Building It: Daher TBM 960

Daher evolves its flagship TBM series with an eye towards a greener tomorrow.

Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 02:28 PM ET

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An esprit de corps flows through the Daher workforce, as well as an emphasis on taking risks and responsibility accordingly. [Credit: Stephen Yeates]

Key Takeaways:

Daher's aviation lineage traces back to Morane-Saulnier in 1911, evolving through various acquisitions to become a significant aircraft manufacturer.
The company has strategically expanded its global footprint, particularly in the U.S., through key acquisitions such as SOCATA (TBM line), Quest Aircraft (Kodiak), and Triumph Group's aerostructures business.
Daher fosters an entrepreneurial corporate culture and utilizes an integrated, evolving manufacturing process for its TBM 910/960 series, emphasizing precision engineering from component fabrication to final assembly.

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Editor’s Note: This article is part of a three-part series on the Daher TBM 960. Read more about the aircraft, as well as a first-hand account by Editor-in-Chief Julie Boatman of a TBM 940 ferry flight across the North Atlantic.

Just three years after the Wright brothers’ Flyer took a trip over the sands of the Kill Devil Hills, Alberto Santos-Dumont made his longest public flight stretching more than 700 feet from a field near Paris, France, in 1906. Just five years later, the precursor to Daher—the company that would one day build the TBM 960/910 single-engine turboprops capable of deftly spanning an ocean—was born.