Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Home > De Havilland Canada Dash 8

This twin-turbo DHC-8, on the tarmac at Bristol Airport, Bristol, England is used as a commercial airliner by Flybe.

The de Havilland Canada DHC-8, popularly the Dash 8, is a series of twin- turboprop airliners designed by de Havilland Canada in the early 1980s. They are now made by Bombardier Aerospace which purchased DHC from Boeing in 1992. Since 1996 the aircraft have been known as the Q Series turboprops.

The Dash 8 was the first of several new, efficient turboprop airliners developed during the 1980s. De Havilland Canada initiated development in of it 1980 as a replacement for the earlier four-engined Dash 7 turboprop airliner. First flight was in 1983, and the plane entered service in 1984.

DHC-8 landing at Bristol Airport All Dash 8s delivered from the second quarter of 1996 (including all Series 400s) include an active Noise and Vibration Suppression (NVS) system designed to reduce cabin noise and vibration levels to near those of jet airliners. To emphasize their quietness, Bombardier has renamed the Dash 8 models as the Q Series turboprops (Q100, Q200, Q300, and Q400).

Bombardier has singled out the Q400 for more agressive marketing, launching a website [1] centred around the aircraft.

1 Variants

There are several variants of the Dash 8.

Series 100: Original 37-40 passenger version that entered service in 1984
Series 200: Series 100 with more powerful engines for improved performance
Series 300: Stretched 50-56 passenger version that entered service in 1989This is a list of aviation-related events from 1989: Events January January 4 US Navy F-14 Tomcats shoot down two Libyan Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23s January 8 a British Midland Boeing 737-400 crashes on the M1 motorway near Kegworth, killing 32 peo
Series 400: Stretched and improved 70-78 passenger version that entered service in 2000This is a list of aviation-related events from 2000: Events July 25, a Concorde of Air France ( Air France Flight 4590) catches fire after takeoff, crashing and killing all 100 passengers, nine crew and four people on the ground, at Gonesse, France. First

2 External links

Bombardier Q Series

Related content
Related Development
Similar Aircraft
Designation Series	DHC-5 - DHC-6The DHC-6 Twin Otter is the most successful aircraft program in Canada's history. Development of the aircraft began in 1964. The first aircraft produced were the Series 100s. Later the 200s improved the STOL performance as well as adding a longer nose and - DHC-7 - DHC-8
Related Lists	list of airliners

Canadian airliners 1980-1989

Read more »

<Hide>

Topics: De Havilland Canada Dash 8, Demographics Of Angola...

Demographics of AngolaAngola has three main ethnic groups, each speaking a Bantu language: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, and Bakongo 13%. Other groups include Chokwe (or Lunda), Ganguela, Nhaneca-Humbe, Ambo, Herero, and Xindunga. In addition, mixed racial (European and Africa)	Demographics of American SamoaPopulation 57,902 (July 2004 est. Age structure ''0-14 years 36. 6% (male 10,983; female 10,208) 15-64 years 60. 3% (male 18,010; female 16,933) 65 years and over 3. 1% (male 699; female 1,069) (2004 est. Population growth rate 0. 04% (2004 est. Birth rat	Demographics of AntarcticaAntarctica has no indigenous inhabitants, but there are seasonally staffed research stations. Approximately 29 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, send personnel to perform seasonal (summer) and year-round research on the continent and in its
Delian LeagueThe Delian League was an association of Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. As it was led by Athens, it is sometimes pejoratively referred to as the Athenian Empire . In 478 BC, following the defeat of Xerxes' invasion of Greece, Pausanias the Sparta	Demographics of Bosnia and HerzegovinaPopulation 3,989,018 (July 2003 est. Age structure ''0-14 years 19. 4% (male 397,810; female 377,005) 15-64 years 70. 5% (male 1,439,383; female 1,372,891) 65 years and over 10. 1% (male 171,643; female 230,286) (2003 est. Median age ''total 35. 5 years m	Demographics of BotswanaBotswana, like many nations in southern Africa, suffers from a high AIDS infection rate, which was 38. 8% for adults in 2002. In 2003, the government began a comprehensive program involving free or cheap generic anti-retroviral drugs as well as an informa
Demographics of Brazil	Demographics of the British Virgin Islands	Demographics of Brunei
Demographics of Burkina Faso	Demographics of Burundi	Demographics of Canada
Demographics of Chad	Demographics of Cambodia	Demographics of Cameroon

Non User