Trucking Business Owner Purchases His Second TBM 850
Daher-Socata Tuesday announced the
sale of a 2009 TBM 850 to the Carlisle Carrier Corporation’s
CEO Dave Metzler, which will replace his previous TBM 850 as a
corporate transportation tool. The order was finalized at
AirVenture 2009 in Oshkosh - where Daher-Socata had a
high-profile presence.
The new aircraft for Carlisle Carrier was ordered through
Daher-Socata’s Columbia Aircraft Sales distributor, and will
be delivered before the end of 2009. Metzler said the TBM 850 was
chosen to replace his previous TBM after an evaluation of
competitive jet aircraft, and his decision included advantages of
the very fast turboprop transport’s range and advanced flight
deck. “The TBM 850 has exactly the range we need to visit
customers as far away as Minnesota – which is a 1,000 nm trip
from our home base in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, while also
providing highly cost-efficient operations on typical 300 nm
positioning trips for our teams,” Metzler explained.
“The warranty policy of Daher-Socata also was a strong
selling point.”
Carlisle Carrier was created in 1990 by Metzler based on his two
decades of trucking industry experience. The business started with
five trailers, four owner-operators, and one customer. Today, the
company employs 300 people and operates a fleet of 250 tractors and
1,000 trailers – serving 115 customers and completing 96,000
shipments annually.
“This latest order demonstrates the TBM 850’s
advantages for operators seeking a highly efficient business
aircraft that offers a combination of speed, range and
technology,” said Nicolas Chabbert, the President of Socata
North America. “The fact that we completed this sale at
AirVenture Oshkosh underscores the continued importance of this
annual aviation gathering, which attracts TBM owners, operators and
prospective customers, along with our industry partners and
colleagues.”
Cookie Metzler, Dave Metzler, Ken
Dono
Since its launch in 2005, the company has sold more than 200 TBM
850's, with 164 delivered to date to customers around the globe. As
the world’s fastest single engine turboprop, the TBM 850 has
a maximum cruise speed of 320 ktas. at 26,000 ft. (in ISA
conditions). It is an 850-shp. version of Socata's proven six-seat
TBM 700 turboprop business aircraft, and combines the cruising
speed and travel times typical of light jets with highly economical
direct operating costs, while offering the range and excellent
payload capacity of a turboprop aircraft.