Originally posted by kingwoodbarney
As far as the Tacano being an original design, that does suprise me. How did you find that?
Guess where ! Embraer web site!
http://www.ets-news.com/tucano.htm
Now, if you want to read some history on the type in english, folow the above link. It's a pretty well known fact in the aviation world. Tucano and Pilatus use the same Pratt and Whitney PT6, and have been buit with the same goal and market in mind, it's not surprising they look alike. But they have been designed by 2 totally different companies.
Bernard