Bombardier Challenger 300
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| Role | Business jet |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Bombardier Aerospace (Learjet in Wichita, KS) |
| First flight | 14 August 2001[1] |
| Status | In production |
| Number built | 400 |
| Unit cost |
$20 million (2008)[2] |
Bombardier Challenger 300
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The Bombardier Challenger 300 is a super-mid-sized jet capable of traversing transcontinental distances. It is not developmentally related to the similarly named Challenger 600-series, or the 600-derived Challenger 800-series.
Design and development
The project was launched at the Paris Air Show on July 13, 1999, at which time it was called the Bombardier Continental. It was a "clean sheet" design, assembled in Bombardier's Learjet plant at Wichita Mid-Continent airport, Kansas.[3] The jet was renamed in September 2002 after much debate about which category (Learjet, Challenger, or Global) the new aircraft fit into.[4] It entered commercial service in January 2004.[5][6]
Variants
- Challenger 350
- On May 20, 2013 Bombardier announced the Challenger 350, an improved version of the 300, and promised to begin deliveries in May 2014 at a price of $25.9 million. The Honeywell HTF7350 powered Challenger 350 first flew on March 2, 2013.[7][8]
Operators
- Blue Jet
- United Aviation Libya
Specifications (Challenger 300)
General characteristics
- Crew: Two (pilot & co-pilot)
- Capacity: Up to 16 passengers (normally 8)
- Length: 20.93 m (68 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 19.46 m (63 ft 10 in)
- Height: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 48.5 m2 (522 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 10,591 kg (23,349 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 17,622 kg (38,850 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Honeywell HTF7000 turbofan engines, 30.36 kN (6,825 lbf) thrust each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 891 km/h (554 mph; 481 kn)
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.83
- Cruising speed: 850 km/h (528 mph; 459 kn)
- Range: 5,741 km (3,567 mi; 3,100 nmi) at 0.78 Mach
- Service ceiling: 13,716 m (45,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 25.4 m/s (5,000 ft/min) at 17,622 kg (38,850 lb) max gross weight
- Wing loading: 359.5 kg/m2 (73.6 lb/sq ft)
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Cessna Citation Sovereign
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- Cessna Citation Columbus
- Dassault Falcon 50
- Embraer Legacy 600 / 650
- Gulfstream G200
- Raytheon Hawker 4000
References
- ↑ Jackson 2003, p. 43.
- ↑ "Mrs Praful Patel, Venugopal Dhoot flew with Modi". The Times Of India. 2010-04-23.
- ↑ "Bombardier Challenger 300 Fact Sheet". Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- ↑ "Bombardier Undertakes a Rebranding: Learjet, Challenger and Global, Period". Retrieved 2006-03-09.
- ↑ "BOMBARDIER CHALLENGER 300 SUPER MIDSIZE CORPORATE BUSINESS JET, CANADA". Retrieved 2006-03-09.
- ↑ "The Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300". Retrieved 2006-03-09.
- ↑ "Bombardier Unveils Challenger 350". Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ↑ Aviation Week & Space Technology: 68. 14 October 2013.
- Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.
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