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Winner Aviation Quarter Page 4/C AdEN ROUTEPiper Aircraft Launches Meridian AM500 With The Latest In Garmin Avionicss of January 28, 2015, Piper Aircraft has introduced its newest top-of-the-line M-Class Meridian M500 single-engine turbine businessaircraft, featuring the latest in Garmin avionics, enhanced safety features and a number of other significant product improvements.“The 2015 Piper M500 will come equipped with the very newest Garmin avionics package for increased safety,” said Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott. “As part of our on-going product improvement initiatives, we saw an opportunity to give our customers the latest improvements in proven avionics technology, with electronic stability protection, underspeed protection and automatic level mode, among other improvements.”The Piper M500 seats six with club seating. It is powered by a Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42A 500-shp engine, sports a 260-KTAS max cruise speed and has a range of 1,000 nm. Equipped with an improved Garmin G1000 avionics suite, the 2015 M500 is listed at a competitive price of $2.26 million.Paul Bowen Photography Half Page4/C Ad38 • TWIN & TURBINEAPRIL 2015
