Diamond DA20 Aircraft http://lifestyleaviation.com/diamond-...
Imagine taking your favorite sports car and adding wings. That's the feeling you get when you strap into the two seat DA20-C1 and take to the sky. Sporty, sleek and exciting, yet surprisingly affordable, the DA20 offers outstanding performance, with impressive durability and economy, for personal flying and commercial training.
DA20 AT A GLANCE:
Tough, reliable, low fuel burn
Lowest cost certified trainer
Spin certified
US Air Force flight screening
Continental Motors 125hp IO240
Excellent performance
Garmin G500 Glass Cockpit
Great looks, sporty cockpit
The DA20’s graceful lines and sporty looks belie its utility and durability. An incredibly fun aircraft to fly, the DA20-C1 earns its stripes in worldwide high utilization flight training day in and day out. It has been the standard and sole US Airforce pilot candidate initial flight screening aircraft for the past decade – enough said?
Flight schools worldwide appreciate the DA20’s robustness, performance, ramp appeal and economy of operation. It’s used to train from first flight through night VFR and IFR (in VMC), including instructor ratings, thanks to the spin certification.
Its generous useful load, even well equipped, ample fuel capacity and comfortable cockpit make it a favorite of instructors, students and flight school operators alike. In continuous production for over 20 years, the DA20 has more than proven itself, with the accumulated experience of millions of flight hours, flown in all operating extremes, shaping the current model. Unless you absolutely need 4 seats, the DA20-C1 is the best trainer value on the market, bar none.
For private pilots, the pure exhilaration of flight in a DA20, coupled with convenient ground handling, low maintenance and operating costs, means that it’s easy to enjoy flying anytime, alone or with a friend.
For leaseback owners, the DA20 is a perfect aircraft as its low cost of operation and popularity ensure the highest possible utilization, the key ingredient to successful leaseback operations. The demand for used DA20’s and their high resale value make it easy when it’s time to move on.
HISTORY: The Diamond DA20-C1 is a new version of the DA20 utility and trainer aircraft and is developed based on the HK36 Super Dimona aircraft. The new version features a damage-tolerant airframe design made of composite construction. It is capable of operating in challenging high density altitude conditions, and requires lesser acquisition and operating costs.
The spacious cockpit provides luxurious bucket seating for two pilots. The seats feature 26 G rated safety cell design, four-point safety harnesses and adjustable rudder pedals to offer comfortable operating conditions for pilots. The canopy provides wrap around view for navigation. The easy to maintain aircraft is equipped with low-mounted wings, centre sticks, tricycle spring landing gears, a castering nosewheel and a T-tail. The elastomeric-shock nose and main landing gears can be optionally fitted with aerodynamic wheel fairings.
The DA20-C1 utility and trainer aircraft is provided with two glass cockpit options – Aspen EFD 1000 and Garmin G500. The aircraft can also be fitted with conventional flight instrumentation. A GNS 430 GPS/COM/NAV with glide slope is fitted to provide communication and navigation. A STEC 30 autopilot with altitude hold is also fitted to the aircraft. It comprises of a directional gyro with heading bug, GPSS and a NSD 360A Slaved horizontal situation indicator.
“The aircraft can also be fitted with conventional flight instrumentation.”
Other avionics equipment fitted to the aircraft include GTX 330 Mode S transponder with traffic information system, Avidyne TAS 600 traffic advisory system, GMA 340 audio panel, engine gauges and switches.
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