Diamond getting [Austro] 280-hp jet-fuel engine
New aircraft in the works

(AOPA, 3/04, A. K. Marsh) Two of Austria’s key engine development companies, Austro Engine and Steyr Motors, signed a cooperation agreement to develop a 280-hp, six-cylinder aircraft engine. It will be used on two new Diamond Aircraft airplanes. Austro Engine is developing the engine for the DA50 Magnum (single- engine, five-seat aircraft) and the FSA (Future Small Aircraft) twin-engine private and utility aircraft. Development, certification and production of these programs will take place at Diamond’s Wiener Neustadt facility in Austria...