I was asked many times to review the Piper Meridian and compare it with the Cirrus SR22.
Your requests were heard and here I am - preparing a video with 2010 Piper Meridian aircraft with 1,500 hours of flight time and Garmin G1000 avionics!
I shooted many videos for review, but it seemed to me that a simple review with numbers and facts did not fit either the style or the purpose of this aircraft. After all, this plane was created for traveling - at high speed, at high altitude, and in fairly comfortable conditions comparable to some business jets.
The Piper Meridian aircraft is an intermediate stage for those owners who have already flown conventional piston aircraft and want something faster and more spacious, but not yet ready to spend on a full-fledged business jet.
The aircraft also combines the qualities of a very light business jet - the speed is no longer 200 knots, but 260, the altitude is not 15-18,000 feet, but already 28,000 - that is, it is quite close to the Vision Jet, but its cost of a flight hour is still very close to that of piston aircraft. And this is a unique niche, in which, there is perhaps only TBM 700/800/900 - but it is significantly more expensive - and nothing else.
To show the plane from all sides, my friends and I went...fishing!
In this video:
00:00:01 How we've come up with the idea of going fishing
00:01:25 TV series screensaver
00:01:50 A week earlier
00:04:15 My first solo flight on Piper Meridian
00:04:51 Pre-flight preparation. Takeoff.
00:06:06 Flight on Piper Meridian
00:10:02 We are landing
00:12:17 Teaser for the Robinson R44 video
00:12:00 Day of departure to Key West
00:15:16 How to close doors in Piper Meridian?
00:16:30 What I don't like about this plane
00:17:25 The fastest preflight in history!
00:18:53 Pre-flight inspection
00:21:06 Flight to Key West, engine and fuel consumption
00:26:42 Beautiful view of Miami
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