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Bombardier Challenger 605

Type (Muster)
Business-jet (Geschäftsreiseflugzeug)

Country (Land)
Canada (Kanada)

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Bombardier Aerospace Business Aircraft
400 Cote Vertu Road West
Dorval, Quebec H4S 1Y9
Canada

Phone: 001-514/855-5000
Fax: 001-514/855-7802
Internet: www.businessaircraft.bombardier.com

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 2
Passengers (Passagiere): up to 12

Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x General Electric CF34-3B turbofans
Thrust (Schub): 2 x 38,84 kN (8730 lbs), flat rated to 38 deg C at sea level; or (oder) 2 x 41 kN (9220 lbs) APR
Time between overhauls: 6000 h, with a hot section inspection interval of 3000 h

Takeoff noise levels: 81,2 EPNdB
Approach noise levels: 90,3 EPNdB
Sideline noise levels: 86,2 EPNdB

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 20,85 m
Height (Höhe): 6,30 m
Span (Spannweite): 19,61 m
Wing area (Flügelfläche): 45,71 sq m (basic)
Fuselage diameter (Rumpfdurchmesser): 2,69 m

Cabin length (Kabinenlänge): 8,66 m without cockpit
Cabin width (Kabinenbreite): 2,48 m at mid-height
Cabin height (Kabinenhöhe): 1,85 m
Cabin floor area (Kabinenfläche): 18,77 sq m
Cabin volume (Kabinenvolumen): 32,56 cu m

Weights (Massen)
Basic operating weight (Einsatz-Leermasse): 12240 kg
Max. payload (max. Nutzlast): 2275 kg
Payload with full fuel (Nutzlast bei vollen Tanks): 596 kg
Max. fuel (max. Kraftstoff): 9072 kg
Max. zero-fuel weight (max. Masse ohne Kraftstoff): 14515 kg
Max. ramp weight (max. Rollmasse): 21909 kg
Max. take-off weight (max. Startmasse): 21863 kg
Max. landing weight (max. Landemasse): 17237 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
High speed cruise (max. Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.82 (870 km/h, 470 kts)
Normal cruise speed (normale Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.8 (850 km/h, 459 kts)
Long range cruise speed (Langstrecken-Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.74 (787 km/h, 425 kts)
Climb rate (Steigrate): 22 minutes to initial cruise altitude
Initial cruise altitude (Anfangs-Reiseflughöhe): 11430 m (37500 ft)
Max. operating altitude (Dienstgipfelhöhe): 12497 m (41000 ft)
Balanced field length (Startstrecke): 1780 m at sea level, ISA, MTOW
Landing distance at max landing weight (Landestrecke): 846 m, sea level, MLW
Range (Reichweite):
- 7491 km (4045 NM) at Mach 0.74 with five passengers and NBAA IFR reserves
- 6912 km (3732 NM) at Mach 0.8 with five passengers and NBAA IFR reserves

Costs (Kosten)
At the NBAA Convention in November 2005, the list price for the new Challenger 605 aircraft was given as 26,7 million US-Dollars.

Customers (Kunden)
No details available yet.

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The Challenger 605 is the latest development in the line of large business jets built since the early 1980s. It follows on to the 604, which has been built for ten years. According to Bombardier, improvements include:

an advanced cockpit, featuring the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics suite. The integrated avionics package has four 10” by 12” (25.4 cm by 30.5 cm) LCD screens, increasing the display area by 55 per cent. It also includes the Rockwell Collins Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS) as standard equipment. The advanced features of the Rockwell Collins IFIS enables electronic charts, allowing pilots to call up approach plates, airport diagrams and procedures, such as standard instrument departures and standard terminal arrival routes, via customizable multi-function displays, thereby eliminating the need for paper-based charts.
a more spacious, restyled interior, providing more headroom and cabin volume and includes LED lighting throughout. The windows have been enlarged (+ 5 cm in height) and relocated (6,5 cm higher up the fuselage). A new galley design offers passengers increased storage capacity and functionality. A digital, Ethernet-based, cabin management system provides passengers with a new level of cabin control and flexibility.
an increased payload capacity of 200 pounds (91 kg)

History (Geschichte)
After acquiring the design rights of Bill Lears design and making many changes to the original concept, Canadair flew the first Challenger on 8 November 1978. Certification was achieved in late 1980, and in the coming years successively improved variants (600, 601, 604) were built.
On 8 November 2005, at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, Bombardier Aerospace launched the new Challenger 605. A full size cabin mock-up was featured. Bombardier said that the first flight was scheduled for first quarter of 2006. Certification by Transport Canada was expected in the fourth quarter of 2006, with the first Challenger 605 jet scheduled to enter service in the third quarter of 2007.
The Challenger 605 successfully completed its first flight on 22 January 2006. The three-hour, 23-minute flight occurred on schedule. Challenger 605 aircraft serial number 5701 departed from Bombardier's Montreal-Trudeau International Airport facility under clear conditions at 12:40 p.m.. It reached a maximum first flight altitude of 41,000 feet (12,496 m), and a maximum true airspeed of 420 knots (483 mph; 778 km/h). Loaded with 12,500 pounds (5,670 kg) of fuel, takeoff weight for the first flight was 38,734 pounds (17,569 kg). The flight was conducted as a stage climb to 41,000 feet (12,496 m). "It was a great flight. We spent over three hours in the air and the aircraft performed superbly," commented captain Frank Magnusson, a 20-year career pilot joined by co-pilot Jacques Thibaudeau and project flight test engineer Mick Mansfield.
Following several flights in Montreal, the aircraft will relocate to Bombardier's Flight Test Center in Wichita, Kansas, for a 200-hour flight test and certification program.

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Last updated 28 January 2006

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