Editing Piaggio Aerospace (section)

=== The success of the P.180 Avanti ===
During the 1980s, Piaggio developed a new generation [[business aircraft]], the [[Piaggio P.180 Avanti|P.180 Avanti]]; 
During 1990, the Avanti received type certification from multiple aviation authorities and entered service shortly thereafter.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=De'Pompeis |first1=Roberto |last2=Cinquetti |first2=Paolo |last3=Martini |first3=P.I. Sergio |title=Development and Certification Flight Test on the Piaggio P.180 Avanti Aircraft: A General Overview |journal=SAE Technical Paper |volume=1 |date=1 April 1991 |doi=10.4271/911003 |series=SAE Technical Paper Series}}</ref><ref name="FltInt1990">{{cite news |title=Italy certificates Avanti |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200851.html |access-date=18 June 2017 |work=[[Flight International]] |date=21 March 1990 |page=19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817075313/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200851.html |archive-date=17 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> 
The aircraft was aimed at business and executive clients and its confirmed the fastest turboprops in its category, versatile and exclusive.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weiner |first1=Eric |title=Innovative Plane Making Its Debut |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/05/business/innovative-plane-making-its-debut.html |access-date=22 June 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 June 1989 |quote=Like the Starship, the Piaggio Avanti features a canard and rear-mounted engines. But the Avanti is made mostly of aluminum, not composites. It weighs thousands of pounds less than the Starship and is about 60 m.p.h. faster. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220073328/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/05/business/innovative-plane-making-its-debut.html |archive-date=20 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Martin">{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Ed |title=Business Jets Ready For Takeoff |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/10/29/business-jets-ready-for-takeoff/ |access-date=19 June 2017 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |agency=[[Knight-Ridder]] Newspapers |date=29 October 1989 |quote=This is the futuristic Piaggio Avanti. It, and a handful of other avant-garde designs like it are leading American business aviation into the 1990s.}}</ref>