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The Canadair Challenger business jet is a family of mid-sized jets produced by Bombardier Aerospace. Business jet (slang, Bizjet) is a term for a jet aircraft, usually of modest size, designed for transporting small groups of business people for commercial reasons at a time convenient to their business needs. ... Bombardier Aerospace is a division of the Bombardier group. ...

The original Challengers were designed by Bill Lear as the LearJet 600 William (Bill) Powell Lear (June 26, 1902 _ May 14, 1978) was an American electrical engineer and businessman. ...

Bombardier Challenger 600 series : CL-600 - CL-601 - CL-604

The Canadair Regional Jet is a derivative of the business jet turned into the first of the new wave of regional jets. The Bombardier Challenger is a family of business jets designed by Bill Lear and produced first by Canadair until that company was bought by Bombardier Aerospace in 1986. ... The Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) is a small Canadian airliner based originally on the Canadair Challenger business jet. ... SN Brussels Airlines Avro RJ85 regional jet A regional jet (RJ) is a small short-range jet aircraft that is intended to fly passengers from smaller airports to larger ones, thereby feeding the larger hubs with passengers. ...

Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet series: CRJ-100 - CRJ-200 - CRJ-300 - CRJ-500 - CRJ-700 - CRJ-900

A derivative of the CRJ-200, turned back into a business jet is called the Challenger 800 The Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) is a small Canadian airliner based originally on the Canadair Challenger business jet. ... The Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) is a small Canadian airliner based originally on the Canadair Challenger business jet. ... ... The Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) is a small Canadian airliner based originally on the Canadair Challenger business jet. ...

A new clean-sheet design Bombardier Continental business jet was produced, to accomodate trans-continental ranges. However the marketting department determined it was wasteful for so many product names, and rechristened this the Challenger 300. The Bombardier Aerospace Continental or Challenger 300 is a super-mid-sized jet capable of tranversing trans-continental distances. ...

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Canadair Challenger - definition of Canadair Challenger in Encyclopedia (495 words)
	The Bombardier Challenger is a family of business jets designed by Bill Lear and produced first by Canadair until that company was bought by Bombardier Aerospace in 1986.
	While similar in general configuration to Lear's previous designs, notable changes were made that distinguished the new airplane from the Learjets, including the use of a widened fuselage that allowed a "walk about cabin", a feature not shared by any other business aircraft of the time.
	CL-610 Challenger E was to have been a stretched version with seating for 24 passengers.

Challenger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (222 words)
	The Challenger was a named passenger train operated by the Union Pacific railroad between Chicago and Los Angeles, CA
	Challenger Plateau, a submarine rise in the Tasman Sea close to the New Zealand coast
	Challenger School, a private school in the western United States

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