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Michael Lavitt April 20, 2026 The TBM 980 is the newest aircraft in Daher's fleet and made its airshow debut at Sun 'n Fun this year. Daher has delivered 10 of the aircraft in the U.S. market and has production availability for 2027. Credit: Mike Lavitt/Aviation Week The TBM 980 made its airshow debut at Sun ‘n Fun, featuring Daher’s latest custom paint scheme, Tehuano, named after a powerful wind in southern Mexico. The aircraft was built in Tarbes, France.

Michael Lavitt April 17, 2026 Credit: Michael Lavitt/Aviation Week The TBM 980 is the newest aircraft in Daher's fleet and made its airshow debut at Sun 'n Fun this year. Daher has delivered 10 of the aircraft in the U.S. market and has production availability for 2027. Credit: Marie Souffez/Daher The pressurized, six-seat TBM 980's cockpit features Garmin's third-generation G3000 Prime avionics suite and has a touch-controlled flight deck with three 14-in. edge-to-edge touch screens.

Among Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience's aircraft on display were one-of-a-kind prototypes. This one is the Long-EZ-B flown by Dick Rutan, Burt’s brother, on an EAA World Friendship Tour from April 4 to June 24, 1997, that took him to 14 countries and across all the world’s oceans. He flew a total of 272 hr. and 3,685 nm, 1.5 times the distance around the equator. Like many Rutan designs, the Grizzly has canards.