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Hot News Items:
• Oshkosh 2007 – the North American Debut of the DA50 Super Star
• DiamondFest 2007 – July 27th in the EAA Museum at AirVenture
Oshkosh 2007 – Our best booth yet!
The all-new DA50 Super Star will be unveiled for the first time in North America at Oshkosh this year. Our booth will feature our complete lineup of aircraft plus full size mockups of the DA50 Super Star and D-JET. Don’t miss out! Please visit www.diamondair.com/news regularly for updates and the Diamond event schedule during the show.
DiamondFest 2007 – A fabulous evening in the AirVenture Museum!
Also at AirVenture we will host our best ever annual owners get together, DiamondFest, in the EAA’s AirVenture museum. Diamond owners are invited to attend this exciting event and enjoy gourmet food, and fine wines from Christian Dries’ (the founder and CEO of Diamond Aircraft) winery, while strolling among the fascinating aircraft housed in the AirVenture Museum. There will be keynote remarks on a variety of topics including the DA50 Super Star and the D-JET. We will be sending out invitations shortly to Diamond owners! |
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3,700 feet of wiring!
Visitors to the Diamond Aircraft factory are always fascinated by the action in the factory, and our dynamic avionics department is no exception! Every day, over seventy technicians and assemblers carefully build the many aircraft wiring harnesses to run the avionics, lights and electrical devices in all of our aircraft.
All the electrical work, including crimping, is skillfully done by hand to ensure exceptional quality. When our team of master technicians have completed and installed each wiring harness – comprised of on average, a total 3,700 ft of wires per aircraft - the installation is then run through a final check by computer to ensure a highly reliable electrical system. The system has been designed to be safe and easy to operate, with all switches and breakers carefully positioned at your fingertips.
For more information about how Diamond aircraft are built, including a virtual factory tour, please visit www.diamondaircraft.com/about/factory1.php.
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2007 D-JET Mock-up Tour Dates Continue
Check out the D-JET at a location near you
• Jun. 19-20/07: Air Quasar Flight Training Center
6050 rte de I'Aeroport, Saint Hubert Quebec J3Y 8Y9
Call: John Moore 905-477-0107 ext. 223
• Jun. 22-24/07: Canadian Aviation Expo
1200 Airport Blvd., Oshawa, Ontario
Call: Canadian Diamond Aircraft Sales 905-477-0107
• Jun. 26-27/07: Aviation Unlimited
Toronto Buttonville Airport, Markham Ontario
Call Aviation Unlimited 905-477-0107
• Jun. 30/07: Goshen Municipal Airport
17229 CR 42, Goshen, IN 46526
Call: A&M Aircraft Sales 630-886-7778
• Jul. 3/07: ASI Jet Center
14801 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie, MN 55347
Call: ASI-AERO Services 952-941-6522
Check the News and Events section of our website for updates.
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Order your stylish D-JET hat today
Now that summer weather has again returned to most of the country, it is time to get out the summer gear, and we have one must-have just for you – a D-JET baseball cap. Available in navy, black or white. Only $19.95 US plus shipping while quantities last.
To order please fill out the order form.
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Expert Answers
I’ve heard the DA40 XL has active traffic – how is that different from the Mode S Transponder in my DA40 Diamond Star?
The Mode S transponder is a great device, but it relies on ground-based radar stations to provide data, so when you are out of an area covered by a Mode S radar station, you cannot receive traffic advisories. The Avidyne TAS600 system greatly improves safety by actively interrogating other aircraft aiding the pilot in visually acquiring traffic without the need for ground-based radar data.
The system offers three levels of advisories ranging from a target indication on the MFD and PFD display, to audible tones and voice advisories. e.g. "traffic, two o'clock, same altitude, less than 1 mile." This gives you an accurate way to help pinpoint other traffic, which is especially nice in congested areas or on hazy days. The dual directional antennas greatly improve the performance and accuracy of the system by reducing the shadowing effect common with single antenna systems.
The Avidyne system is very easy to use and brings fantastic traffic awareness and peace of mind to the cockpit of the DA40 XL.
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Upcoming Events:
 Jun. 22-24/07: Canadian Aviation Expo - Oshawa, ON
Jul. 5-7/07: 2007 Canadian Owners and Pilots Organization (COPA) National Convention -
Moncton Flight College - Moncton, New Brunswick
Jul. 23-29/07: EAA AirVenture - Oshkosh, WI
Sep. 25-27/07: NBAA – Atlanta, GA
Oct. 4-6/07: AOPA Expo - Hartford, CT
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Gems from Diamond Pilots:
Diamonds are close to a girl’s heart
“The sky seemed to be on fire,” said Jennifer Lyons, about the Victoria, British Columbia skyline of her first solo flight in May 1999, in a Diamond DA20. Now Chief Pilot of a successful aerial survey company at Toronto’s City Center Airport, Jennifer says that, seven years later, Diamond airplanes have remained closest to her heart, and that she is especially excited about an opportunity to visit our London, Ontario factory. To thank Jennifer for her story and photos, we will send her a desktop model of a Diamond airplane... to keep close to her heart.
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Photo contest
Michael Cook of Atlanta, Georgia attempts to pull the DA40 owned by his grandpa, Tim Ashton, from the hangar. Michael’s Dad, Johnson Cook, says that at only 15 months old, Michael already loves flying, and he was not ready to go home yet that day!
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Got a great Diamond story to tell?
Tell us a great story about your Diamond experience and we will consider it for our next e-newsletter! Whether a fun cross country trip, or an anecdote while learning to fly, we are interested in reading any great story featuring our airplanes. If we choose your story we will send you a beautifully detailed model of a DA20, DA40 or DA42!
Also, if you have a fabulous photo of your Diamond, send it in. The top 5 photos submitted will win a beautiful calendar!
Please send your stories and photos to sales@diamondair.com
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