Ruag gets new version of Dornier 228 back in the market
EASA has certified Ruag's Dorner 228NG turboprop, the extensively-modified version of the original twin-engined 228 airframe.
The German company is nowpreparing delivery of the first aircraft to its Japanese launch customer - two-and-a-half years after starting the programme.
Initial flight tests of the first production example, serial number 8300, were carried out on 30 July from the assembly plant at Oberpfaffenhofen.
The modernised Dornier 228 includes a 'glass cockpit', more powerful engines and a five-bladed composite propeller, as well as some 300 other system enhancements.