Bombardier Learjet 40 Makes Surprise Visit to NBAA Less Than a Week After First Flight.Business Editors ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2002 Bombardier (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :BBD BBD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Barbados Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. .A.TO)(TSX:BBD.B.TO). The first production Bombardier Learjet(R) 40 has capped a week of incredible accomplishments by making a surprise visit to the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA NBAA National Business Aviation Association, Inc. NBAA National Board of Accountants and Auditors NBAA Nichiren Buddhist Association of America ) Annual Meeting & Convention in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. , less than a week after its first flight. The newest member of the Bombardier Learjet family arrived at Orlando Executive Airport Orlando Executive Airport (IATA: ORL, ICAO: KORL, FAA LID: ORL) is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) east of the city of Orlando in Orange County, Florida, USA. It primarily serves the general aviation community. at 6:44 p.m. on Tuesday, September 10, barely five days after completing a 2 hour and 56 minute first flight from Bombardier's Flight Test Center facilities in Wichita, Kan. last Thursday, September 5. The aircraft was cleared for the unprecedented flight from Wichita to Orlando after completing a total of 7.7 hours of testing to verify systems and ensure that all safety of flight issues had been met satisfactorily. Pete Reynolds, vice-president, flight test, Bombardier Aerospace Bombardier Aerospace is a division of the Bombardier group, with the third largest workforce (behind Boeing and Airbus) and the fourth largest in yearly delivery of commercial airplanes (behind Boeing, Airbus and Embraer). , Doug May, engineering test pilot, Bombardier Aerospace, and Eric Nordberg, flight test engineer, Bombardier Aerospace, made the trip to the 55th annual gathering of the business aircraft community in 2 hours and 39 minutes, climbing to an altitude of 51,000 ft. (15,545 m) for most of the flight. Due to flight test restrictions they were limited to a top cruising speed cruising speed n → velocidad f de crucero cruising speed n → vitesse f de croisière cruising speed cruise n of 270 knots or Mach .72. "Our normal flight test procedures call for us to build time on a new aircraft design within a local test area before making cross country trips," Mr. Reynolds pointed out. "But the Bombardier Learjet 40 has already established some new developmental milestones Developmental milestones are tasks most children learn, or physical developments, that commonly appear in certain age ranges. For example:
"Both aircraft have handled predictably and we've had very few squawks. When the suggestion that we fly to Orlando was first made, we presented the prospect to the FAA and they have worked closely with us to ensure that all critical safety of flight and test requirements were met. The flight itself confirmed our confidence in the airplane and in all of the people who have worked so hard for months to allow us to realize such extraordinary goals," he added. The Bombardier Learjet 40 production aircraft will remain on static display along with the Bombardier's other aircraft through the duration of the National Business Aviation Association. Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of Bombardier Inc., is a world leader in the design, and manufacture of innovative aviation products and provides services for the regional, business and amphibious aircraft Noun 1. amphibious aircraft - an airplane designed to take off and land on water amphibian aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" markets. It also offers Bombardier Flexjet(R) fractional ownership, aircraft charter and management, technical services, aircraft maintenance and pilot training for business, regional airline and military customers. Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and services company, is a world-leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. recreational products. It also provides financial services and asset management in business areas aligned with its core expertise. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, the Corporation has a workforce of some 80,000 people in 24 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2002 stood at $21.6 billion Cdn. Bombardier trades on the Toronto, Brussels and Frankfurt stock exchanges Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. (BBD, BOM and BBDd.F). (R) Registered trademarks of Bombardier Inc. Note to Editors: Images/Illustrations of the Bombardier Learjet 40 are available on our Web site photo gallery at: www.aero.bombardier.com/htmen/F15.jsp. Members of the media may receive Bombardier Business Aircraft press releases immediately via e-mail. To subscribe to our e-mail list, fill out and submit the online form found on the Web at: www.bombardier.com/en/3_0/memberprofile.jsp. For more information on Bombardier Aerospace at NBAA, please visit www.Aeroshow.com. |
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