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Daveroo

April 11th, 2010, 09:10

does the DO-228 have a name?..like most planes have a nicname..does it?...

huub vink

April 11th, 2010, 10:36

Not that I'm aware of....

Huub

rvn817j

April 12th, 2010, 03:29

"In the late 1970s, Dornier GmbH (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_GmbH) developed a new kind of wing, the TNT ("Tragflügel neuer Technologie (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tragfl%C3%BCgel_neuer_Technologie&action=edit&redlink=1)"), subsidized by the German Government. Dornier tested it on a modified Do 28 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_28)D-2Skyservant and with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_Canada_PT6)A-110 turboprop engines. Finally, Dornier changed the engine and tested the new aircraft, which was named Do 128 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_128) with two Garrett AiResearch TPE-331 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_AiResearch_TPE-331)-5 engines.<sup id="cite_ref-AI87.2C_p163-6_2-0" class="reference">[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_228#cite_note-AI87.2C_p163-6-2)</sup> 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 Do 228-100) and E-2 (later Do 228-200). At ILA '80 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Air_Show), Dornier presented the new aircraft in public. Both the prototypes were flown on 28 March 1981 and 9 May 1981 for the first time."

vora

April 12th, 2010, 03:39

"Skyservant" is the name for the Do-28 only.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Dornier-Do-28D-2-Skyservant/1628407/&sid=fc57127ff961cad0de99ee4595798bd3

Do-128, 228 or 328 have no names I'm aware of...

rvn817j

April 12th, 2010, 07:14

Bjoern

April 12th, 2010, 16:48

Just make one up. "Dodo", "Donnie", "Dork", "Doris"...:d

Daveroo

April 12th, 2010, 17:02

personally i like mallard because it looks like a mallard duck in flight