Premier Aircraft Sales, the Diamond Aircraft dealer for much of the eastern US and the Caribbean said in a news release that it recently delivered the first Diamond DA40 NG with a brand new jet-fuel-powered Austro engine (at 168 hp) to UFLYVI, based in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The news release said, “UFLYVI is a growing flight school based in USVI with a diverse fleet.”
First New DA40 NG Delivered in the Caribbean Region
Key Takeaways:
- Premier Aircraft Sales delivered the first jet-fuel-powered Diamond DA40 NG with an Austro engine to UFLYVI, a flight school in the US Virgin Islands.
- This new aircraft is expected to reduce operational costs by using cheaper jet-A fuel and offers modern Garmin G1000 NXi avionics.
- The delivery comes amidst an ongoing investigation into a sudden, in-flight failure of an Austro diesel powerplant in a similar DA40 NG during a training flight in New York in October 2020.
- The cause of the engine failure in the New York incident, which required an emergency landing, has not yet been determined.
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