Thu, Apr 05, 2007
Maiden Flight Goes Off Well Under The Command Of Diamond's
CEO
There's a new Diamond
flying around town... one with some serious horsepower.
It happened April 4th, 2007, not even a year after the first
flight of the D-JET, making the Diamond Aircraft development team
some of most sleep deprived aeronauts on the face of the earth. The
single-engine DA50 Super Star boasts a MTOW of 3,670 lbs and
conducted its first flight from Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Christian
Dries, CEO and owner of Diamond Aircraft, flew the aircraft as
pilot in command (that's what you call "taking charge" when the CEO
is also working as a test pilot on a maiden flight... cool). Also
on board was Soeren Pedersen, Director of Sales, as chief test
pilot.
The Diamond DA50 Super Star is equipped with Teledyne
Continental TSIOF - 550J engine, a 350+ HP, FADEC controlled
powerplant with dual turbochargers.
Dries stated that he is proud that Manfred Zipper and his team
made the DA50 Super Star a reality in less than 11 months from the
idea to the maiden flight and noted that, "The DA50 Super Star will
become a big hit with 350 HP big bore and with variations of
turbo-charged diesel engines. I have a team that is unmatched in
general aviation manufacturing. I know that they design and build
the safest aircraft in the world."
Some time today, the aircraft will be handed over to the flight
test department for extensive research flights in preparation for
what is expected to be a production availability some time in
January of 2008. ANN will have more data on this new airframe
shortly...
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