Diamond DV20 Katana

The Diamond DV20 Katana is a two-seat touring and primary training aircraft, the first production general aviation design of the Austrian firm that became Diamond Aircraft Industries. It was built by HOAC at Wiener Neustadt as an all-composite low-wing monoplane with a T-tail, side-by-side seating and a fixed tricycle undercarriage, powered by one 60 kW (80 hp) Rotax 912A four-cylinder engine. Its design owes much to the earlier HK36 Super Dimona motor glider, but it has a shorter wingspan, flaps and a nosewheel. A proof-of-concept prototype first flew on 16 March 1991, and the type was certified in 1993. The Canadian-built derivative for the North American market was designated the DA20, which is listed separately in this atlas, and the DV20 line also led on to the four-seat DA40.