• Piper's new M500 Meridian turbo-prop. (Piper Aircraft)
    Piper's new M500 Meridian turbo-prop. (Piper Aircraft)
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Piper Aircraft yesterday announced the latest aircraft in their M-class range: the M500 Meridian turbo-prop.

The M500 is an upgrade of the six-seat Meridian, with the latest Garmin avionics and several enhanced safety features.

"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, under-speed protection and automatic level mode among other improvements."

The M500's new Garmin G1000 avionics suite will feature high resolution dual 10-inch PFDs, and a high resolution 12-inch MFD as well as the latest Garmin Software upgrade along with a GFC700 autopilot with enhanced Autopilot Flight Control System (AFCS) including a number of flight safety features:

  • Electronic Stability Protection (ESP)
  • Under Speed Protection (USP)
  • Coupled Go-Around
  • Expanded Engagement Envelope
  • Level Mode
  • Auto Pilot Auto-Engage
  • Master caution, master warning, gear position, gear warning incorporated in the G1000.

The Piper M500 seats six with club seating. It is powered by a Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42A 500 shp engine, boasts a 260 KTAS max cruise speed and has a range of 1000 nm.

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