DATE OF RELEASE: October 23, 2025. Only in MARKETPLACE MSFS
The De Havilland Dash 8 has proven to be a popular player in the regional turboprop airliner market. De Havilland Canada began development of the Dash 8 in the late 1970s in response to what it saw as a considerable market demand for a new generation 30 to 40 seat commuter airliner. The first flight of the first of two preproduction aircraft was on June 20, 1983, while Canadian certification was awarded on September 28, 1984. The first customer delivery was to NorOntair of Canada on October 23, 1984. Like the Dash 7, the Dash 8 features a high-mounted wing and Tail, and has an advanced flight control system and considerable full-length trailing edge flaps. Initial Dash 8 production was of the Series 100, which was followed by the Series 100A in 1990. The 100A introduced a revised interior with extra headroom and PW120A turboprops. The Series 100B was offered from 1992 with more powerful PW121s for better climb and airfield performance.
Virtualcol takes pride in presenting the initial version of a package of three models of this series, the DASH 8-100. This model has analogue instruments but incorporates the version 100B FMS used in all subsequent versions. This model includes:
- Full details of the cockpit.
- Analogue indicators as accurate as possible, as the original model
- Sound worked based on propeller movements.
- Excellent FMS (UNS) developed by Working Title Studio.
- Flight dynamics as possible with the real model.
- Tablet with utilities to open doors, Flight attendant voices, activate/deactivate aural voices, and start engines assisted.
- This model is not a study-level model, but we worked to replicate the real model as accurately as possible.
- We still don’t have the Navigraph and Simbrief services yet, but we are working on them for future updates and hope to have them ready to implement in all our models by the end of this year.
- For an explanation of systems and how to fly, we suggest watching the YouTube video tutorial “How to fly… Dash 8-100 by Virtualcol”.
Liveries included:
- Air Canada Express Jazz Air
- Air Canada JAZZ
- Air Creebec
- Air Inuit
- Brymon Airways
- Canadian North
- Caribbean Sun Airlines
- Chrono Aviation
- City Express
- Era Alaska/Ravn Alaska
- LIAT
- Netherlands Coast Guard
- Olympic Aviation
- QANTAS LINK
- Skippers Aviation
- Wideroe
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
IMPORTANT NEWS: NEXT UPDATE with more repaints requested by customers, it will contain the following liveries free:
- AIRES COLOMBIA
- AMERICAN EAGLE (PIEDMONT)
- ANSETT NEW ZEALAND
- CIRRUS AIRLINES
- DELTA CONNECTION (FREEDOM)
- FLUGFELAG ISLANDS
- HORIZON AIR
- ISLAND AIR
- NOTHWEST AIRLINK
- TYROLEAN AIRWAYS
- UNITED EXPRESS
- US AIRWAYS EXPRESS
- WHITE NEUTRAL
If you wish will be include more liveries, please send us by desarrollo@virtualcol.com your request before of November 15th 2025.
