Model Description
Herpa 1/200th scale 573849 Air Tindi De Havilland Canada DHC-7. Available to pre-order at Flying Tigers.
In the 1950s and 1960s, De Havilland Canada (DHC) was a world leader in the design and production of STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) aircraft. Flight patterns such as the DHC-3 Otter, DHC-4 Caribou, DHC-5 Buffalo and DHC-6 Twin Otter were proven and reliable aircraft that could reach remote locations – with or without a runway. With the rapid growth of commercial aviation, an aircraft was sought that could fly short distances from short runways and smaller airports, hoping to reduce congestion at major domestic and international airports. This is how the “Dash-7” was born. The prototype was unveiled 50 years ago, on February 5, 1975, and flew for the first time on March 27. The four-engine aircraft was designed for 50 seats and could take off from runways or unpaved runways less than 700 meters long. In addition to being used by several feeder airlines in North America, numerous aircraft were produced for airlines around the world that served routes to challenging airfields, including regions in the Arctic, high mountains or tropics that were unsuitable for larger jet aircraft. Today, only 19 of the 113 “Dash 7” produced are still in service. Seven of them alone are operated by Air Tindi. Founded in 1988 in Yellowknife, Canada’s Northwest Territories, the airline connects remote communities in northern Canada, leveraging the robustness and reliability of the DHC-7.
RRP £79.00
