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THE GAP
Bombardier Aerospace has strengthened its
light-jet challenge with the Learjet 40. But can
it better its Cessna and Raytheon rivals?
MICHAEL GERZANICS / WICHITA, KANSAS
ombardier is unique in offering B
products covering the business-
jet spectrum from light to ultra-...
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 ...n the Learjet 45,
yet has a cabin that is only 620mm shorter.
Bombardier has put the extra cabin volume
to use by installing a full-size galley and coat
closet opposite the cabin entry door.
The Learjet 40's powerplants are the same
as for the Learjet 45, two Honeywell
TFE731-20AR turbofans. The engine is a
two-spool design with geared fan and a
thermodynamic rating of 4,4601b thrust
(19...
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 ...light test: Learjet 40
at high AoAs, alleviating the need for a
pusher. Relaxing stick back pressure and
advancing the throttles allowed the aircraft
to fly out of the stall.
Before returning to Wichita, I h...
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 ...EARJET
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WHEN THE THROTTLE IS PUSHED FORWARD ON THE BOMBARDIER LEARJET 40 , YOU FEEL THE SURGE. MACH 0.81 HIGH SPEED CRUISE.
LEGENDARY LEARJET TIME TO CLIMB. 51,000 FOOT OPERATING CEILING. ALL IN ALL, A POWER PACKAGE THAT SETS NEW STANDARDS
IN A LIGHT JET. ALL ...
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WHEN THE THROTTLE IS PUSHED FORWARD ON THE BOMBARDIER LEARJET 40 . YOU FEEL THE SURGE. MACH 0.81 HIGH SPEED CRUISE.
LEGENDARY LEARJET TIME TO CLIMB. 51.000 FOOT OPERATING CEILING. ALL IN ALL, A POWER PACKAGE THAT SETS NEW STANDARDS
IN A LIGHT JET. ALL ...
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 ...EN THE THROTTLE IS PUSHED FORWARD ON THE BOMBARDIER LEARJET 40', YOU FEEL THE SURGE. MACH 0.81 HIGH
'EED CRUISE. LEGENDARY LEARJET TIME TO CLIMB. 51,000 FOOT OPERATING CEILING. ALL IN ALL, A POWER PACKAGE
IAT SETS NEW STANDARDS IN A LIGHT JET. ALL DE...
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 ...he MoD expects to be worth
more than £500 million ($775 mil
lion). A downselect to two teams
is due by the end of next month,
with a final decision next year.
AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT
The prototype Learjet 40 is a former Learjet 45 flight-test aircraft
Bombardier begins work
on new light business jet
Derivative of Learjet 45 specified to beat payload/range performance of rivals
Bombardier ha...
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 ...light test: Learjet 40
www.fliqhtinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 18-24 MAY 2004 5...
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Bombardier Learjet 40. If yours is missing or
damaged please contact us on the numbers
below and we will replace it.
Additional posters of this and previous
cutaways, which are flat and on art paper, can
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 ...light test: Learjet 40
complete the post-start checks, an elec
tronic one is available as an option. A
slight advance of the throttles started the
aircraft rolling out of the chocks. Once
moving, idle power ...
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 ...2-18 October 2004 www.flightinternational.com £2.40 / USA$5.75
INTERNATIONAL
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Learjet 40
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 ...ut the
avionics package are two features to im
prove safety: a Honeywell enhanced ground
proximity warning system (EGPWS) and a
traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS).
US certification of the Learjet 40 was
achieved in July 2003, with the first produc
tion aircraft entering into service with
Bombardier's Flexjet fractional-ownership
programme in January. Flight International
was invit...
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 ...ew and improved products
when sales begin to recover.
Bombardier is leading the pack, having
launched or unveiled three aircraft already
this year: the Global 5000 super-large busi
ness jet, the Learjet 40 light jet and the
enhanced-performance super-light Learjet
45XR. Its challenger in the super mid-size
sector, the Continental, will be certificated
later this year and, with an order ba...
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 ...craft will be FANS-1 navigation
capable by March.
Airbus, meanwhile, still expects
to deliver between six and eight
Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJs) a year
despite the downturn.
The first production Learjet 40 arrived at NBAA less than two weeks after the prototype's first flight
DEBUTS
Latest business jets take their bow
Bombardier flew the first produc
tion Learjet 40 light jet to NBAA
jus...
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 ...le point in a smoke
and mirrors new competition when
the Rafale was rejected on technical
grounds in the first place".
NBAA FIRST NEWS GUY NORRIS / LOS ANGELES
Bombardier bets on 'hot and high'
Learjet 40 variant in Las Vegas
Bombardier is launching at this
week's National Business Aviation
Association Convention in Las
Vegas the Learjet 40XR, an improv
ed performance "hot and high" ver...
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 ...END OF LEARJET
ANO AGA1M.
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S THE BOM
UNCOMPROMISING ATTITUDE. UNMISTAKABLE BEAUTY. UNPARALLELED HERITAGE. AND AN
UNCONTROLLABLE DESIRE TO LEAVE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE DUST. THE BOMBARDIER
LEARJET 40 & 45 XR. THE NEXT TWO CHAPTERS IN A STORIED EVOLUTION WHICH HAS
BECOME THE CULT - AND THE LEGEND - OF LEARJET.
IF YOU SEE YOURSELF IN A LEARJET, CALL BOB HORNER, REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, ...
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 ...RJET40XR
FULL THROTTLE ON THE BOMBARDIER" LEARJET* 40 XR DEFINES THE WORD "RUSH." MACH .81 CRUISE SPEED, FULLY LOADED.
TIME-TO-CLIMB POWER THAT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO 43,000 FT. IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES, ...
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 ...LEAR JET 40
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FULL THROTTLE ON THE BOMBARDIER LEARJET" 40 XR DEFINES THE WORD "RUSH." MACH .81 CRUISE SPEED, FULLY LOADED.
TIME-TO-CLIMB POWER THAT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO 43,000 FT. I...
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 ...ctional
scheme. Flexjet ended 2003 with
100 aircraft and 760 owners, virtu
ally unchanged from a year earlier.
Dallas, Texas-based Flexjet is pre
paring to take delivery of its first
Bombardier Learjet 40 light jets. The
first two aircraft - both of which
have been presold - are due to be in
service by the end of February. The
Learjet 40 will replace the Learjet 31
as Flex jet's entry-l...
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 ...ween
the mid-size Learjet 60 and large-cabin
Challenger 604, is designed for US coast-
to-coast travel, with the ability to operate
from l,520m-long or shorter runways.
Bombardier also offers the Learjet 40
light business jet, a shortened version of
the super-light Learjet 45 with US certifica
tion scheduled for the third quarter of next
year and first deliveries for the first quarter
of ...
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