3D Design Deck 3DD0087

3D Design Deck 3DD0087 is a 1/200 scale plastic diecast model of the de Havilland Canada DHC- 8-106  (-06: more powerful PW121 engines and increase in MTOW) registration LN-ILS in Widerøes livery.

Skippers Aviation

Skippers Aviation is an Australian regional airline, established in 1990 and began its scheduled services in March 1999. The airline specialises in charter flights for companies with fly-in, fly-out workers, as well as offering some scheduled regular flights, primarily serving the northern Goldfields region.

de Havilland Canada Dash-8

The de Havilland Canada Dash 8 (DHC-8) is a Canadian twin-engine regional airliner developed from the Dash 7. It features improved cruise performance and lower operational costs, although it lacks short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. The maiden flight took place on June 20, 1983, and it entered service in 1984 with NorOntair and Piedmont Airlines. Manufactured in four variants: the initial -100, which seats 37-40 passengers; the more powerful -200; the stretched -300, which accommodates 50-56 seats; and the -400, which holds 68-90 seats. The Q Series, introduced in 1997, includes an active noise control system. The Q-400 is the only model currently in production.

In 1988, Boeing purchased de Havilland Canada, but sold it to Bombardier in 1992. In 2019, Longview Aviation Capital acquired the manufacturing rights to the Q-400 and revitalised the de Havilland Canada brand.

The cockpit crew consists of two pilots, while the passenger cabin typically accommodates between 37 and 82 passengers, depending on the variant. The Dash 8 uses two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 axial flow turboprop engines, mounted one on each wing. These engines drive either four-bladed Hamilton Sundstrand propellers or six-blade Dowty propellers.