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COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT 717-lOOX Length (m) 33.94 Wingspan(m) Height (m) Wing area (m2) Cabin width (m) Max take-off weight (kg) Max landing weight (kg) Operating empty weight (kg) Max zero fuel weight (kg) Max payload (kg) Powerplant Option Option Standard fuel capacity (1) Normal operating speed (kt) Normal operating speed (Mach) Max cruise speed (kt or Mach) Max operating altitude (ft) Landing field length (m) (Sea level/ISA) Accommodation (typical) Design range/typical load Notes '65.090kgMTOWavailable 28.45 8.92 92.97 2.4 2xR-R BR715 439 0.76 M.76 37.000 85 717-200 37.8 28.4 8.92 92.97 3.14 49,895 45,335 30,615 42,635 12,220 2 x 18.4901b R-R BR715 2 x 20,9801b R-R BR715 13.905 439 0.76 M.76 37.000 1,400 106 (two class) 2,704km/106 pax 717-200 HGW 37.8 28.4 8.92 92.97 3.14 54,885 49,985 31,070 45,585 11,059 2 x 20,9801b x R-R BR715 16,665 439 0.76 M.76 37,000 1,480 106 (two class) 3,556km/106 pax 737-600 31.2 34.31 12.57 125 3.54 56,250* 54,660 37.100 51.480 14.380 2 x 18.4901b CFMI CFM56-7B18 2x 20,5801b CFM56-7B20 2 x 22.6901b CFM56-7B22 26,025 0.785 41.000 1,340 108 5,650km/110 pax "shrink" variant, and hopes to reach a launch decision by the end of this year. The aircraft would be eight frames shorter than the -200. Boeing has also studied a lighter take-off weight, a 70/75- passenger -100X "Lite" variant, but has since dropped these plans. Boeing is also considering a larger 130-seat -300 version as well as a corporate version of the basic -200 with auxiliary fuel tanks. Production: Final assembly is undertaken at the former McDonnell Douglas plant in Long Beach, California, with components supplied by risk-sharing partners throughout the USA, Europe and Asia. Twelve aircraft were delivered in 1999 (beginning in September), with a further 16 handed over in the first eight months of 2000. Production is due to reach 43 aircraft this year and 58 in 2001. Production will peak at 60 a year for 2002 and 2003. Boeing has introduced a new production concept for the 717 that uses methods adopted by the automotive industry. The initiative, which is described as a "pulsed assembly line", has reduced costs and increased efficiency. Ordered: 149 Delivered: 28 737-600 THE 737-600, which is the smallest member of the Next Generation 737 family, provides Boeing with a 100-seat 737 variant to counter the Airbus A318. The 73 7NG was launched in November 1993, and has spawned four basic variants, seating 108 to 190 passengers (-600 to -900). Developed from the 737-300/400/500, the new family incorporates a larger wing and improved engines, which provide higher cruising speeds and longer range. The -600 •••• Olympic Aviation is one of four airlines that has introduced the 100-seat Boeing 77 7 this year is sized to replace the 737-500, seating 108 passengers in a two-class layout, or 132 in a one-class configuration. Next Generation 737s are powered by the new -7 derivative of theCFM56. The new models have an all-new flightdeck, incorporating a 777-style six-screen flat panel display system, but cockpit commonality with current-generation 737s is retained. Flight testing of the 737-600 began in January 1998, and Scandinavia's SAS took delivery of the first -600 in September 1998. Blended winglets have been developed by the Aviation Partners Boeing joint venture (APB) for the 737NG, and are currently offered on the 737-900 and 737-700C combi. APB is planning to offer them on the -700, and is evaluating the feasibility of fitting them to the -600. These two models use a structurally different wing. Production: The 737-600 is assembled at Boeing's Renton plant near Seattle alongside the other 737NG models. Of the 320 737s delivered in 1998, 24 were -600s. The com bined 73 7NG rate is running at 24 per month, but will move to a record 28 aircraft per month by the third quarter of 2001. Ordered: 104 (-600) Delivered: 38 (-600) Bombardier Aerospace, 400 Chemin de la Cote Vertu, Dorval, Quebec H4S 1Y9. Canada; tel: +1 (514) 855 5000; fax: +1 (514) 855 7903; web: www.aero.bom- bardier.com CL-415 LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 1991 as a development of the piston-engined CL-215, the CL-415 has been sold to agencies in Canada, Croatia, France and Italy. The aircraft, which is powered by P&WC PW123AFs, first flew in December 1993. A turboprop retrofit programme was offered for the CL-215 (as the -215T) and 17 aircraft were converted. Sweden's Saab Nyge Aero is to modify two Bombardier CL-415 amphibians for search-and-rescue (SAR) and maritime surveillance missions for an unidentified Mediterranean government customer. The three-year contract, which includes an option to modify a third aircraft, signals the formal launch of the coastguard variant of the twin- tiirboprop CL-415 after several years of sales efforts. The aircraft will be fitted with a Swedish Space MSS-5000 mission system, which will process radar and forward-looking infrared (FLIR) data for display on an operator's con sole. Ericsson side-looking radar antennas will be installed on either side of the upper fuselage aft of the wing. A search radar will be mounted in the nose and a FLIR in the wing leading edge. Bombardier will also install an autopilot and enlarge the cargo door to allow deploy ment of a rigid inflatable jet boat developed by 52 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 24 - 30 October 2000
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