On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:46:32 -0400, Roger
wrote:

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:55:35 -0400, Peter Clark
wrote:



Well, I have similar numbers and have Malibu time, but wasn't anywhere
near 200 hours for transitioning into the Malibu, and was quoted just
over 12% of your transition time for getting from there into a
Meridian. Obviously each case is different but 200 hours seems
somewhat high to me. The pricing and recurrant training wasn't what
shocked me, just the transition time.

Malibu turboprop versio? Even then the Mirage is less than half the
price of the TBM-700 (now the 850) which has a cruise over 300 knots.

Yea, the PT6 Malibu (with some other changes). Again, the price of
the insurance wasn't what surprised me, and the Meridian has a book
260TAS cruise (most appear to set power to cruise at 250TAS). Hull is
rarely the most expensive part of a policy anyway.