Dornier 328
The Dornier 328 is a shortrange commuter, developed and built by Dornier. It was the last aircraft made by Dornier, and the last airliner completely developed and built in Germany.
The developement has been started back in the 1980s as successor for the Dornier 228. Dornier found that there was a marketplace for a 33-passenger aircraft, so they created an aircraft with a complete round fuselage and the TNT-wing (Tragflügel neuer Technologie = wings of new technology) of the Dornier 228.
Developement started December 1988, maiden flight had been at 6. December 1991 and in October 1993 it had been finally certified. The aircraft had been developed for high climbrate and high speed, but short landing which was possible due the wing and the new developed propeller. As non-typical for this class of aircraft the flightdeck has been fitted with 5 Displays from the Honeywell Primus 2000 avionic. The cabin was very comfortable for its aircraft class, as it was wide, round, and there was an active eletronic noise supression- that together gave a jet-like feeling.
In the 90s Turboprop aircraft wasn't really liked, as flight companies preferred smaller jets. So Fairchild-Dornier developed the Dornier 328 JET, a jet driven version of the Dornier 328. There had been larger versions of this aircraft planned: Dornier 428 and 528, stretched versions of the Dornier 328.
When Fairchild-Dornier went bankrupt, the production of the Dornier 328 had been stopped in 2005, only 217 aircraft (Prop and Jet version) had been built, plus 3 prototypes.
There are 4 Turboprop- variants available, and 3 Jet variants: Dornier 328-100 (basic version, 33 passengers, all Dornier 328-110 (increased MTWO by 350kg, increased range) Dornier 328-120 (special short range equipement) Dornier 328-130 (higher speed, improved rudder)
Dornier 328-300/ 328JET (jet driven version)
Dornier 328 Envoy 3 (Business Jet version)
Dornier 328DBJ (Replacement of the Envoy 3 with a larger cabin)
The FlightGear model is currently in developement and probably available in FGFS 3.0.0.