How HAL Missed the Trick by NOT Going for Do 328, Do 428, Do 528, Do 728
It seems HAL missed a trick or 2 by not going in for Do 328, Do 428 and Do 728 family after going in for Do 228. HAL to date has produced more than 125 Do 228s and as now developed H 228 which is the civilian transport-certified version of the 19-seater Do 228. Logically and ideally speaking HAL should have gone in for the follow on Do 328, Do 428, and Do 728 family. That would have allowed HAL to master and manufacture 30-, 40-, and 60-, 70-seater aircraft by now for use in the civil aviation market. It would have allowed people across India access to low-cost airline flights on low-cost aircraft. I won’t go into Do 228 because it is now well known but talk more about the other Dornier aircraft. Do 228 Do 328 Do 328 is a stretched version of Do 228. First built by Dornier, then Fairchild-Dornier, and now Sierra Nevada Corporation. If HAL had gone for licensed production of Do 328 which is still in production, not only ...