Bombardier Challenger 300

Bombardier’s Challenger 300 is a twin-turbofan super mid-size business jet. It was first know as Model 70 when it was revealed as a design study at the Paris Air Show in June 1997. Two years later at the same show, it was lunch as the Continental. Its first flight took place at Bombardier Flight Test on August the 14^th 2001. It was re-named Challenger 300 in 2002. In 2003, the final certification was complete and the first customers received their new Challenger 300.

To recognise it, we can look to its vertical stabiliser that has a little bump. This airplane has also winglets and large underbelly and underwing fairings. It has two Honeywell turbofan engines developing 6,826 pounds of thrust each mounted on each side of the aft fuselage. This business jet can travel from New York to anywhere in continental United-States and Canada.

Eight to nine people can seat in the cabin. The cabin height is 6.08 feet, so most people can stand up. The toilet seat can be a certify seat for landing and take off if necessary.

There’s really modern avionics in the cockpit. There’s an Altitude and Heading Reference System combine with an air-data computer that together replace the standard flight instruments (altimeter, artificial horizon, etc.). A GPS gives information to the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS). For better security there’s also a TCAS II (Traffic Collision Avoidance System). The EGPWS and the TCAS II are connected to the flight deck aural warning system. Almost all those systems are accessible through four 12 per 10 inches LCD displays.

The standard cabin equipment includes the following: a DVD/CD player, an I-Pod unit, two 20 inches widescreen LCD monitors, a hi-fi audio system with speakers fully integrated into the cabin sidewalls, an in-flight mapping system and satellite telephones. A LCD touchscreen at each seat controls every thing.

To conclude, this is a luxurious, modern and an easy to maintenance aircraft.

Reference

Jackson, Paul, Kenneth Munson, and Lindsay Peacock, eds. All the World’s Aircraft. 95^th ed. Coulsdon, United-Kingdom: Jane’s Information Group Ltd, 2004.

Bombardier Aerospace. "Challenger 300." 21 October 2007 <http://www.aero.bombardier.com/>. Path: Business Aircraft; Challenger Aircraft; Challenger 300.