To: DA42 customers, Diamond Authorized Service Centers, Diamond Distributors

Re: Thielert Situation Update


Over the past 10 days, Diamond senior management has been working diligently in an
attempt to achieve a workable solution for DA42 and DA40 tdi owners on parts support and
warranty. We had a face-to-face meeting with the insolvency administrator on Friday, May
9th, and several subsequent telephone conversations, the latest on Friday, May 16th.

Unfortunately, the results have not been positive, and we need to share with you what
clearly is a very disappointing update.

Overall, we have the impression that the insolvency administrator is not able to nor
interested in providing a path forward which makes current TAE engine operators and
owners a priority. Instead, we are left with no choice but to conclude that their agenda is at
odds with ours and yours, and that we will likely not get a workable solution from working
with TAE and the administrator until after the end of preliminary insolvency, presumably in
July.

Read the full Statement here (PDF Document)

Tags: DA-42

See the D-JET mock-up in Naples, FL

Monday, March 24 from 10am – 4pm



Premier Aircraft Sales, Inc., will have the Diamond D-JET mock-up along with
the new 2008 Diamond DA40 XLS, DA42-TDI Twin Star and Mooney
Acclaim on display. Come see your next new airplane!

More Details in this PDF Document (140 KB)

Tags: D-Jet, Open House, DA-40, DA-42, TwinStar

Over two hundred people attended the D-Jet Mock-up presentation at Europe-American Aviation on October 29, 2006. Owner and President Carsten Sturm and Premier Aircraft Senior Vice President Art Spengler state this as an enormous success. Directly after the event, Europe-American, a flight school with 10 Diamond aircraft and Premier Aircraft Sales a distributor of Diamond aircraft announced a positive impact on their business.

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The first and so far only DA42 FTD (Flight Training Device) located in the USA has now been certified by the FAA. This Level 5 FTD is located at Europe-American Aviation, a Diamond Brilliance Flight Center in Naples, Florida.

The simulator with a real copy of a DA42 cockpit is manufactured by Diamond Simulation and completes Europe-American's entire fleet of Diamond Aircraft. The certification was an important step to offer a more flexible and effective training to the students. Implementing a Flight Training Device into the flight instruction gives a lot of advantages to the customers. In this kind of environment a student trains much better then in just a generic one-size-fits-all cockpit. He can master the basics and more importantly train for unusual and dangerous emergency situations. This leads to higher motivation and subsequently to better training results. In addition, as weather is no longer a factor and down time for maintenance is negligible, the training is much more flexible.

Europe-American Aviation notices a remarkable trend for more Multi Engine Training since they became the worldwide first Diamond Brilliance Flight Center in June 2006. “Compared to the last year, I have given more than double the instruction time for Multi Engine training versus that of Single Engine Training” states Bruce Batelaan, Chief Flight Instructor at Europe-American Aviation who also holds a title as Master CFI. Due to the increased demand of Multi Engine Training, Europe-American Aviation just recently enlarged their fleet by adding a third Diamond DA42 Twin Star, in addition to their fleet of 10 Diamond Single engine aircraft!

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Modern, fast & safe: Diamonds newest Four Seater, equipped with the finest Avionics, like Garmin GFC 700 Automatic Flight Control System, Garmin Taws-B Terrain Awareness System, Avidyne TAS 600 Active Traffic System and Garmin GDL69A Satellite Data, lets you go fast and far with it's 150kts Cruise Speed and 50 Gallon extended Range Tanks.
More Features are the MT 3-blade composite constant speed prop, AmSafe Inflatable Restraints, Electrically operated rudder pedals as well as a Premium Interior in champagne Leder.

Tags: DA-40

We are excited to announce the new arrival of our third Diamond DA42 Twin Star, nowhere else will you find this many TwinStars including the Diamond Elite Simulator!

Tags: TwinStar