The de Havilland Canada’s DHC line of aircraft have seen significant representation in Microsoft Flight Simulator including the DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-4 Caribou, DHC-6 Twin Otter and now the DHC-7 or Dash 7 STOL airliner. This is the latest release from aircraft developer PILOT’S who have just launched the product on their store page. Let’s have a look.

Dash 7 arrives

In the 1970s a concept surrounding numerous small airports feeding larger hubs started to take hold with some aircraft designers and de Havilland Canada’s Dash 7 airliner was intended to fill the role. Larger and more capable than the other aircraft in the company’s line-up, the aircraft could carry over 50 passengers depending on the configuration and it could land and takeoff on short airfields and even on unprepared airstrips. 113 were built before the slow sales saw the company switch to what would ultimately be the more successful Dash 8 project which has matured into the popular Q400.

This is the aircraft that PILOT’S has tackled together with assistance from Sim Works Studios.

An Aviation Lads trailer for the project came out a few months ago and now the aircraft itself has become available for purchase.

PILOT’S website is short on feature listings but the aircraft appears to sport the usual array of high resolution textures and audio, it has support for TDS GTNXi and GNS 530 GPS, and it comes with a selection of liveries for users of the type.

The aircraft is currently available through the PILOT’S webstore for 19.99 EUR.