This airplane was desigened in 1981 and 1st flew in April of 1985 and it was called Mooney 301. Then it was disassembled and shipped to Socata in France and copied to the smallest part and named and sold with different name as TBM 700, 850 and 900
No, the precursor of the TBM wasn't the Mooney 301. Mooney 301 is at the origin of the basic idea when it was sold to Mooney France and not to Socata. There is no match between the TBMs and the Mooney 301 except that they are both single-aisle turboprop aircraft. The TBMs shares more aerodynamical design with the PC-12 series for example.
Amazing plane.
"It looks feminine ?" Serious ?!
This airplane was desigened in 1981 and 1st flew in April of 1985 and it was called Mooney 301. Then it was disassembled and shipped to Socata in France and copied to the smallest part and named and sold with different name as TBM 700, 850 and 900
No, the precursor of the TBM wasn't the Mooney 301. Mooney 301 is at the origin of the basic idea when it was sold to Mooney France and not to Socata. There is no match between the TBMs and the Mooney 301 except that they are both single-aisle turboprop aircraft. The TBMs shares more aerodynamical design with the PC-12 series for example.
I don't understand why they just did not institute full gear doors to fully encapsulate the the complete landing gear?
T-Rex Robertson
good question !
Attractive woman and aircraft as well!
Who is the babe? Looks like she doesn't know what the guy is talking about... just kidding!
lol