Fairchild Dornier 928JET

Type (Muster)
Regional jet (Regionalverkehrsflugzeug)

Country (Land)
Deutschland / USA

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Fairchild Dornier
PO Box 1103
82230 Wessling
Germany

Phone: 0049-8153/30-0
Fax: 0049-8153/30-4454

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 2 plus 3 flight attendants
Passengers (Passagiere): 100 in standard configuration, at 32 inch pitch, or 95 seats at 33 inch pitch or 110 seats at 31 inch pitch
Underfloor baggage compartments: 20,9 cu m

Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x General Electric CF34-10D
Thrust (Schub): 2 x 75,6 kN (17000 lbs)

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 31,01 m
Height (Höhe): 9,97 m
Span (Spannweite): 28,81 m
Wing area (Flügelfläche): 84,4 sq m
Wing sweep (Flügelpfeilung): 23,7 degrees

Cabin length (Kabinenlänge): 23,05 m
Cabin width (Kabinenbreite): 3,25 m
Cabin height (Kabinenhöhe): 2,14 m

Weights (Massen)
Operating empty weight (Leermasse): 28530 kg (including crew)
Max. payload (Nutzlast): 11750 kg
Max. fuel (max. Kraftstoff): 12300 kg
Max. zero fuel weight (Max. Masse ohne Kraftstoff): 40280 kg
Max. ramp weight (max. Rollmasse): 47760 kg
Max. take-off weigth (max. Startmasse): 47560 kg
Max. Landing weight (max. Landemasse): 44240 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Max. cruise speed (max. Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.8 / 864 km/h
Take-off field length (Startstrecke): 1686 m (5530 ft)
Landing field length (Landestrecke): 1412 m (4630 ft)
Range (Reichweite): 3565 km (1925 NM)

Customers (Kunden)
Bavaria Leasing is the launch customer for the 928JET, signing an agreement for four with options on two more at the ILA air show in June 2000.
Also, GECAS, one of the 728JET customers, holds options that are convertible to 928JETs

Cost (Preis)
At the Berlin air show in May 1998, a list price of 23 to 23,5 million US-Dollars was mentioned.

Competition (Konkurrenz)
Bombardier CRJ900
British Aerospace RJX85 und RJX100
Embraer ERJ 190

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The 928JET is a stretched version of the 728JET. After some consideration, Fairchild Dornier settled on the following changes:

new centre fuselage section, incorporating a 3,48 m stretch
scaled-up wing with more area and 1,95 m more span
strengthened main landing gear
new, uprated environmental control system

History (Geschichte)
Design of the 928JET started in the fourth quarter of 1999. The maiden flight is now targeted for late 2003. Service entry should follow in early 2005.

Last updated 18 August 2000

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