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JAN-FEB 2018

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BUSINESS AVIATION 8 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY 1987, a joint-venture named TBM International was established with the aim of completing the 700's development and manufacturing. The ownership was divided between Mooney and SOCATA's par- ent company Aérospatiale. By mid-1990 Mooney withdrew from the joint venture leaving SOCATA as the primary company involved, which had started the production of the TBM 700 in Tarbes, France. The delivery of a TBM 700 started in early 1990 and the first production batch of 40 aircraft were sold out almost instantly paving the success of the TBM aircraft family. Daher today designs, produces, and maintains the TBM family of aircraft; more than 800 Daher aircraft are in service today. The world of TBM con- sists of following TBM models: 700, 850, 900, 910, and 930. Daher offers factory TBM Care Program (TCP) as part of the purchase package. The TBM family relied from the beginning on the Pratt & Whitney PT6 turboprop powerplant, and quickly grew with the introduction of the fully pressurized version 700A in 1992, followed in 1999 by the TBM 700B model with a larger cargo door and an optional pilot entry door. The French Army Aviation took delivery of three B model aircraft, bringing the total number of military aircraft to 28 TBMs 700 in 2000. The reinforced TBM 700C2 was certified in 2003 with increased MTOW and followed in 2006 by a TBM 850 Legacy. The 850 is strictly identical to the TBM 700 airframe but is powered by the 850 shaft horsepower PT6A which gives the TBM 850 jet-like perfor- mance with turboprop efficiency. In 2009 Socata, the descendant of famous aircraft manufacturer Morane Saulnier, joined the Daher group. After more than 500 deliv- ered TBMs in 2009, the TBM 850 was presented. In 2014, an aero- dynamically refined version, the TBM 900, was presented. This ver- sion with winglets offered greater speed, range, and efficiency than previous TBMs together with improved short field capabilities and lower cabin noise. The flagship TBM 930 was introduced in 2016 with upgraded interior and avionics, including the Garmin G3000 touchscreen avion - ics suite. The TBM 930 is currently the world's fastest single-engine turboprop aircraft. The TBM 930 is now offered alongside the 900 and has not replaced it in the lineup. In 2017 the last TBM variant called 910 was presented with Garmin G1000 NXi all-glass avionics, which is an intermediate (avionics) model between the G1000 cockpit of the 900 and the multi-screen Garmin G3000 in the 930 flagship. The 910 has an upgraded cabin compared to the TBM 900 that's equal to the one in the TBM 930. The TBM MMA (Multi- Mission Aircraft) is based on Daher's TBM 900 and its predecessor versions and is suitable for many security, defense, surveillance, cargo, and medical evacuation missions. AEROSTRUCTURES & SYSTEMS As an aircraft manufacturer, Daher is a partner to the world's biggest aerospace and defense pro- grams of Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, Dassault, and Embraer. Daher builds complex subassemblies rely- ing on know-how and expertise in three key areas: metals, composite materials, and assembly. DAHER MANUFACTURES: • Wings and empennages, delivering to the industry wings subassemblies, empennages, tail booms, and more • Doors, landing gear, passengers and cargo doors THE TBM assembly line at Tarbes, France. TBM DAHER

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