Bombardier Challenger 300
The Bombardier Challenger 300 (designated by the manufacturer as Bombardier BD -100 - 1A10 Challenger 300) is a super - midsize business jet for transcontinental distances of the Canadian firm Bombardier Aerospace.
History
The project was launched in 1998 and introduced on July 13, 1999 at the Paris Air Show under the name Bombardier Continental. After extensive studies of the jet was renamed in September 2002 to the present name. It had its first flight in August 2001. His approval by the Canadian Aviation Safety Authority took place in May 2003, after which the FAA in June 2003, the JAA in July 2003 that the European Joint Aviation Authorities in August 2003 and the first delivery in January 2004 followed. By mid-2008 more than 230 aircraft of the type were delivered, which in 2007 alone 51 units left the assembly line in Montreal.
The aircraft is equipped with modern avionics such as the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 glass cockpit with four LCD screens fitted (30 * 25 cm), FADEC and a TCAS system, as well as the modern cabin management and in-flight entertainment system nice ™ System ( Networked technology equipped Integrated Cabin equipment) Lufthansa. It is manufactured in a conventional metal construction with some composite components. At EBACE 2013, the manufacturer announced the Challenger to want to bring 350 as a further development of the Challenger 300 on the market.