Piper Aircraft has launched a new airplane in its single-engine M-class series called the M500. An upgraded Meridian turboprop model, the M500 brings Garmin G1000 avionics along with other new technologies to the six-seat airplane, which was first introduced in the early 1980s.
In addition to the well-known benefits of the G1000 system, such as dual 10-inch PFDs with all the basic instruments and a centrally located 12-inch MFD with a moving map display, electronic charts, real time weather and more, the M500 has the automatic level mode, allowing the pilot to bring the airplane to a neutral position simply by pushing a blue button.
