Blackshape Prime Veloce: Speeding at Mach 2 Standing Still

Steve Ashby

Friday, July 26, 2024 at 05:11 PM ET

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The Blackshape Prime Veloce is a sleek, all-composite, two-place tandem retractable sport plane from Italy, capable of a 170-knot cruise speed with its Rotax 915 iS engine.
Blackshape Aircraft is importing the "mosaic-ready" Prime Veloce to the U.S., hoping to market it as a completed aircraft under new regulations.
The aircraft features either Dynon or Garmin cockpit options, holds 26 gallons of fuel, and boasts a 1,650 ft/min climb rate.
Pricing for the Prime Veloce is anticipated to be around $330,000, varying with configuration.

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Blackshape Prime Veloce. Needs a mach meter just sitting there.

There are a lot of sexy looking airplanes displayed at AirVenture, but a sure front runner for sleekest looking plane around is the Prime Veloce all-composite, two-place tandem retractable sport plane from Monopoli, Italy. This little speedster is powered by a Rotax 915 iS and is listed as capable of a 170 knot cruise speed. It stalls at 45 knots with full flaps and 57 knots clean.

Cockpit is available in either Dynon or Garmin.

There are about 70 Prime Veloce aircraft flying in the rest of the world and Blackshape Aircraft, out of Sheridan, Indiana, will be importing them to the U.S. They are hoping to market the Prime Veloce as a completed aircraft, counting on MOSAIC regulations to empower them to accomplish that task. This “mosaic-ready” aircraft will carry 26 gallons of fuel and should be capable of 1,650 feet per minute climb at maximum takeoff weight. Blackshape will list the aircraft, depending on configuration at about $330,000. For more information, visit www.blackshapeaircraft.com.