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Diamond Unveils DA50 Turbine at Aero Friedrichshafen
Diamond Aircraft unveiled the DA50 Turbine, a turboprop version of its not-yet-certified seven-seat, single-engine airplane, yesterday at the Aero Friedrichshafen show in Germany. It would be powered by a Russian-built 450-shp Motor Sich-Ivchenko AI-450S turboprop engine. (Photo: Thierry Dubois)
Diamond Aircraft unveiled the DA50 Turbine, a turboprop version of its not-yet-certified seven-seat, single-engine airplane, yesterday at the Aero Friedrichshafen show in Germany. It would be powered by a Russian-built 450-shp Motor Sich-Ivchenko AI-450S turboprop engine. (Photo: Thierry Dubois)

Diamond Aircraft is exhibiting a mockup of a DA50 single with a 450-shp Motor Sich-Ivchenko AI450S turboprop engine this week at Aero Friedrichshafen 2013 in Germany. This engine would improve the performance of the seven-seat airplane, which was announced in 2006 with a 275-hp diesel engine as the DA50 SuperStar. Since then the SuperStar’s development stalled and it has yet to be certified, even though this milestone was originally planned for mid-2010.

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