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| February. 22/07 DA42 receives Aero-News Network Plane of Year Award DA42 continues to collect awards. Aero-News Network congratulated Diamond Aircraft “for a magnificent effort and for producing an aggressively innovative, yet solid, product”, naming the Diamond DA42 as 2006 Airplane of the Year in the General Aviation Piston Twin category. The DA42 has also been named 2006 Airplane of the Year by Aviation Consumer magazine, and received the 2006 Editor’s Choice Award from Flying magazine. Previously the Twin Star received Robb Report’s Best of the Best award, and Popular Science magazine’s Top 100 Technology Innovation award. The February 21 issue of Aero-News states "No airframe represents as much real progress in every aspect of aviation technology (airframe, powerplant and avionics) as does the Diamond DA42. It remains the single most innovative aircraft currently offered to GA... bar none (at least until the D-JET gets into production)". January. 17/07 DA42 receives Flying Magazine’s Editors' Choice Award Flying magazine has selected the Diamond DA42 for its 2006 Editors’ Choice Award. It had also been named Airplane of the Year 2006 by Aviation Consumer magazine, and has previously received the Robb Report’s Best of the Best award, and Popular Science magazine’s Top 100 Technology Innovation award. The February issue of Flying magazine states “The first all-new piston twin design in more than 20 years features outstanding speed and efficiency on very modest power thanks to its glider-inspired wing that chops drag, and its super fuel-efficient diesel engines... Like other Diamond airplanes, the Twin Star is made from composites allowing for an exotic shape with a roomy fourseat cabin that quickly narrows to an incredibly small tail cone. The Twin Star can stay aloft for more than five hours with full tanks and power set at maximum cruise, and still carry over 660 pounds of payload. For being first in the modern era to use diesel power in a production airplane, and for reviving the light twin concept, Flying makes the Diamond Twin Star an Editors’ Choice for 2006”. |
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