Daher Aircraft’s turboprop-powered TBM airplane family marked a milestone with the delivery of the 600th aircraft in the TBM 900 series to a U.S. businessman at the 2025 Paris Air Show.
To date, more than 1,260 TBMs have been produced in six variants since deliveries began in 1990, beginning with the TBM 700 and TBM 850, followed by the five versions in the TBM 900 series: The TBM 900, TBM 910, TBM 930, TBM 940, and TBM 960.
The global TBM fleet has logged more than 2.6 million flight hours in service around the world, according to Daher officials.
Daher’s milestone TBM 900 series aircraft is now owned by Jim Baum, a U.S.-based businessman who has been an operations executive in various technology firms for the past 30 years. He also manages the Minus 7 air-to-air visual communications company for aviation video and photography.
As with more than half of the TBM customer base, Baum is a repeat buyer, having owned a TBM 940 and a TBM 930, Daher officials report.
The TBM 960, unveiled by Daher Aircraft in 2022, is powered by the PT6E-66XT turboprop engine, purpose-built by Pratt & Whitney Canada for this aircraft, as well as Hartzell Propeller’s five-blade composite propeller with the Raptor lightweight hub, company officials said. Both the engine and propeller system are linked to the TBM 960’s dual-channel digital Engine and Propeller Electronic Control System (EPECS).
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