The New Piper Aircraft's PA-46T Meridian has just received a major-league panel upgrade. From now on, Avidyne's FlightMax Entegra system will be standard equipment in all new Meridians. It's also standard in New Piper's new Warriors, Archers, Arrows, Saratogas, and 6X and 6XT models. It's also set to become the standard avionics suite in new Malibu Mirages—the flagship of New Piper's piston singles. That's a clean sweep of New Piper's product line, with the exception of its twins; the SenecaVand Seminole retain panels featuring the Garmin GNS 430/530 nav/com suite as centerpieces. The three-screen Entegra replaces the Meridian's original Meggitt MAGIC (Meggitt Advanced Generation Inte- grated Cockpit) displays. The Meggitt system uses up to six display screens, together with Meg-gitt's MAGIC 2100 digital flight control system. But as capable as the MAGIC suite is, its smallish and compartmentalized screens were apparently no match for the Entegra's 10.4-inch (diagonally measured) screen size and resolution, and more full-featured attributes.
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