DA42

Under the deal, the flight training program will add 50 DA40s and six DA42s.

This aircraft has 950 hours on the airframe and on both Continental CD135 engines and MT composite propellers since new.

Flight school says it expects to buy as many as 40 of the trainers in the coming years.

The initiatives will transition the fleet by 2025, with the ASTM SAF blend seeking market acceptance by 2030.

The flight training unit of United Airlines will take delivery of the fleet by the end of the second quarter.

The twin-engine 4-seater becomes the multiengine piston trainer for the Emirates’ National Cadet Pilot Programme.

The state-of-the-art equipment will help accommodate 300 students per year, according to European Flight Academy.

The flight school said the acquisition will help it meet the demand for pilots.

The Diamond Aircraft dealer adds 21 new countries to its territory for single- and multiengine airplanes.

In an action meant to address an “unsafe condition” on Diamond twins using these engines, the FAA published an airworthiness directive on July 27, that applies to certain Austro Engine GmbH model E4s and all E4P engines. The directive follows up on reports of “considerable wear of the timing chain on the affected engines,” according […]