Cirrus and Daher, builder of the TBM turboprop, have different aircraft design philosophies, but they share one thing in common: Both build and sell airplanes to a select, moneyed clientele who seem perfectly happy to trade in a relatively new airplane on the latest new model. Call it community-style marketing. The sales guys know their clients by first name and N-number.
The latest new model from Daher—the TBM 940—continues this incrementalist tradition with a new airplane that’s outwardly little different from the previous model, the 930. Under the cowl, it’s another matter.