Aircraft reference

F-ZBMI

DHC-8 402 NG · Securite Civile

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Photograph of F-ZBMI — André Gerwing · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Identity

Mission: Air tankers
Registration: F-ZBMI
Mode-S address: 3B7B3F
ICAO type: DH8D
Model: DHC-8 402 NG
Manufacturer: de Havilland Canada
Operator: Securite Civile
Country of registration: France
Home base: Nîmes-Garons · France
Call sign: Milan 76

About the De Havilland Canada Dash 8

Land-based air tanker

It loads water or retardant on the ground and attacks from a runway base. It can knock down flames with water or lay a retardant line ahead of the fire to slow its spread and support crews on the ground.

What this type can do

The converted Dash 8-400 combines airliner transit speed with a 10,000-litre constant-flow tank. It can reach distant fires quickly and lay a long, controlled water or retardant line before reloading on the ground.

This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.

The De Havilland Canada DHC-8, commonly known as the Dash 8, is a series of turboprop-powered regional airliners, introduced by de Havilland Canada (DHC) in 1984. DHC was bought by Boeing in 1986, then by Bombardier in 1992, then by Longview Aviation Capital in 2019; Longview revived the De Havilland Canada brand. Powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100-series engines, it was developed from the Dash 7 with improved cruise performance and lower operational costs, but without STOL performance. The Dash 8 was offered in four sizes: the initial Series 100 (1984–2005), the more powerful Series 200 (1995–2009) with 37–40 seats, the Series 300 (1989–2009) with 50–56 seats, and Series 400 (1999–2022) with 68–90 seats. The QSeries are post-1997 variants fitted with active noise control systems.

ICAO type · DH8D

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