AD NUMBER: 2008-07-02
MANUFACTURER: Moravan
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-07-02
SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive
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Diamond's aggressive new D-Jet program has been aimed primarily at the burgeoning owner-pilot market -- with the hopes that a simple and capable single-engine jet might be more palatable to the upgrading piston and light turbine pilot than the supposedly more complex Eclipse 500 and the Cessna Citation Mustang. With an altitude limit of 25,000 feet, it is Diamond's hope that the aircraft will prove to be safer if the pressurization goes tango-uniform -- and of course, being a single, they expect that in jet-terms, the D-Jet will be a bargain to operate.
“You’re causing a huge inconvenience for
hundreds of people who fly into Denver. I’d like to know what
(Washington) DC’s policy is, because in my opinion,
you’re screwing over hundreds of people by letting in extra
private aircraft.”
Source: Aspen, CO resident Richard Simpson,
whose daughter was among hundreds of airline passengers stuck for
hours March 15 at Aspen-Pitken Regional Airport, due to unusually
high levels of aircraft traffic at the airport. Stranded passengers
listened to a message, playing throughout the terminal, that placed
blame for the groundings on the high volume of general aviation
traffic.
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