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The Dornier 328 (DO 328) is a 32-seat Turboprop powered regional Airplane . It is quite rare in European skies, but appears in larger numbers in the USA and China . It was originally developed under Daimler Benz AG , and was the first regional aircraft to be constructed by FairchildDornier . The original design was used for the development of the DO 328-100 turboprop aircraft, driven by two Propeller Engine s, which from 1993 outsold the original over 100 times. Due to the old-fashioned image of propellor-driven aircraft, the 328JET (DO 328-300) was developed in the late 1990s , which replaced the propellors with two Jet Engine s, and sold 83 models from 1999 to 2002 , fulfilling rising demand for the jet-engined variant. Both designs incorporated the same cabin which held a maximum of 33 passengers. The declining commercial success of the 328 range meant Fairchild Dornier was unable to finance the development of further models. The Dorner 328 was therefore the last commercial aircraft to be produced by the Dornier business, which became insolvent in 2002 . Following Dornier's insolvency, in March 2003 , Avcraft Aviation of Virginia acquired the rights to the 328 program, including the 32-seat 328JET and 328 turboprop, along with 18 almost completed but unsold 328JETs in various factories. After the successful sale of these airplanes Avcraft negotiated arrangements with suppliers to resume production. The first newly built 328JET was delivered in 2004 . Fairchild Dornier GmbH continued to develop a 44-seater version of the 328Jet, named the 428Jet. Avcraft also took on the production of these aircraft, due to low profit expectations for its other projects, until it filed for bankruptcy itself in 2005 . TECHNICAL DATA EXTERNAL LINKS
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