Video: Diamond’s New DA52

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Key Takeaways:

  • Diamond Aircraft is leading the aerodiesel market with its new DA52 twin-engine aircraft.
  • The DA52 is based on the DA42, but is larger, faster, and carries up to seven passengers.
  • Diamond considers the DA52 a luxury aircraft, similar to a high-class minivan.
  • AVweb's Paul Bertorelli provided an exclusive video report of a demo flight in the DA52.
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Diamond jumped into the aerodiesel market early, and it still leads the industry in the number of diesels flying. This spring, it’s deep into certification work on a new diesel twin, the DA52. Based on the DA42 twin, the DA52 is larger, faster, and carries up to seven people. Diamond views it as a high-class, luxury minivan. On a recent visit to Diamond’s factory in Austria, AVweb‘s Paul Bertorelli took a demo flight in the new airplane and shot this exclusive video report.

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