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Dornier 228
Twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, designed and first manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA.
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About the 228
The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, designed and first manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 until 1998. About 245 such aircraft were built in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
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