The variant pictured is that used by Doss Aviation in Pueblo, CO for Initial Flight Training (IFT) of USAF student pilots. Those officers selected for various aviation related career fields spend roughly a month flying the DA-20 before they proceed to their follow-on aviation training. The DA-20 is often the first aviation exposure student pilots have, and is thus not a high-performance aircraft. After flying the DA-20, student pilots proceed to fly the much higher performance T-6 Texan II.
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