The Bombardier Dash 8 has emerged as one of the most successful regional turboprops and is in use with a wide range of customers from Northern Scandinavia to Southern Australia and all points in between. However, despite this popularity, the aircraft has seemingly escaped the notice of commercial flight simulation developers. A simplified Dash 8 was launched in early 2003 by the now defunct Phoenix Simulation Software (PSS), but very little opportunity has been offered to fly this remarkable aircraft in high fidelity in Flight Simulator X (FSX). That deficit has now been rectified with the release of the Dash 8-Q400 - developed by Majestic Software and published by Just Flight - as an expansion for FSX. The ethos of the development team is simple: to create the most advanced Dash 8 simulation currently available on the desktop. In addition to the domestic market, Majestic is also hoping to offer the package as a training tool for commercial operators of the Canadian-built aircraft. To this end, the developer has chosen to make the Q400 available in three distinct versions: both 'Pilot' and 'Pro' cater for the advanced home simmer, whilst the 'Training' version - costing substantially more than the others - is aimed directly at airlines.
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