3 April 2005
New Piper Aircraft, Inc. has delivered its 200th Malibu Meridian to Don and Jane Lockhard of Ontario, Canada. Serial Number 200 is the second Meridian and the fifth PA-46 for the Lockhards, who have also owned two Piper Mirages and a Piper Malibu.
The Malibu Meridian, Piper’s top-of-the-line aircraft, is a single-engine turboprop, with a 500 SHP engine, Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI) approval, and an all-glass cockpit. Certified by the FAA in 2000 it has a maximum cruise power of 262kts and maximum altitude of 30,000ft.
Piper delivered the first retail Meridian in November 2000 and broke new ground by featuring cockpit technology and capabilities previously only found in expensive business jets.
