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Around here they call them Katana...

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They're Diamonds down here. Might be b/c the only Diamonds that fly are the Eclipses, and Diamond is easier to say. Granted the Eclipse is just a re-vamped Katana.....

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See, that could be confusing as well, since there is a Diamond jet...
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Could just be another of the you say "Skyhawk" I say "Cessna" debates. It's really just up to the pilot. I do say "Seneca" instead of "Piper," though.
 
With us it comes from the fact that we had the Katana 100 model of the DA20 before we got our C1s, but I'm sure when the DA40 with a Garmin 1000 system gets here we will just call it Diamond.
 
DiamondStar just doesn't roll off the tongue quite as well. Wonder what the guys at CAPT use. Damn, I can't think of a witty-yet-condescending-call sign for them. Someone help me out.
 
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DiamondStar just doesn't roll off the tongue quite as well....

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There is a local FBO that runs a couple of Diamond Stars and an Eclipse (just added a second Eclipse on lease-back, I heard). For quite a while they had just one plane based at GRR (Class C), and it was one of the DA-40 Diamond Stars. Seems like the controllers at GRR now call any of the planes "Diamond Star" whether it's the -40 or the -20 Eclipse. Just habit, I guess.

I spent some weekends last fall flying color tours in the Diamond Stars. This year I flew the Eclipse a few times, and I couldn't stop myself from saying "DiamondStar xxxxx" every time I made a radio call. You just get so used to saying it like its one word. Actually rolls off the tongue pretty good once you get used to it....
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