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The Bombardier Challenger 300 is a 3,100-nautical-mile (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) range super mid-sized business jet designed and produced by the Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace. Development of the aircraft, originally called the Bombardier Continental , begun during the late 1990s and was formally launched at the 1999 Paris Air ...
The aircraft are employed on maritime patrol and search and rescue missions. They are capable of landing on the short, rough, gravel airstrips common in the Arctic. [20] C-143A A single Challenger 604 aircraft was acquired by the United States Coast Guard in December 2005 as its new medium-range command-and-control aircraft. [21]
The Challenger 850 is derived from the Bombardier CRJ200 airliner. It is capable of accommodating 12–16 passengers. The Challenger 850 jet has a transcontinental range and a high-speed cruise of Mach 0.80. The Challenger 850 was first manufactured in 1996 as the Challenger SE (Special Edition) and rebranded in 2006 as the Challenger 850.
After acquiring Canadair along with its Challenger 600 business jet in 1986, Bombardier studied a longer range business aircraft [3] in which it aimed to carry eight passengers and four crew over 12,000 km (6,500 nmi) at Mach 0.85.
The Bombardier Challenger 600 series aircraft like the one flying from Ohio State University to Fort Launderdale when it crashed Friday along Interstate 75 near Naples, Florida, has been involved ...
The Challenger is a family of mid-sized business jets produced by Canadair, and later by Bombardier Aerospace. Aircraft include: Bombardier Challenger 600 series, the original family of business jets, with the CL-600, CL-601, CL-604, and CL-605; Bombardier Challenger 300, business jet, originally called the Bombardier Continental
An F/A-18 taking off from an aircraft carrier An Embraer E175 taking off. Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne. For aircraft traveling vertically, this is known as liftoff.
Space shuttle Challenger exploded just over a minute after liftoff in 1986, killing all seven crewmembers, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.