Piper PA-46-400TP?

[bigD]

I've been in the back of both a Baron and a Mirage, and it's pretty much the same thing. Neither one is a cabin class airplane. Both are terrible for 6 people. Point is, the Baron is a much closer airplane to the Meridian than a King Air is.

 

[bigD]

Heh heh - I'm sorry man. You come in asking a question, and we're just giving you crap. And you are right about a lot of overpriced new airplanes, but just because 1.2 for a Baron is dumb doesn't mean it's not dumb to pay 1.9 for a Malibu with a PT-6 on the front.

 

[Citationkid]

Heh heh - I'm sorry man. You come in asking a question, and we're just giving you crap. And you are right about a lot of overpriced new airplanes, but just because 1.2 for a Baron is dumb doesn't mean it's not dumb to pay 1.9 for a Malibu with a PT-6 on the front.

Haha, don't worry about it, you all have been much kinder than most when in comes to talking to me on this site! You're right, it is dumb to pay all that money for an airplane, but when you're that rich you're allowed to be dumb! I guess no one knows anything about the -400TP, I'll just stop by SkyTech next time I'm over at MTN and see if they'll talk to me.

Alex.

 

[2000flyer]

Well, folks, I don't know anything about the Meridian. What I do know is starting several years ago, people with money to burn were slapping the PT6, Allison and other turbine engines in older A36 Bonanza's, P210's, C206's. Piper saw dollar signs and ran with it. I flew a TBM demo when they first came out and boy, what a blast that was. I wouldn't want to make a living in one but for short trips it would have been great!

As for Piper placing a nearly identical twin in it's stable all one has to do is look at Cessna. CJ1, 2 and 3 come to mind as does the Bravo, Ultra (now Encore). There is only minor differences in each yet Cessna is selling the daylights out of them. I think Piper might have hit the nail on the head!

2000Flyer

 

[bigD]

Haha, don't worry about it, you all have been much kinder than most when in comes to talking to me on this site! You're right, it is dumb to pay all that money for an airplane, but when you're that rich you're allowed to be dumb! I guess no one knows anything about the -400TP, I'll just stop by SkyTech next time I'm over at MTN and see if they'll talk to me.

Listen Citationkid - you're gonna encounter a lot of crap because franky, most of us would have given their right nad to get a chance to fly what you've flown at your age. You've got a silver spoon in your mouth, but work hard nonetheless, and remember to help out those working their way up in the industry that don't have the resources you have. The key is to stay low on the radar for a bit and learn as much as you can. You'll be just fine in the long run.

 

[Flechas]

Listen Citationkid - you're gonna encounter a lot of crap because franky, most of us would have given their right nad to get a chance to fly what you've flown at your age. You've got a silver spoon in your mouth, but work hard nonetheless, and remember to help out those working their way up in the industry that don't have the resources you have. The key is to stay low on the radar for a bit and learn as much as you can. You'll be just fine in the long run.

AFUKCINGMEN, LISTEN TO BIG D!!!!

 

[Citationkid]

The key is to stay low on the radar for a bit and learn as much as you can. You'll be just fine in the long run.

Thanks BigD, that's what I've been trying to do, this was my first post in months. I really do want to do for people what's been done for me and any one who's told me they want to learn to fly has been up two or three times in the Champ with Dad and even a few have gotten up in the Stearman! Granted all I did was hook them up with the, other than that the real helpful part is still in the hands of those who have helped me out.

Alex.

P.S. Only could I get a thread so sidetracked!

 

[mzaharis]

Is there an article somewhere on this new Meridian variant? Didn't see anything at newpiper.com.

 

[Citationkid]

I haven't seen anything about the -400TP since it was announced. There was a little blurb about it in Flying Mag a while back and I've heard about it in one or two other places, but that's it.