On 2006-06-20, Roger wrote:
However, for those who want safety and "economy" the Diamond DA40,
featured in this months "Plane&Pilot" has good performance, good fuel
burn, modern cockpit, competes directly with the Piper Archer and
Cessna 172 with better performance, has good handeling
characteristics, descends slower in a full stall than the SR-22 under
a chute (quoting from the article), and has a full glass modern panel.

I got to fly a DA-40 in 2002. It really is nice - great visibility out
of the cockpit too owing to a generous window area and your position
relative to the wing.

As for performance, it outperformed our club's 200hp Arrow in climb rate
and cruise speed for the loading we had. The other nice thing about it
was essentially "three doors" - the hinged canopy so the front seaters
can board from their own side without having to climb over the seats and
a back door so the back seat passengers don't have to squeeze by the
front seats.

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