Jessica Belcher of Exclusive Aviation at Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM) in Eden Prairie, Minn., sent in this photo with a brief explanation: “I was shooting this DA40 XLS for our sale listings, and caught this Piper doing touch and goes right in the plane’s canopy.”
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Chinese company takes majority ownership of Diamond
Wanfeng Aviation Inc. has acquired a 60% interest in Diamond Aircraft Canada. The investment from the aviation arm of Wanfeng Auto Holding Group, a diverse Chinese manufacturer of parts for both the automobile and the aviation industry, will support expanded production, sales and service activities globally, with a strengthened focus on the US market, according to […]
Pilot Report: Diamond DA62
Personally speaking, the DA62 would work well for our company and having seven seats available would allow me to carry all six of my grandchildren.
Video: First flight of Diamond DART 450
The maiden flight of the Diamond Aircraft DART-450 was held May 17. The DART-450 (Diamond Aircraft Reconnaissance Trainer) is an all-carbon fiber tandem, two-seat civilian and military trainer with a sidestick and pneumatic ejection seats. The +7/-5G aerobatic airplane has a maximum takeoff power of 500 hp, is equipped with the Ivchenko-Progress/ Motor Sich AI-450S turboprop engine, […]
ADS-B now standard on new Diamonds
Diamond Aircraft Industries reports it will be equipping all newly ordered US registered DA20, DA40, DA42 and DA62 aircraft with standard ADS-B In/Out Garmin 345 series transponders. “We are very pleased to offer Garmin’s new GTX-345 series NextGen Transponders with ADS-B In/Out as standard equipment on all our new aircraft for sale in the U.S.”, said Peter Maurer, president […]
Diamond DA40 Tundra introduced
Diamond Aircraft has introduced the jet-fuel-powered DA40 Tundra designed for backcountry flying. The four-seat cabin with folding rear seat backs, large forward opening canopy and rear door means plenty of room for fly fishing rods, guns, tents, skis, snowshoes, and even mountain bikes, according to company officials. The all-composite airframe offers resistance to bumps and scrapes and […]
Micro AeroDynamics introduces Vortex Generator Kit for Diamond Twin
Micro AeroDynamics has received FAA and EASA STC approval for the VG kit designed for the Diamond DA42, DA42NG and the DA42M-NG twin engine models. In flight tests, the addition of VGs to the leading edge of the wings and both sides of the vertical stabilizer reduced Vmc, provided a dramatic improvement in slow speed […]
First flight: Diamond DA50 with turbine engine
A DA50 powered by a turbine engine made its first flight Jan. 19 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, with Christian Dries, CEO of Diamond Aircraft, as test pilot, along with Ingmar Mayerbuch, the company’s head of flight test. The concept was first introduced at the general aviation show AERO Friedrichshafen in April 2013. “This aircraft with this turbine […]
CTI Professional Flight Training selects Diamond Aircraft
CTI Professional Flight Training has selected the Diamond DA20-C1 (pictured above) as its primary trainer and the Austro Engine-powered DA42 (pictured below) as its complex, multi-engine trainer. Diamond Regional Distribution Centre Premier Aircraft Sales of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, negotiated the agreement, which includes training, support and acquisition of a fleet of 22 aircraft plus 10 options […]