Piaggio P.180 AvantiPiaggio P180 airplane model. Piaggio's first P. 180 prototype took to the skies on September 23, 1986, followed by the second in May 1987. Italian certification was achieved in March 1990, the inaugural production Avanti flew in May, and the first unit was delivered to a customer in September 1990. The Avanti stands out in the corporate aircraft market with its three surface design a canard foreplane, a wing, and a tail. This configuration not only