Something a Bit Different

Display aircraft should all be historic warbirds like the Spitfire or Sally B, right? Maybe some smoke laden mad contraption like Rich Goodwin's Jet Pitts?

Not always as you'll see; we're delighted to welcome Jason Buglass for the first time and in his first year as a display pilot. It's far, however, from his first year as a pilot. He's one of those pilots who's flown just about everything, everywhere. All over Africa, bush flying. A Transatlantic crossing, aboard this very aircraft, when he bought it.

And that brings us on to an aircraft which, when designed, was intended for purposes other than being flung about; the Diamond DA42.

Powered by Diesel engines, the Twin Star as it's known has proven to be one of Austrias most successful aircraft. An ideal platform for going from A to B at serious speed whilst using little fuel, it's also very popular for training badly needed airline pilots. You likely have been flown more often then not by a pilot who trained on the DA42.

It's distinctive shape, with long wings and shark like tail means that it's also rather nice to watch in the hands of someone who knows how to fly it well, like Jason. He's amassed several thousand hours in the cockpit but being a pilot is not his full time job.

If you look closely at the aircraft you'll see that he's given a bit of a clue with the registration. In what can be described as taking a private registration to a whole new level, you may have already guessed that he's a dentist.