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Jerry Siebenmark

Daher recently delivered its 300th TBM 900 series single-engine turboprop to a longtime customer, with an extra touch. The TBM 940 delivered last week to Dr. Ian Bair Fries and his wife, Susan, came with a personalized livery in gold and white that was created by Scheme Designers.

 


Before delivery at the Daher Aircraft subsidiary in Pompano Beach, Florida, the company added a painted image of a carnation on the airplane. For 50 years, Dr. Fries wore a carnation in honor of his patients.

 


The airplane also is the fourth TBM-family airplane to be owned by the Fries. “We are grateful to Dr. and Mrs. Fries for their more than 20-year loyalty to the TBM,” said Daher Aircraft CEO and Daher aircraft division senior v-p Nicolas Chabbert. “So it was very appropriate they received the symbolic 300th TBM 900-series aircraft as their latest acquisition.”

 


Over the past two decades, the Fries&nbsp;have owned a TBM 700B, TBM 850, and TBM 900. “The TBM fits our transportation profile—I can plan for a 1,000-nautical-mile flight under almost any conditions,” Dr. Fries said. “And it is a pleasure to work with many of the same people for years, which is a credit to Daher.”

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The airplane was delivered last week to Dr. Ian Bair Fries and his wife, Susan, who previously owned  a TBM 700B, TBM 850, and TBM 900.

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