Diamond DA-20
The Diamond DA-20 is an all composite piston single engined aircraft made by Diamond Aicraft. It is equipped with a Continental TCM IO-240-B3B engine that packs 125hp enabling the DA-20 to cruise at 138kts whilst only burning 5.5gph. The DA-20 can climb 1,000ft per minute and has a service ceiling of 13,120ft. It has a useful load of 600lbs a range (30mins reserve) of 547nm and can fly in 20kts crosswinds. The Diamond DA-20 can take off in 1,280ft and land in only 661ft. Amazingly the DA-20 is spin certified! It has a base price of £119,000 ($185,000) and for £3,000 ($5,000) more you can have the Aspen mini glass cockpit, for £3,000 ($5,000) more than that you can have the Garmin G-500 glass cockpit system. Other optional equipement includes External power unit, Engine pre-heater system, Premium Leather Interior with integrated folding headrests, Wheel fairings on nose and main landing gear, Premium Care Maintenance program, MT 2 blade fixed pitch propeller (exchange from Sensenich), AVPAC 20/1, GTX 330 Mode S transponder (with Traffic Information System) (exchange from GTX 327), Garmin Synthetic Vision Technology and Avidyne TAS 600 Traffic Advisory system.