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Tecnam designed the P2012 Traveller for commuter, charter, cargo and medical transport. A shoulder wing sits above a cabin accommodating up to nine passengers and one or two pilots. The simulator product documents its equipment, released versions and planned updates.
Aircraft background
Wikipedia contributors · Read more ↗A loaded trip from Las Vegas to the coast
Horne joined Tecnam test pilot Francesco Sferra for a demonstration trip after the October 2021 NBAA convention. Their Traveller carried four people and substantial baggage on the leg from Las Vegas to Camarillo. He describes an aircraft whose electronic engine management removes mixture adjustment and automates much of the preflight engine check.
AOPA Pilot, 1 February 2022. October 2021 demonstration trip in the Lycoming-powered Traveller, nine-passenger cabin configuration.
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Tecnam P2012 Traveller Maiden Flight
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Meet Tecnam P2012 Traveller
Tecnam designed the P2012 Traveller for commuter, charter, cargo and medical transport. A shoulder wing sits above a cabin accommodating up to nine passengers and one or two pilots. The simulator product documents its equipment, released versions and planned updates.
Tecnam P2012 Traveller
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History & design
Designed around a working airline
Cape Air’s search for a replacement for its Cessna 402 fleet helped shape the P2012. Tecnam developed a fixed-gear piston twin around regional passenger operations, with the first prototype flying in 2016. The Traveller subsequently gained related configurations, including a STOL version. Engine and propeller-control arrangements vary, so the familiar P2012 silhouette does not imply that every version uses the same cockpit controls.
Wikipedia contributors · Tecnam P2012 Traveller ↗Research-based history of the real aircraft family; see the linked source.
Development milestones
Designer: Luigi Pascale
First flight: 21 July 2016
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Pilot accounts
A loaded trip from Las Vegas to the coast
Horne joined Tecnam test pilot Francesco Sferra for a demonstration trip after the October 2021 NBAA convention. Their Traveller carried four people and substantial baggage on the leg from Las Vegas to Camarillo. He describes an aircraft whose electronic engine management removes mixture adjustment and automates much of the preflight engine check. In cruise, he experimented with reducing power and found that a modest loss of speed brought an appreciable reduction in fuel consumption. The report gives the loading, altitudes and power settings, making those observations useful in their actual context.
Near the California coast, Horne tried steep turns, slow flight and stalls. He found the manoeuvres straightforward and reported that aileron response remained available during his stall demonstration. His landing account adds a less obvious characteristic: a sudden reduction to idle creates pronounced propeller drag and can turn the last part of an approach into a firm arrival.
AOPA Pilot, 1 February 2022. October 2021 demonstration trip in the Lycoming-powered Traveller, nine-passenger cabin configuration.
Read the full account · AOPA Pilot ↗Exploring the handling, including one engine shut down
Pickett flew a commuter-configured Traveller with Francesco Sferra during NBAA and took it into the countryside west of Las Vegas. He appreciated the view through the large windows and the reduction in engine-management work provided by electronic controls. At the controls, the sizeable twin felt unexpectedly responsive to him: steep turns needed only modest trim changes, and his stall exercises ended with little height loss. These observations came from a deliberate demonstration flight, with a manufacturer test pilot alongside him.
He also examined asymmetric handling. When Sferra shut down the left engine, Pickett noticed reduced speed and noise but described the aircraft as stable and manageable in turns and a climb. The subsequent restart worked smoothly with electronic engine management. His return to North Las Vegas included a steep-approach demonstration, followed by a landing he thought the undercarriage treated kindly. His account is particularly useful for its description of workload and handling during that flight; it does not establish the climb capability of every loading or atmospheric condition.
Twin & Turbine, January 2022 issue. NBAA demonstration with Tecnam test pilot Francesco Sferra; original Lycoming-powered Traveller.
Read the full account · Twin & Turbine ↗Heavy ailerons, steady turns and considerable propeller drag
Hitchen evaluated Australian demonstrator VH-VNV on a trip involving Essendon and Wangaratta, then flew handling exercises with demonstration pilot Charles Gunter. He liked the straightforward engine starts and found the aircraft moved readily on the ground at their relatively light loading. Once airborne, the weight of the ailerons surprised him: changing roll direction took considerably more effort than he expected. Small control movements still produced a useful response, and in a sustained steep turn he needed very little back pressure to hold the attitude.
His stall observations were more detailed than an unqualified description of benign handling. Clean, the aircraft descended with the wings level while he held the control back; with takeoff flap, he provoked alternating wing drops by overcorrecting with rudder. Closing the throttles also produced an immediate, conspicuous increase in drag. Gunter demonstrated how that drag could support a steep arrival, before Hitchen tried a conventional circuit and landing himself.
Australian Flying, 22 June 2023. VH-VNV with demonstration pilot Charles Gunter; Lycoming-powered Traveller.
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Aircraft specifications
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| Specification | Published value |
|---|---|
| Length | 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in) |
| Wingspan | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) ; 16.6 m (54 ft) on STOL variant |
| Height | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
| Wing area | 25.4 m² (273 sq ft) |
| Empty weight | 2,386 kg (5,260 lb) ; 2,416 kg (5,326 lb) on STOL variant |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,680 kg (8,113 lb) |
| Powerplant | 2 × Lycoming TEO-540C1A 6-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed turbocharged piston engines, 280 kW (375 hp) each |
| Powerplant | 2 × Continental GTSIO-520-S 6-cylinder horizontally-opposed turbocharged, geared piston engines, 280 kW (375 hp) each |
| Propellers | 3 or 4-bladed MT-Propeller, 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) diameter constant-speed fully-feathering propeller |
| Maximum speed | 359 km/h (223 mph, 194 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m) |
| Cruise speed | 319 km/h (198 mph, 172 kn) at 75% power at 10,000 ft (3,000 m) |
| Stall speed | 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn) full flaps; 122 km/h (76 mph; 66 kn) full flaps on STOL variant |
| Range | 2,500 km (1,600 mi, 1,300 nmi) |
| Service ceiling | 5,900 m (19,500 ft) restricted to four passengers over 4,000 m (13,000 ft) |
| Rate of climb | 5.8 m/s (1,140 ft/min) ; 6.53 m/s (1,285 ft/min) on STOL variant |
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Pilot account
A loaded trip from Las Vegas to the coastAOPA Pilot, 1 February 2022. October 2021 demonstration trip in the Lycoming-powered Traveller, nine-passenger cabin configuration.
Horne joined Tecnam test pilot Francesco Sferra for a demonstration trip after the October 2021 NBAA convention. Their Traveller carried four people and substantial baggage on the leg from Las Vegas to Camarillo. He describes an aircraft whose electronic engine management removes mixture adjustment and automates much of the preflight engine check. In cruise, he experimented with reducing power and found that a modest loss of speed brought an appreciable reduction in fuel consumption.
Thomas A. Horne
AOPA Pilot · Read the source ↗Exploring the handling, including one engine shut downTwin & Turbine, January 2022 issue. NBAA demonstration with Tecnam test pilot Francesco Sferra; original Lycoming-powered Traveller.
Pickett flew a commuter-configured Traveller with Francesco Sferra during NBAA and took it into the countryside west of Las Vegas. He appreciated the view through the large windows and the reduction in engine-management work provided by electronic controls. At the controls, the sizeable twin felt unexpectedly responsive to him: steep turns needed only modest trim changes, and his stall exercises ended with little height loss.
Rich Pickett
Twin & Turbine · Read the source ↗Developer documentation
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Aircraft background
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ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsInternational Civil Aviation Organization · Public search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03Built-in force-feedback profiles
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