Let’s take a look into the de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7. This aircraft was developed in 1975 as a commercial airliner with short-take-off-and-landing (STOL) capabilities (meaning it requires minimal space to take off and touch down on land, water or snow.) Built in 1975, the museum’s aircraft is the prototype, or first, Dash 7 to be built. De Havilland Canada used this aircraft for thirteen years as an experimental, demonstration and corporate flying aircraft, donating it to the Museum in 19