D-JET in ATP colors displayed at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010

OSHKOSH, WI – July 26, 2010 – 535,000 people attended this years AirVenture and more than 10,000 aircraft arrived at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh and other airports in east-central Wisconsin.

The Experimental Aircraft Association’s Fly-In Convention, now known as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, has been in existence nearly as long as the association itself. The first gathering was in September 1953 as a small part of the Milwaukee (Wis.) Air Pageant.

Today, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is an international gathering place for aviation enthusiasts. An AirVenture participant can study the latest aircraft and innovations; discover new ideas and techniques from the nearly 1,000 forums and workshops; see aviation’s top personalities; or just talk airplanes with people from around the world

This year, Diamond Aircraft once again displayed a pre-production D-JET in ATP colors.

ATP has 20 Diamond D-JETs on order and will provide factory-authorized initial type rating and recurrent training to D-JET buyers at multiple locations across the US and Canada. As ATP’s fleet of D-JETs comes on-line, Airline Career Pilot Program students will train for their D-JET type ratings and fly nationwide cross-country flights in the new jets. Not only will the jet operating experience make ATP graduates most qualified for airline and corporate pilot jobs, but it will also open up many other opportunities through ATP’s managed pilot monitoring (“mentoring”) network for D-JET owners.

In 1984 ATP pioneered cost-efficient, accelerated, multi-engine flight training with an emphasis on pilot career development. Today, ATP’s Airline Training Programs prepare graduates for airline pilot and corporate pilot careers with nationwide flight experience in the largest, multi-engine training fleet. Advanced jet training transitions these pilots from light twins to modern regional jets in CRJ-200 flight training devices. With thousands of graduates who have completed airline training on time and on budget, airlines come to ATP first to meet their demand for pilots. ATP flies over 6,000 hours to provide more than 300 FAA pilot certifications each month at 22 locations nationwide.