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de Havilland Canada De Havilland Canada Dash 7
de Havilland Canada · Regional Turboprop / Commercial Aviation · Canada · Cold War (1970–1991)
The de Havilland Canada DHC-7, popularly known as the Dash 7, is a turboprop-powered regional airliner with short take-off and landing (STOL) performance. Variants were built with 50–54 seats. It first flew in 1975 and remained in production until 1988 when the parent company, de Havilland Canada, was purchased by Boeing in 1986 and later sold to Bombardier. In 2006 Bombardier sold the type certificate for the aircraft design to Viking Air, which was later reorganized as De Havilland Canada.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Commercial
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Cold War (1970–1991)
- Country
- Canada
- Manufacturer
- de Havilland Canada
- Operator
- Airlines worldwide
- Primary Role
- Regional Turboprop / Commercial Aviation
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1977
- Produced
- 113
- Propulsion
- Turboprop
- Engine
- 4x Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-50 turboprops
- Thrust / Power
- 1,120 shp each
- Launch
- Ground
- Length (ft)
- 80.8
- Wingspan (ft)
- 93
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 27800
- MTOW (lb)
- 44000
- Payload (lb)
- 12000
- Endurance (hr)
- 3.5
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 21000
- Range (mi)
- 796
- Max Speed (mph)
- 287
- Max Speed (Mach)
- 0.44