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COMMON
DH3T

De Havilland Dash 8-300

The Bush King Reborn

“They took a legend and gave it a turbine heart.”

De Havilland Canada · commercial

De Havilland Dash 8-300
Length
84 ft 3 in
Wingspan
90 ft 0 in
Max speed
285 kts
Range
980 nmi
Ceiling
25,000 ft
Engines
2x PW123 turboprop
Crew
2
Max passengers
56
Typical config
50 (1-class)
Built
80

The original DHC-3 Otter was already a bush flying icon. The Turbo Otter conversion replaces the radial piston engine with a Pratt & Whitney PT6 turboprop, giving it more power, better reliability, and the ability to haul even more into places with no runway. Float planes, ski planes, gravel strips — the Turbo Otter does it all.

Fun fact

Most Turbo Otters are older than their pilots — the airframes date to the 1950s and 60s, but the turbine conversions keep them flying indefinitely.

How to spot one

Shorter than Dash 8-400, same T-tail and high wing. Landing gear in fuselage sponsons.

Crews call it
The Three Hundred
Sounds like
PW123 turboprops — classic Dash 8 buzz

One might be overhead right now.

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