Originally Posted by
JustSomeGuy1978
Question. Does Bombardier append/shorten aircraft name/series the way boeing and airbus do? Ex 777-300 becomes 773, 380-800 becomes 388? Because then I can see the Dash8-400 6th iteration becoming Dash8-463 that way.
I wouldn't think so as the older Dash-8's were expressed as DH4 which sometimes is still used for the new Q400 but most places I see online it's actually called Q400 so no, I wouldn't think there was any way it could be twisted into anything as you suggest. Just MHO of course.