I completed my six month check ride today in the "red rocket". This is actually one of our older airplanes that was painted in Ferrari colors. From what I understand, it was painted to celebrate the close ties between Ferrari and Piaggio ( Ferrari owns part of Piaggio ) .I also got the chance to test out our new touch screen EFB's (Electronic Flight Bag) which are really cool. In the past we used tablet PC's with a stylus, but these are much smaller and have a touchscreen to access important information easier.
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My understanding is that it was painted for the "La Bella Machina" Ferrari car show at Jet Aviation in PBI, which is a benefit to raise $ for FL orphans. The Piaggio is known as "La Bella Machina del Aire" (the Beautiful Air Machine). The winner of the show received some hours in the plane. This started in 2004. The plane has not flown in over 6 months (a/o Sep 09)due to awaiting parts to rebuild the nose wheel steering system.
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