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During the early 1990s, German manufacturer Dornier had launched their turboprop-powered Dornier 328 onto the market. However, some prospective customers reported a negative perception of noise and reliability issues with turboprop engines, which motivated the company to study the manufacture of a turbofan-based variant, initially referred to as the 328-300. [3]
The Dornier 328 is a turboprop-powered commuter airliner.Initially produced by Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH, the firm was acquired in 1996 by Fairchild Aircraft.The resulting firm, named Fairchild-Dornier, manufactured the 328 family in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, conducted sales from San Antonio, Texas, United States, and supported the product line from both locations.
English: A side view comparison of the Dornier 328 aircraft, as equipped with turboprop (formerly a Dornier 328) and with jet engines (formerly a Fairchild Dornier 328JET). Date 3 March 2012
The Fairchild Dornier 728/928 family is a series of jet-powered regional airliners that was being developed by German-American aviation conglomerate Fairchild Dornier.. It was a relatively ambitious bid to develop a group of aircraft that would have seated between 50 and 110 passengers, supplementing the existing 328JET series, a smaller regional jet.
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Private Wings Dornier 328-100. Private Wings is the largest remaining civil operator of the Dornier 328. [4] In May 2023, Dornier successor Deutsche Aircraft announced Private Wings as the launch customer of the updated D328eco model, with 5 aircraft on order. [5] As of May 2022, the Private Wings fleet consists of the following aircraft: [6]
Finally, Dornier changed the engine and tested the new aircraft, which was named Dornier 128 with two Garrett AiResearch TPE-331-5 engines. [7] The company developed a new fuselage for the TNT and TPE 331–5 in two variants (15- and 19-passenger) and named both project-aircraft E-1 (later Dornier 228-100) and E-2 (later Dornier 228-200).
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