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Aviation News Item: 05869
2nd Mar 2010
First G1000-equipped TBM 850 Delivered Down Under
Source: fly-corporate.com
 Daher-Socata has delivered its first G1000-equipped TBM 850 turboprop aircraft to an Australian customer.
The TBM 850 was received by Warwick and Katrina Hawksworth of Capstone Financial services.
The TBM 850 for Hawksworth is a model year 2010, equipped with the Garmin G1000 avionics suite, which replaces traditional instruments with large liquid crystal display (LCD) screens. It integrates the primary flight, navigation, weather, traffic, ground proximity and technical information on the aircraft, and is fully associated with a digital autopilot. The Garmin G1000 avionics suite has been integrated as standard equipment on the TBM 850 since 2008.
Hawksworth flew his new TBM 850 from Daher-Socata's production facility in France to Australia with Capstone Aviation company pilot Rodney Irvine. This 10,850 nm trip was accomplished in 37 hours 15 minutes, with stopovers in Kerkira (Greece), Hurghada (Egypt), Dubai, Ahmedabad and Kolkata (India), Bangkok (Thailand), Singapore, Bali Den Pasar (Indonesia), Darwin, Mt Isa and Melbourne (Australia).
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