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In the 1980s, roughly 80 years after its inception, Italian manufacturer Piaggio Aero began developing a plane to meet the growing demand for high-performance aircraft that cost less than jets. The company's first offering along these lines was the P.180 Avanti, which achieved certification in 1990. Fifteen years later the project culminated with the Piaggio Aero P.180 Avanti II, a $7.2 million piston-engine aircraft that is "the best thing in the air," according to a Robb Report reader who lives in Malibu, Calif.
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