Aircraft
Belgium Considers Dart-550 Basic Trainer
The Belgian Air Force is looking for a new basic trainer to replace its SIAI-Marchetti SF-260s.
A Diamond test pilot and Colonel Goossens of the Belgian Air Force pose with the Dart-550 demonstrator after a flight from Wiener Neustadt. (Photo: Diamond Aircraft)
A Diamond test pilot and Colonel Goossens of the Belgian Air Force pose with the Dart-550 demonstrator after a flight from Wiener Neustadt. (Photo: Diamond Aircraft)

In late October Belgium sent a delegation of three personnel to the Wiener Neustadt headquarters of Austria’s Diamond Aircraft. There they received a thorough introduction to the Dart-550 tandem two-seater, which is one of a number of aircraft being considered for a new air force basic trainer requirement.


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