| Dornier 228 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) A RUAG Dornier 228NG in 2012 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Utility aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Dornier GmbH RUAG General Atomics |
| Built by | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited |
| Status | Active service |
| Primary users | Indian Air Force |
| Number built | Dornier: 245[1] HAL: 125.[2] |
| History | |
| Manufactured | Dornier: 1982–1997 HAL: 1985–present RUAG: 2010–2020 General Atomics: 2021-Present |
| Introduction date | July 1982 |
| First flight | 28 March 1981 |
| Developed from | Dornier Do 28 |
The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, designed and first manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 until 1998. Two hundred and forty-five were built in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. In 1983, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) bought a production licence and manufactured another 125 aircraft in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. In July 2017, 63 aircraft were still in airline service.
In 2009, RUAG started building a Dornier 228 New Generation in Germany. The fuselage, wings and tail unit are manufactured by HAL in Kanpur, India, and transported to Oberpfaffenhofen, where RUAG Aviation carries out aircraft final assembly. The Dornier 228NG uses the same airframe with improved technologies and performances, such as a new five-blade propeller, glass cockpit and longer range.[3] The first delivery was made in September 2010 to a Japanese operator.[4] In 2020, RUAG sold the Dornier 228 program to General Atomics.[5]
- ^ Thomas Stocker (28 December 2007). "Ruag to relaunch Dornier 228 production". AIN online.
- ^ "HAL Bags Rs. 1090 Crore Contract for Supplying 14 Do-228 Aircraft to IAF" (Press release). HAL. 5 February 2015.
- ^ Dornier 228 Archived 2010-06-25 at the Wayback Machine RUAG Dornier 228 webpage. RUAG. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ^ Harry Weisberger (10 October 2011). "Ruag Shows Off NextGen Dornier Do228NG". AIN.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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