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The elegant twin that growls over Christchurch is revealed as Diamond Aircraft DA42, a long-span 3-passenger light plane. It is unusual in that it is powered by two Thielert Centurion 1.7 diesel engines. In the United States, Jet-A or Jet-A1 fuel (or premix) is used. Fuel consumption is about half that of avgas powered light twins of comparable gross weight. There are factories in Austria and Canada. There are some stunning photos on the Airliners.net website as well as some on the Company’s site. Trevor, Clive and I saw three of the a/c being serviced at Hurn when we were there for the last day of public access to the Museum.
Thanks to Martyn Pressnell for some of the info.
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