Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"This is an important milestone for the D-Jet program as we will be using this and subsequent aircraft for actual certification flights."

Source: Peter Maurer, President of Diamond Aircraft. The company flew its D-Jet for the first time with the new Williams FJ33-5A engine Sunday. D-Jet S/N 003, flown by Chief Test Pilot Daniel Ribeiro and Flight Test Engineer Gerard Struthers, departed from Diamond Aircraft's London, Ontario facility for a successful 1.4-hour flight with completion of all intended test points.

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