De Havilland Canada Dash 7

what is it?

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.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 28.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 428 km/htop speed
• range 1,278 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 54passengers
• size 20 tmax take-off weight
• built 113made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 51 years ago, in 1975.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 28.4 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 1,278 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

1975-03-27

introduced

1978

status

still flying

number built

113

role

stol regional airliner

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

makers

de Havilland Canada

engines

4× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-50

crew

2

passengers

54

length

24.6 m

wingspan

28.4 m

height

8 m

max take-off weight

20 t

top speed

428 km/h

range

1,278 km

ceiling

6,401 m

wings

shoulder wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

DHC7

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.