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 ...ORPORATE AVIATION
Bombardier's new Learjet 45 business
jet proves pleasant and easy to fly
PETER HENLEY/WICHITA
IN THE LATE 1950s, William Lear designed a small twinjet aircraft for business use with performance comparable to that o...
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 ...ORATE AVIATION
Flight-test express
GRAHAM WARWICK/MONTREAL
BOMBARDIER'S WICHITA, Kansas, flight-test centre is busy, with certification testing of the Global Express gathering pace as that for the Learjet 45 light busi
ness-jet winds down.
Testing of the Learjet 45 should have been
wrapped up months ago, but has made
significant progress only since being restruc
tured in late 1996. Lessons...
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 ...f Goose Bay, Canada has ordered
three PC-12s, and will become the
first North American operator to
use the aircraft under new com
mercial single-engine instrument-
flight-rules regulations. •
25 Learjet 45s are are destined to join BusinessJetSolutionsfleet
Global Express and Learjet 45
to join Business JetSolutions
WITH A CUSTOMER base for the 18-month-old
Bombardier/AMR COMBS
shared-ow...
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 ...rth
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 has unveiled the
Learjet...
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Optimum cruise performance and low approach speeds. The Learjet* 45
delivers on every count. Providing features and advantages usually
reserved for midsize jets. Yet at a light jet price. Pick the Learjet 45.
And go to the head of the class.
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BOMBARDIER
AEROSPACE
Find out more. In North America, call 1-BOD-2BB-0030. Elsewhere, call (5143 B55-7B9B. www.aero.bombardier.com
* Learjet is a r...
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 ...atile performer becomes even more capable, with MTOW up 300 pounds (136 kg).
ACT ACCORDINGLY
The ability to fly you faster, farther and higher for lower direct operating costs
made the clean sheet Learjet 45 an instant hit. Improved field performance plus
world records for speed and payload/range are making it a hotter ticket than ever.
And now, for an encore, its maximum takeoff weight has b...
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avionics while providing lower direct oper
ating costs. To meet this need, Bombardier
decided to capitalise on its substantial level
of investment in the development of the
all-new, super-light Learjet 45, certificated in
1997 by both European and US authorities.
The decision to base the new Learjet 40
light jet on an existing aircraft was aided
by several factors: the Learjet 45's speed...
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 ...to excite Dutch roll and to note the nat
ural damping. The roll was damped in four
cycles. With the yaw damper on, reaction to a
rudder doublet was deadbeat. There is only one
yaw damper, and the Learjet 45 will be cleared
for despatch without the yaw damper for flight
at up to 33,OOOft. A quick longitudinal-stability
check at 15,000ft and 2 50kt showed the Learjet
45 to be positively stab...
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 ...; the fuselage from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They come together in Wichita, Kansas, and the mating
process takes 15min. "It is a remarkable time,"
says one company executive.
The aircraft is the Learjet 45 business jet
and the executive is William Morris, vice-pres
ident and general manager for the Learjet 45,
at Short Brothers, the Belfast division of
Canadian parent company Bombardier. ...
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 ...irds of a feather
flock to Honeywell.
SJ30-2
Embraer 145
Citation Bravo
Global Express
•^ HUM* I. «*
Learjet 45
y
<•••
Gulfstream V
When it came time to select
the avionics lor these 12 highly
anticipated aircraft, the choice
was clear.
What do these 12 great planes
have in common?
They're ...
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 ...ORPORATE AIRCRAFT CENSUS
Deliveries of Bombardiers superlight Learjet 45 have tripled in the past year
KATE SARSFIELD/LONDON
DATA SUPPLIED BY/AVIATION DATA
GROWTH IN the world's turbine-pow ered business aircraft fleet has been constant over the past 12 month...
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 ...When Bombardier acquired Learjet in
1990, it introduced the disciplined
approach to developing new products
which it had applied successfully to the
Canadair Regional Jet. Approval to
launch the Learjet 45 came only after two
years of marketing and engineering work
designed to reduce the programme risk.
The "old" Learjet was a more "entrepre
neurial" company, admits vice-president,
engin...
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 ...up naviga
tion and engine displays. Honeywell used a
Macintosh Quadra 900 computer running
Aldus Supercard graphics software and driving
three large-screen monitors for rapid prototyp
ing on the Learjet 45 controls and displays,
incorporating suggestions from advisory-coun
cil pilots who "flew" the system.
Learjet's systems-design philosophy was to
provide capability without complexity. T...
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seals and coatings and control-
system enhancements are intro
duced. The engine and nacelle
have been redesigned for easier
inspection, maintenance and
module replacement. D
Computervision wins Learjet 45 deal
US manufacturer Learjet has selected Computervision's
CADDS 5 computer-aided engi
neering software for the design
and manufacture of its Learjet
45 business-jet aircraft.
Learjet...
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 ...uch a high thrust-to-weight
ratio that it is expected to
achieve comfortably its pro
jected maximum design speed
of Mach 1.4.
Flight-tests conducted in the
recently completed first phase
itial Learjet 45 batch sells out
Learjet has sold the first 18 months' production of its
new Learjet 45 business jet.
The Bombardier subsidiary
plans to deliver eight of the
$5.9 million Learjet 45s in...
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 ...zelwood describes acceler
ation of the Allison Engines
AE3007-powered aircraft as
"phenomenal," and adds that
the trailing-link landing gear
makes touchdown "like land
ing on a marshmallow". •
Learjet 45 engines arrive in Wichita
BY GUY NORMS
IN LOS ANGELES
The first two flight-test TFE731-20 engines for the
Learjet 45 have been delivered
by AlliedSignal Engines to the
aircraft manufa...
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 ...and Learjet certificate 'superlights'
THE ERA OF the "super-light" business jet has arrived,
with final certification of the
Cessna Citation Excel and full
approval for the competing Bom
bardier Learjet 45, achieved on 1
May. Next begins the delivery race
for Cessna and Learjet, both of
which boast large order backlogs
for their respective products.
The aircraft represent an expan
sion ...
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 ...demand charter to be
equipped with fire detection
and suppression systems in
Class D baggage compart
ments, arguing that there
have been no cargo fires in
such compartments.
Deliveries near as Learjet 45
receives JAA certification
GRAHAM WARWICK/WASHINGTON DC
BOMBARDIER HAS received European Joint Aviation Auth
orities (JAA) approval for the
Learjet 45, clearing another obsta
cle to d...
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 ...l ($2,000) and 295 real/h,
respectively, for the R44 to 9,500
real (870 real/h) for the AS350. •
Cathay Pacific orders
Learjet for pilot training
CATHAY PACIFIC Airways has ordered a Bombardier
Learjet 45 for use in pilot training,
and has taken an option on a
second business jet.
The first of the Learjets will be
delivered in the third quarter to
BAE Systems Flight Training
(Australia...
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after certification. The aircraft replaces the
out-of-production Learjet 31A as
Bombardier's entry-level business jet. The
Honeywell TFE731-20-powered Learjet 40
is derived from the super-light Learjet 45,
offering a shorter-fuselage seating for six
passengers.
Bombardier's Learjet 45XR, an
increased-performance Learjet 45, entered
service last year. The aircraft offers a higher
take-o...
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