Tue, Oct 28, 2008
80 Percent Of Country's Fleet In Attendance
The first Australian fly-in of TBM owners, pilots, and industry
partners was hosted by EADS Socata last weekend at Gold Coast
Airport in Coolangatta, Queensland.
Representatives with Socata tell ANN the gathering was a "total
success," attracting 31 participants and bringing together three
TBM 700s and two new TBM 850s -- representing 80% of the TBM fleet
in Australia.
The get-together also featured briefings on the new Garmin G1000
cockpit system -- which was introduced on the TBM 850 in 2008, and
is expected to feature Garmin's Synthetic Vision Technology in the
first quarter of 2009.
"We are extremely pleased by this initial TBM Australian
Gathering, which is another sign of the TBM’s excellent
success in the Australian market," said Nicolas Chabbert, EADS
Socata’s Vice President Sales & Marketing.
"This is the result of the recent years of marketing efforts by
Mark Diaz, EADS Socata’s country representative, which
included a 20,000-nautical-mile-long demo tour across the Pacific
in 2007. The 2008 Australian Gathering provided us a great
opportunity to listen to our customers, and which enables our team
to act on their feedback. As a result, a certain number of customer
support initiatives are now at work."
Industry partners who joined Socata’s presentations at the
Australian Gathering included Pratt & Whitney (Asia Pacific),
the Civil Aviation Safety Authority for RVSM, QBE Aviation
Insurance, Complete Avionics, Angel Flight Australia, Strategic
Aviation, Joss Group, McDonald Holdings and Runge Aviation.
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