Diamond Aircraft is on a
roll... and if the continuing development of the Diamond
D-Jet single-engine Personal Jet wasn't enough, there is now
confirmation of a hot new single-engine bird from the
ever-inventive minds working feverishly to keep up with Diamond's
Christian Dries... who keeps making a series of inspired design
decisions that (so far) have been met with approval, solid order
books and industry acclaim.
The first official word of the bird came at the recently
concluded Diamond Aircraft Industries Christmas Party in Wiener
Neustadt, Austria (which we have little doubt was QUITE the
blowout...), where the new DA50 Superstar was 'unofficially'
presented to the company and guests. Dries has been briefing ANN
about this and other programs for quite a while, but we had not
expected any public discussion of this new bird or the release of
an official photo before the beginning of 2007. Happy Holidays,
eh?
While we're looking for more official details and the permission
to release some of what we've been told about this bird previously
in private briefings with Diamond officials, we can tell you that
the DA50 Super Star will utilize powerplants of as much as 350 hp,
and will be powered by both gasoline and diesel engines -- though
their make is yet unspecified. The "all new" bird is a five-seater
and Diamond promises that it will "be the most spacious in the new
generation of single-engine aircraft in General Aviation."
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