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25 Apr 2012 Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present.... the PANTHERA! The revolutionary 4-seat all composite design, featuring retractable undercarriage, 200 kts cruising speed, 1000 NM range, comfortable cabin and a choice of three powerplants – conventional/hybrid/electric - is presented to the World for the very first time. Read more...

24 Apr 2012 The ALPHA Trainer is flying! We have successfully concluded the test flights program and we are proud to announce the release of our new aircraft - the ALPHA Trainer! Read more...

20 Apr 2012 Panthera is the Aircraft of the year 2012, Virus SW also nominated! The 4-seat Pipistrel Panthera won the Fliegermagazin award for the best aircraft of the year! Read more...

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SI 2009 Service information - Use of fuels with Ethanol content

Service information for all the distributors and owners

Recently, Rotax has announced and approved use of fuels with up to 10% Ethanol content, also known as E10 fuels. Specific informantion can be found in Rotax Service Instruction: SI-912-016 R2 and SI-914-019 R2.

We have conducted tests of the complete fuel system on all Pipistrel Aircraft (Sinus/Virus/Taurus/Apis-Bee/Trikes) and we have discovered no problems when usinfg E10 fuel, which has 10% Etahnol content.

Based on this fact and current field experience, we approve use of Fuels with up to 10% Ethanol/Alcohol content (E10 or similar) on all our products, powered by Rotax engines.

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