Daher Delivers Its 600th TBM 900-Series

Private owner Jim Baum takes delivery of Daher’s TBM 960 at the Paris Air Show.

Jack Daleo

Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 08:25 AM ET

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Travis Tingle

The recipient of Daher’s 600th TBM 900-series, Jim Baum (right), celebrates the delivery at the Paris Air Show with Daher Aircraft vice president of sales Michel Adam de Villers (left) and CEO Nicolas Chabbert. [Jack Daleo/FLYING]

Key Takeaways:

Daher delivered its 600th TBM 900-series turboprop at the Paris Air Show, making this series the best-seller in the TBM family with nearly half of the over 1,260 TBM deliveries to date.
The TBM's success is attributed to its blend of jet-like speed, turboprop efficiency, access to shorter runways, and continuous technological advancements like autoland, autothrottle, and advanced cockpit systems.
Customer Jim Baum, recipient of the 600th TBM, highlights the aircraft's versatility for extensive personal travel, ability to handle diverse weather and runway conditions, and its advanced features that significantly reduce pilot workload.
Daher plans to continue innovation, aiming to launch a more electric, likely hybrid-electric, aircraft derivative by 2027, building on its EcoPulse demonstrator project.

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PARIS—Since acquiring a majority stake in French manufacturer Socata in 2009, Daher has taken the company’s TBM family of single-engine turboprops to new heights. On Thursday at the Paris Air Show, it delivered its 600th TBM 900-series.

The 900-series, launched in 2014 with the TBM 900, is the best-seller in the TBM family, accounting for almost half of all deliveries to date. More than 1,260 TBMs have been rolled out since the introduction of the TBM 700 35 years ago, and the lightweight aircraft have logged more than 2.6 million hours in service globally.