA
[www.aviazionecivile.com]

They're looooovley looking aircraft.
Im pretty sure this will be a Ferrari present, it has been known these aircraft are used alot by Ferrari/FIAT personel.

And though noisey open rotor aircraft are alot more efficient and friendly to the green things.

In a way the canards make it look quite fighterish.

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

What do you mean by 'get'? As in, private purchase (by Ferrari/him) or available to charter?

autogyro Wrote:
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> What do you mean by 'get'? As in, private purchase
> (by Ferrari/him) or available to charter?


Well, I don't know indeed... The registration (Italian) is I-FEMA, and there is Massa's commercial logo on the tail. I suppose he actually bought it!
It's a rather small aircraft, for short routes, and Massa, who lives in Monaco, might use it to fly from Nice (the closest airport to Monaco) to Bologna (where he can be transported to Maranello), and also to the Europoean venues.
This aircraft is also made by Piaggio Aero, which sponsors Ferrari (you can see the logo on the helmets' visors).

Scroll further down the page. My Italian's not good, but I think they're saying Kimi's plane would be called I-BEER or I-DRNK!

LOL!

nah, it says :

Raikkonen will be envious ... perhaps the matriculation of its P-180 will be I-KIMI, or OH-KIM, or better yet, given his passion for alcohol, I-BEER or I-DRNK!

Is it me or is there a front wing on Massa's plane? So Felipe can't get into any vehicle unless it has a front wing?

Lol I-DRINK :p

haha
normaly, well more common those canards are used as the same way of a tail wings, but this one has no control surfaces so guess its just a lifting surface. probably because the chord of the main wing is pretty small, or so it looks!
makes it look alot nicer!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

chet Wrote:
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> the chord of the main
> wing is pretty small, or so it looks!
> makes it look alot nicer!


Isn't that what they said about the F-104 Starfighter? And look what happened there!

I hope he does not try and land it in the rain

marcl Wrote:
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> I hope he does not try and land it in the rain

Maybe he needs a good plane-crash. Not that I want him dead, but Coulthard won the soaking wet 2000 British GP after his crash

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Some say... he's even smaller than 20kb.
And some say... he's so offensive he could get you into trouble...
The only thing we know is that he's called...

THE SIG


Felipe Massa, World Champion 15:34:11pm- 15:34:21pm.

2000 was dry

jbnd05 Wrote:
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> Scroll further down the page. My Italian's not
> good, but I think they're saying Kimi's plane
> would be called I-BEER or I-DRNK!


Actually, this is only a fancy of mine!

DC went well in Spain after his crash.

n00binio schreef:
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> 2000 was dry

Damn, you're right, was confused with 1999.

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Some say... he's even smaller than 20kb.
And some say... he's so offensive he could get you into trouble...
The only thing we know is that he's called...

THE SIG


Felipe Massa, World Champion 15:34:11pm- 15:34:21pm.

Sapo schrieb:
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> n00binio schreef:
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> > 2000 was dry
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> Damn, you're right, was confused with 1999.

but 99 was also dry

n00binio schreef:
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> Sapo schrieb:
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> > n00binio schreef:
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> > > 2000 was dry
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> > Damn, you're right, was confused with 1999.
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> but 99 was also dry

Wtf, and i really recall one race at Silverstone late 90's of begin 2000's which was extremely wet. 1998 then?

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Some say... he's even smaller than 20kb.
And some say... he's so offensive he could get you into trouble...
The only thing we know is that he's called...

THE SIG


Felipe Massa, World Champion 15:34:11pm- 15:34:21pm.

98 was wet and won by schumacher

n00binio Wrote:
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> 2000 was dry

the race was. though the rest of weekend certainly wasn't