COMMON
DA40
Diamond DA40 Diamond Star
The Diamond
“Austrian engineering, carbon fiber wings.”
Diamond Aircraft · private
Length
26 ft 5 in
Wingspan
39 ft 4 in
Max speed
147 kts
Range
720 nmi
Ceiling
16,400 ft
Engines
1x Lycoming IO-360 (180 hp)
Crew
1
Max passengers
3
Typical config
1 pilot + 3 passengers
Built
2,200+
The Diamond DA40 is the modern flight trainer — composite airframe, diesel engine option, and gorgeous looks. Flight schools love its fuel efficiency. Students love that it doesn't look like it was built in 1960.
Fun fact
Diamond Aircraft uses Jet-A burning diesel engines in many models — cheaper fuel and better range than avgas.
How to spot one
T-tail, low wing, composite construction. Austrian-designed. Popular in flight training. Bubble canopy.
Crews call it
The Diamond
Sounds like
Lycoming flat-four — familiar training sound but the composite airframe changes the resonance
One might be overhead right now.
Bogey turns the The Diamond from a dot in the sky into a card in your logbook. Coming to iOS and Android.
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