NEWS ARCHIVES

2007
November 12/07: Diamond sales up as GAMA reports overall decline in piston aircraft sales
October 5/07: University of North Dakota Aerospace Foundation orders Diamond D-JET
October 4/07: Diamond Aircraft Announces Garmin Software Upgrade and WAAS Retrofit Program
October 4/07: Diamond Aircraft introduces DA40 XLS and DA40 CS at AOPA
September 14/07: D-JET S/N 002 First Flight
July 23/07: Diamond Aircraft introduces DA50 Super Star
July 20/07: D-JET S/N002 Roll-out
July 19/07: Diamond Aircraft and Diamond Flight Training Devices...now available for training coast to coast, from Florida to Hawaii
April 19/07: Diamond Aircraft and Jeppesen partner to provide online pilot training courses
April 16/07: Diamond Aircraft injects new life into flight training: launches Diamond Flight Center Program
February 22/07: DA42 receives Aero-News Network Plane of Year Award
February 9/07: USAF-IFS program launched
January 17/07: DA42 receives Flying Magazine’s Editors' Choice Award
 
2006
November 17/06: DA42 for Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor Certifications
November 9/06: ATP places D-JET fleet order and is selected by Diamond to conduct D-JET training
November 8/06: Sabena Airline Training Center selects Diamond
November 7/06: D-JET wins Popular Science Best of What’s New Award
October 5/06: Diamond aircraft arrive in Pueblo for USAF-IFS Program
August 14/06: Aviation Consumer names DA42 Twin Star "Airplane of the Year"
July 20/06: Diamond unveils sensational D-JET at DiamondFest 2006 & announces firm pricing
July 20/06: Utah State University goes all Diamond!
July 6/06: Diamond D-JET Arrives at AirVenture 2006
July 4/06: Diamond D-JET flight test envelope expansion
June 23/06: First Diamond Brilliance Flight Center Opens
April 24/06: Diamond D-JET continues flight testing
April 18/06: D-JET completes successful first flight
March 1/06: US Air Force Pilots to train on Diamond DA20-C1s
 
2005
October 4/05: 1000 North American built Diamonds
July 21/05: Twin Twin Stars Inbound!
January 21/05: 10 years after: 10 year anniversary of delivery of first Canadian-built Diamond
 
2004
December 14/04: ATP receives first of 16 glass cockpit Diamond DA40s
December 2/04: Beijing PanAm starts commercial flight training with all glass DA40 Diamond Stars
August 20/04: DA42 Twin crosses Atlantic non-stop: first trans-Atlantic crossing of a diesel-powered aircraft
July 24/04: Diamond delivers Garmin G1000 equipped Diamond Stars
July 23/04: DA42 Twin inbound
May 13/04: DA42 receives EASA certification
 
2003
September 30/03: Garmin G1000 avionics system introduced in DA40 Diamond Star
August 20/03: Moncton Flight College accepts first Diamond DA20s
August 20/03: Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen leads flight of new aircraft to Middle Tennessee State University
July 3/03: Diamond Austria expands facility to meet increased production demands: Employees evacuated when unexploded bomb found
June 17/03: Diamond DA42 wins 2003 Aerospace Industry Award
June 5/03: Moncton Flight College selects Diamond DA20-C1
May 13/03: Diamond Aircraft and Middle Tennessee State University announce new aircraft for aviation program
 
2002
December 12/02: Diamond DA42 first flight
November 11/02: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University accepts aircraft for United States Air Force Academy training
August 8/02: United States Air Force selects ERAU and Diamond Aircraft for the United States Air Force Academy Introductory Flight Training Program
April 8/02: North American built DA40 Diamond Star FAA certified for U.S. deliveries