{"id":15369,"date":"2011-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skiesmag.com\/features\/new-diamond-da42-fleet-for-delta-state-university-html\/"},"modified":"2016-09-14T10:38:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T14:38:17","slug":"new-diamond-da42-fleet-for-delta-state-university-html","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/press-releases\/new-diamond-da42-fleet-for-delta-state-university-html\/","title":{"rendered":"New Diamond DA42 fleet for Delta State University"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mhm-old-import\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,Verdana,Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New Diamond DA42 fleet for Delta State University\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.skiesmag.com\/images\/news\/article_files\/840963485989039.jpg\" align=\"right\" width=\"432\">Diamond  Aircraft is pleased to announce that Delta State University has ordered  a new fleet of DA42-L360 airplanes for its Commercial Aviation program.<\/p>\n<p> The three twin-engine aircraft will be delivered this summer, in advance of the 2011-2012 academic year.<\/p>\n<p>  The Diamond DA42-L360, was chosen for our multi-engine fleet, because  of its safety, performance and advanced technology,\u009d commented Chip  Cooper, Delta State University&#8217;s Director of Flight Operations. The  all-carbon modern airframe and Garmin G1000 avionics suite, combined  with the reliability of the counter-rotating Lycoming IO-360 engines, is  the perfect package for our multi-engine training program.\u009d<\/p>\n<p>  We welcome Delta State to the Diamond family. &nbsp;With the incorporation  of the DA42-L360 and it&#8217;s advanced systems into DSU&#8217;s flight program,  students will be well prepared for their future careers as professional  pilots\u009d, said David Moser, Diamond&#8217;s Director of Fleet Sales.<\/p>\n<p>  The Diamond DA42-L360 is an all carbon fiber, twin-engine aircraft, with  counter-rotating Lycoming IO-360 (180hp) power plants, and the Garmin  G1000 glass cockpit. &nbsp;The DA42 is the general aviation industry&#8217;s  safest, most modern light twin-engine aircraft &#8211; an ideal airplane for  both multi-engine training and personal travel.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diamond Aircraft is pleased to announce that Delta State University has ordered a new fleet of DA42-L360 airplanes for its Commercial Aviation program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15369","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases\/15369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}