D-JET

Diamond Aircraft · Austria · first flew 2006 · light aircraft

The D-JET was Diamond's ambitious single-engined very light jet, seating five in a composite airframe powered by one fuselage-mounted turbofan.

Recognition (WEFT)

W — Wings	Low-mounted, tapered
E — Engines	1 × turbofan, fuselage-mounted
F — Fuselage	10.7 m fuselage
T — Tail	T-tail

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Spot it by:

Single-engine very light jet
Dorsal intake ahead of T-tail
All-composite airframe

Recognise it by the single dorsal engine intake set high on the aft fuselage, the T-tail, and the low tapered composite wing on an otherwise business-aircraft fuselage.

Specifications

The D-JET has a length of 10.7 m (35 ft).
It has a wingspan of 11.4 m (37 ft).
Its maximum speed is 585 km/h (364 mph).
Typical crew: 1.

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History

Diamond flew the D-JET prototype in 2006, chasing the personal-jet market pioneered by the Eclipse and Cirrus concepts. Development ran into funding difficulties during the 2008 downturn and the programme was ultimately shelved without full certification.

Variants

Only prototype and pre-production DJ-1 aircraft were built, differing chiefly in engine choice as Diamond evaluated Williams FJ33 variants. No production series entered the market.

Where you'll see it

The D-JET never reached customers, so it saw no operational or UK service; it survives mainly as a footnote in the very-light-jet boom of the mid-2000s.

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