Bombardier Challenger
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The Canadair Challenger business jet is a family of mid-sized jets produced by Bombardier Aerospace.
The original Challengers were designed by Bill Lear as the LearJet 600
- Bombardier Challenger 600 series : CL-600 - CL-601 - CL-604
The Canadair Regional Jet is a derivative of the business jet turned into the first of the new wave of regional jets.
- Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet series: CRJ-100 - CRJ-200 - CRJ-700 - CRJ-900
A derivative of the CRJ-200, turned back into a business jet is called the Challenger 800
A new clean-sheet design Bombardier Continental business jet was produced, to accommodate trans-continental ranges. However the marketing department determined it was wasteful for so many product names, and rechristened this the Challenger 300.
