A new and radical design by Italian manufacturer Rinaldo Piaggio, the Avanti P180 is truly unique in appearance. It uses a pusher-prop arrangement in which the engines are reversed on the wing. The wing itself is placed aft of the passenger cabin and a small forward wing is mounted at the extreme end of the nose cone. P180 performance figures rival those of many entry-level corporate jets and its cabin is among the quietest of all corporate aircraft. A Supplemental Type Certification became available for RVSM in the 3rd quarter of 2002.