Alaska Airlines Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 Montana State University Bobcats Livery

Alaska Airlines Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 Montana State University Bobcats Livery. Part of our special series of aircraft featuring West Coast universities, this livery celebrates the Montana State University Bobcats.

The De Havilland Canada Dash 8 is a series of turboprop-powered regional airliners, introduced by de Havilland Canada (DHC) in 1984. DHC was later bought by Boeing in 1988, then by Bombardier in 1992; then by Longview Aviation Capital in 2019, reviving the de Havilland Canada brand.

Powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100s, it was developed from the Dash 7 with improved cruise performance, lowered operational costs but without STOL performance.

Three sizes were offered: initially the 37–40 seat -100 until 2005 and the more powerful -200 from 1995, the stretched 50–56 seats -300 from 1989, both until 2009, and the 68–90 seats -400 from 1999, still in production. The Q Series are post-1997 variants with quieter cabins.

Alaska Airlines Bombardier Q400 With The MSU Bobcats Paint Job Takes Off From KPDX On Runway 28R

Alaska (Horizon Air) Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 MSU Bobcats Special Livery Specification

Number in Fleet: 1
Crew: 2 Pilots, 2 Flight Attendants
Range: 1,114 nm
Length: 107 ft, 9 in (32.9 m)
Coach: 76
Typical Cruise Speed: 414 mph (667 km/h)
Wingspan: 93 ft, 3 in (28.4 m)
Max. Cruising Altitude: 25,000 ft (7,620 m)

Montana State University (MSU) Bobcats Information

The Montana State Bobcats are the varsity athletic teams representing Montana State University in Bozeman in intercollegiate athletics.

The university sponsors thirteen teams including men and women’s basketball, cross country, skiing, tennis, and track and field; women’s-only golf and volleyball; and men’s-only football.

The Bobcats compete in NCAA Division I and are members of the Big Sky Conference with the exception of the men’s and women’s skiing teams which belong to the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association.

Their main rivals are the Grizzlies of the University of Montana in Missoula. Both schools are charter members of the Big Sky Conference, which began competition 56 years ago in the fall of 1963.