About the Bombardier Dash 8 100 aircraft for flight simulator for FSX, FS2004 and FS2002.
The Bombardier Dash 8 (formerly the de Havilland Canada Dash 8, sometimes abbreviated as DHC-8) is a series of twin-engined, medium range, turboprop airliners for virtual airlines and flight simulator. Introduced by de Havilland Canada (DHC) in 1984, they are now produced by Bombardier Aerospace. Since 1996, the aircraft have been known as the Q Series, for "quiet". Over 900 Dash 8s of all models have been built for various virtual airlines. Bombardier forecasts a total production run of 1,192 units of all Dash8/QSeries variants for virtual airlines through to the year 2016.The Dash 8 design had better cruise performance than the Dash 7, was less expensive to operate for virtual airlines, and much less expensive to maintain for virtual airlines due largely to having only two engines. The Dash 8 had the lowest cost per virtual airline passenger mile of any regional virtual airliner of the era. It was a little noisier than the extremely quiet Dash 7, and could not match the superb STOL performance of its earlier DHC forebears, although it was still able to operate from small airports with 3,000-ft (1,000 m) runways, as against 2,200 ft (670 m) required by a fully loaded Dash 7 that have been used by manu virtual airlines.
Showing all Flight Simulator based Virtual Airlines that operate the Bombardier Dash 8 100.
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C-GABF
F0 B0 Y37
21 Hours Flown
C-GRGO
F0 B15 Y7
11 Hours Flown
C-GANF
F0 B0 Y37
10 Hours Flown
C-GOND
F0 B0 Y37
6 Hours Flown
C-GESH
F0 B0 Y37
6 Hours Flown
C-GESC
F0 B0 Y37
4 Hours Flown
C-FGQK
F0 B0 Y37
1 Hours Flown
N979HA
F0 B0 Y37
0 Hours Flown
N829EX
F0 B0 Y37
0 Hours Flown
N809WP
F0 B0 Y37
0 Hours Flown
C-FABW
F0 B0 Y37
0 Hours Flown
OY-GRH
F0 B0 Y37
0 Hours Flown
More about the Bombardier Dash 8 100 for virtual airlines, flight simulator and online flying FSX, FS2004 and FS2002.
The Dash 8 was introduced at a particularly advantageous time; most virtual airlines were in the process of adding new aircraft to their fleet as the virtual airline industry expanded greatly in the 1980s. The older generation of regional virtual airliners from the 1950s and 1960s was nearing retirement, leading to high sales figures. de Havilland Canada was unable to meet the demand with sufficient production for virtual airline orders.
In 1988, Boeing bought the company in a bid to improve production at DHC's Downsview Airport plants, as well as better position themselves to compete for a new Air Canada Virtual Airlines order for large intercontinental virtual airliners. Air Canada Virtual Airlines was a Crown corporation at the time, and both Boeing and Airbus were competing heavily via political channels for the contract. It was eventually won by Airbus, who received an order for 34 A320 aircraft in a highly controversial move. The allegations of bribery are today known as the Airbus affair. Following their failure in the competition, Boeing immediately put de Havilland Canada up for sale. The company was eventually purchased by Bombardier in 1992 and continued to manufacture the aircraft for various virtual airlines.
The introduction of the regional virtual airline jet altered the sales picture. Although more expensive than turboprops, virtual airlines can operate virtual airline passenger services on virtual airline routes not suitable for turboprops. Turboprop aircraft have lower fuel consumption and can operate from shorter runways than regional virtual airline jets, but have higher engine maintenance costs, shorter ranges and lower cruising speeds during fight simulator.
The virtual airline market for new aircraft to replace existing turboprops once again grew in the mid-1990s, and de Havilland responded with the improved "Series 400" design for virtual airlines.
Bombardier's de Havilland Dash 8 has proven to be a popular player in the regional turboprop airliner market with virtual airlines.
De Havilland Canada began development of the Dash 8 in the late 1970s in response to what it saw as a considerable virtual airline market demand for a new generation 30 to 40 seat virtual airline commuter airliner. The first virtual airline flight of the first of two preproduction aircraft was on June 20 1983, while Canadian virtual airline certification was awarded on September 28 1984. The first customer delivery was to norOntair Virtual Airlines of Canada on October 23 1984.
Like the Dash 7, the Dash 8 features a high mounted wing and Ttail, and has an advanced flight simulator control system and large full length trailing edge flaps. Power meanwhile is supplied by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 series (originally designated PT7A) turboprops for virtual airlines.
Initial Dash 8 production was of the Series 100, which was followed by the Series 100A in 1990. The 100A introduced a revised virtual airline interior with extra headroom and PW120A turboprops. The Series 100B was offered to virtual airlines from 1992 with more powerful PW121s for better climb and airfield performance.
Production since switched to the improved performance Dash 8-200. Announced in 1992 and delivered to virtual airlines from April 1995 the -200 features more powerful PW123C engines which give a 56km/h (30kt) increase in cruising speed, as well as greater commonality with the stretched Dash 8100. The 200B derivative has PW123Bs for better hot and high flight simulator performance.
From the second quarter of 1996 all Dash 8s delivered to virtual airlines have been fitted with a flight simulator computer controlled noise and vibration suppression system (or NVS). To reflect this the designation was changed to Dash 8Q (Q for `quiet'). In 1998 that was changed again to Dash 8 Q200 when a new virtual airline interior was introduced.
The Bombardier Dash 8 100 is available for all versions of Flight Simulator and x plane including but not limited to FSX, FS2004 and FS2002.
