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           FS98 - Dornier 328 Turboprop - Alitalia Express/Minerva

           Aircraft project by Bill Alderson - wda@cyber-air.com
               Paint job by Roberto Crnjar - crnjar@unica.it

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	The Dornier 328 is a 30 to 33 passenger twin turbo-prop regional 
airliner.  It's purpose is to ferry passengers from the smaller airports 
to the bigger airports so that they can make connections to bigger cities 
and back again. It also does quite nicely in connecting the smaller airports
with each other. 
        Alitalia has recently started regional travel operations with this
aircraft in connection with Minerva. The picture enclosed (azdo328.jpg) was 
taken at the Cagliari Elmas airport in Sardinia, Italy.

	
	
Installation for FS98:

	Unzip the azdo328.zip file directly into your Flight Simulator 98 
aircraft subdirectory; for example:

                                    c:/FS98/Aircraft/

Aircraft Data:

	The Dornier 328 is powered by two Pratt & Whitney P&W Canada 119B
	turbo-prop engines rated at 1,625 shaft horse power each.
	It has a maximum take off weight of 30,842 lbs.  This 
	is with 33 passengers and enough fuel to carry it about
	1000 nm.

	Wing span....................68 ft. 10 in.
	Aspect ratio.................11.00
	Length overall...............69 ft. 9 1/4 in.
	Length fuselage..............68 ft. 7 1/4 in.
	Height overall...............23 ft. 9 in.
	Max cruise speed.............335 kts. TAS @ 20,000 ft.
	Service Ceiling..............25,000 ft. (31,000 ft. optional)
	Runway length t/o............3,570 ft.
	Runway length landing........3,820 ft.
	Stall (clean)................100 kts.
	Stall (flaps & gear).........84 kts.
	
	V1      Vr      V2      Weight          Vref
	112    114      123     38,842 lbs     132 kts.

	Due to the limitations of FSFS/FS, that is to say that it
	doesn't support turbo-props very well, I've set this 
	aircraft to work with a jet panel.


Acknowlegements:


	I'd like to thank Bill Alderson for making the Dornier 
        328 AFX files available repainting.

	
Legal Considerations:

	This aircraft is freeware.  You may do anything you like
	with it except sell it.  Have fun!

	Roberto Crnjar <crnjar@unica.it>
	

