Diamond DA42 Twin Star (DA42)
The Diamond DA42 Twin Star — ICAO type designator DA42 — is a twin-engined piston-engined aircraft. It seats about 4 passengers, flies up to 2,250 km and cruises around 176 knots. The Diamond DA42 Twin Star is not in anyone's collection yet; the first sighting is up for grabs.
Heard by the network
10 Skydex receivers (Derbyshire, Andrew, Georgia) have heard the Diamond DA42 Twin Star — 486 different airframes, 5,449 sightings since 24 Aug 2026; last on 11 Nov 2026.
- Lee Hall — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Derbyshire · run by @leehall — 66 airframes, 890 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Andrew · run by @andrew-peacock — 58 airframes, 622 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- BakerC - FiberflyTower — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Georgia · run by @ebc1613 — 48 airframes, 286 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Swadlincote — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Derbyshire · run by @swadlincote — 47 airframes, 418 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Fips — 🇩🇪 Germany · Baden-Württemberg · run by @fips — 47 airframes, 133 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- station-1089 · run by @wobert — 42 airframes, 211 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- station-1088 — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Nottinghamshire · run by @wobert — 42 airframes, 210 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- station-1020 · run by @joseph-furber — 40 airframes, 172 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- 1337hium — 🇨🇭 Switzerland · near Solothurn · run by @michael-ruedi — 33 airframes, 217 sightings, last 2026-11-09
- Skydex #1 - Hamburg — 🇩🇪 Germany · near Hamburg · run by @ess — 32 airframes, 126 sightings, last 2026-11-10
Operators
Distinct airframes per operator, from the callsigns our receivers hear (recorded since 7 Oct 2026) and from caught aircraft. The operator is the latest one heard, not an ownership history. Also heard: 1 military (not named), 509 private (not named), 4 without an operator callsign yet.
- ICAO type code
- DA42
- Manufacturer
- Diamond Aircraft
- Engines
- 2 × piston-engined
- Typical seats
- 4
- Range
- 2,250 km
- Cruise speed
- 176 kt
- Wingspan
- 13.4 m
- Length
- 8.6 m
- MTOW
- 2 t
- Card rarity
- common