Podcast: Continental Says Diesels Making Inroads

Editorial Staff

Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Cessna is debuting a JTA diesel-powered Skyhawk at AirVenture.
Continental Motors is noting increased interest in the retrofit market for diesel engines, though numbers are not yet large.
Continental Motors has readied its 300-HP CD-300 diesel engine.
Improvements have been made to Continental Motors' four-cylinder CD-200 powerplant.

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As Cessna debuts its JTA diesel-powered Skyhawk at AirVenture, Continental Motors Rhett Ross says the company is seeing more interest in the retrofit market, too, although the numbers aren’t large. In this AirVenture podcast, Ross says the company has ready its CD-300 300-HP diesel and improvements on the CD-200 four-cylinder powerplant.

Duration: 9:51

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