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Challenger 300 
A Bombardier Challenger 300 lifts off from London Luton Airport Role Business jet Manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace First flight 14 August 2001[1] Status In production Unit cost $20 Million USD (2008) [2] 
Bombardier Challenger 300
TAG Aviation Challenger 300The 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-series derived 800-series.
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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]
Specifications (Challenger 300)
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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: 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 48.5 m² (522 ft²)
- Empty weight: 10,591 kg (23,349 lb)
- Useful load: 7031 kg (15,501 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 17,622 kg (38,850 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Honeywell HTF7000 turbofan engines, 30.4 kN (6,825 lbf) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 0.84 Mach (481 knots,553 mph,891 km/h)
- Range: 5,741 km (3,100 NM, 3,568 mi) 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 (73.52 lb/ft²)
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Cessna Citation Columbus
- Dassault Falcon 50
- Gulfstream G200
- Raytheon Hawker 4000
References
- ^ Jackson 2003, p. 43.
- ^ "Mrs Praful Patel, Venugopal Dhoot flew with Modi". The Times Of India. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Mrs-Praful-Patel-Venugopal-Dhoot-flew-with-Modi/articleshow/5846480.cms.
- ^ "Bombardier Challenger 300 Fact Sheet". http://businessaircraft.bombardier.com/en/3_0/3_2/pdf/challenger_300_factsheet.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- ^ "Bombardier Undertakes a Rebranding: Learjet, Challenger and Global, Period". http://www.aviationweek.com/shownews/02nbaa/topsto02.htm. Retrieved 2006-03-09.
- ^ "BOMBARDIER CHALLENGER 300 SUPER MIDSIZE CORPORATE BUSINESS JET, CANADA". http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/bombardier/. Retrieved 2006-03-09.
- ^ "The Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300". http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=129. Retrieved 2006-03-09.
- 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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