De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Series 300

The Series 300 is the stretched version of the De Havilland Canada Dash 8. Its airframe is 3.43 metres (11.3 ft) longer than the Series 100 and 200, giving it room for 50 to 56 passengers, and it uses Pratt and Whitney Canada PW123 engines with rated power between 2,380 shp (1,774 kW) and 2,500 shp (1,864 kW). Production ran from 1989 to 2009. Variants include the DHC-8-301, -311, -314 and -315, the Q300 with active noise and vibration suppression, the DHC-8-300 MSA maritime surveillance upgrade, and the RO-6A Saturn Arch and C-147A designations used by the United States Army. Its design service life is 80,000 flight cycles.