Glassy Skies: Piper Meridian G1000

Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 08:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Piper Meridian G1000

The Meridian’s sweet spot, 27,000 feet, where you typically see better than 255 knots true with good fuel flows and a good chance for a smooth ride.

On a good day, as shown here, you might enjoy 50 knots on the tail, too. At 15,000 feet, we avoided the worst headwinds, but fuel flows go up substantially.

The Meridian I was flying was decked out with a special G1000 scheme. It generated a lot of questions around the ramp, and we gave a couple of cockpit tours to interested pilots.

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