Piper Aircraft launches new Meridian M500

Vero Beach, Florida – Piper Aircraft has introduced its newest top-of-the-line M-Class single-engine Meridian M500 turbine business aircraft with 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, under speed 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 500shp engine, sports a 260KTAS (482km/h) max cruise speed and has a range of 1,000nm (1,852km). 

 

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

 

Piper is a member of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.