Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Makes Its First Flight

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Estimate from the variant's published specs, 0-5; scores are only comparable within one criteria year. Variant: Dash 8 Q400 (PW150A 5,071 shp, MTOW 27,987-30,481 kg), Bombardier Q Series brochure. Range: 1,100 NM at 225 lb/pax -> 0. Capacity: maker typical 70-78 seats (Flight, 1998), 78 used -> 0.5. Efficiency: no fuel burn in the maker sheet -> null. Speed: 360 kt max cruise at FL250 is about M0.60 (no Mach published) -> 0. Runway: take-off field 4,265-4,675 ft at MTOW, SL, ISA (4,675 used) -> 5. Comfort: four Simple Flying pieces (smooth ride, decent legroom, leather seats, hard to land smoothly, ATR now quieter) -> 3.5. Seat score = linear between the 2026 anchors, rounded to the nearest half step (halves up).

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[1]90%
canadianaviationmuseum.ca/?p=4331
canadianaviationmuseum.ca· Posted Oct 23, 2026· Starts Jan 31, 1998 ✓· 33% of score
Canadian Aviation Museum: "The First flight of the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 occurred on 31-January-1998"; Airport-Technology^[4]: "had its first flight in 1998".
[2]70%
De Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8, BAE Systems Heritage (archived)
web.archive.org· Added Oct 23, 2026· 33% of score
Q400 dimensions; its text misdates the first flight to 1988.^[1]
[3]70%
De Havilland Canada Dash 8, Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 23, 2026· 33% of score
Q-Series and Series 400 development history.^[1]
[4]70%
Bombardier Aerospace Q400 Dash 8, Airport Technology
airport-technology.com· Published Aug 6, 2020· 0% of score
First flight in 1998 and entry into service in February 2000.^[1]
[5]85%
Q Series technical specifications, Bombardier (archived 2017)
web.archive.org· Published Jan 1, 2017· 0% of score
Q400 weights, field length, speeds and range.^[1]

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