When we first heard about the Pipistrel Panthera a few years ago, it was the kind of thing—a four-seater with a thousand mile range at 200mph and on 10 gph—that sounds too wild to be true. Except for the fact that Pipistrel was behind it, and that Slovenian company had developed a reputation for putting out airplanes that seemingly did the impossible.Like the Virus (I know, it probably doesn’t even sound good in Slovenian), a little two-seater LSA that gets the equivalent of 55 mpg, the Panthera is agame changer. Best of all, this four-seater is sexier than all get out.Check outour first-hand look at what could be a big part of the future of light GA.”
