Russ Niles is Editor-in-Chief of AVweb. He has been a pilot for 30 years and joined AVweb 22 years ago. He and his wife Marni live in southern British Columbia where they also operate a small winery.
A highly efficient turboprop makes great sense for trips less than 700 NM. As petroleum becomes ever more political this type of efficient, reliable transport is hard to ignore.
As a long experienced DHC-7 pilot, instructor and examiner, I am pleased to see this fine aircraft still in service. After 50+ years of flying it is still my favorite!
Awesome video of the Dash 7! The last time I saw a Dash 7 was in the mid 80’s while flying VFR up the Hudson River in NY Airspace in my straight tail '59 Cessna 150 while on Flight Following and a Henson Piedmont Dash 7 was sequenced ahead of me going into LGA. 
Enjoyed that video. Nice to see a specialty performance aircraft still flying, making a living. These kind of airplanes are slowly disappearing, with no replacements being built. In addition to the DHC-7, the BAE -146, 737-200 combi, yes and even the 757-200.
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