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Ferry Flight: Daher TBM 940

The TBM turboprop makes quick and comfortable work of the North Atlantic track.

The wing and wingtip of a TBM 940 aircraft with a bed of clouds below and the horizon in the distance
The Daher TBM 940 can glide up to 70 nm when operating at 120 kias at FL 310, in the event of an engine malfunction, according to its POH. [Credit: Julie Boatman]
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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 and the manufacturing process behind Daher’s flagship TBM series.

It was an incredible invitation. Daher and veteran ferry pilot Margrit Waltz asked me to join her on the flight that would bring serial No. 1400, a 940—from its final position in the hangars at Daher in Tarbes (LFBT) across the Atlantic Ocean to Columbia Aviation, in Groton, Connecticut (KGON).

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