Delegate Newsletter Volume 3, Number 2

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Photo courtesy of Bombardier Aerospace, Montreal

Bombardier Aerospace applied on March 26, 1999, for Canadian type certification of the BD-100-1A10 Continental Aircraft. This 16 passenger aircraft has a MTOW of 37500 lbs and a maximum operating altitude of 45000 ft. The aircraft is powered by two Allied Signal AS907 high bypass turbofan engines with 6500 lb takeoff thrust at sea level flat rated to ISA+20¡C. The fuselage length is 60.6 ft, the wing span is 63.8 ft and the height is 19.9 ft. The prototypes will be built in Canada, and Bombardier Aerospace intends to manufacture and deliver the production airplanes from Wichita.

Happy Birthday CF-AAM!!!!

Photo courtesy of Mr. Clark Seaborn, Seaborn Consultants Ltd., Calgary, and Mr. Dave Austen, Aircraft Certification, Prairie Northern Regional Office

Pictured is Fokker Super Universal S/N 827 wearing its original livery and original Canadian registration, CF-AAM, during post re-build flight tests in 1998. S/N 827 came off the production line in January, 1929 in Teeterboro, New Jersey and will eventually be returned to its place in the collection of the Winnipeg Aviation Museum, with a valid Certificate of Airworthiness.
Part of the re-build and flight test program included an engine and propeller change since the original engine was no longer available. As part of this major modification, its Type Certificate (ATC-52) was reviewed, however, the 8 lines of text contained therein do little to inform the reader, with a Certification Basis noted as "ATC-52", and with an eligible S/N range of 870 to 880. The acceptability of S/N 827 was established through review of historical documentation and the Fokker drawings to be utilised for the re-build. For the engine/propeller change, it was decided to use Aero Bulletin 7 (1934) as technical guidance since the type was "grandfathered" at the time that design standards were established.

Interesting features:

• Landing gear shock absorbers between gear and wing.
• Flight control cables run externally from beneath the wing to the empennage.
• Thickness of cantilever wing and size of the tail.

Restoration of CF-AAM is being conducted by Clark Seaborn of Seaborn Consultants Ltd. (Calgary)

Editor's Note: The Editors would like to thank Mr. Dave Austen of the Aircraft Certification Prairie Northern Regional Office, Edmonton, for submitting this article.

Other News

 
Photo courtesy of Bombardier Aerospace, Montreal

The manufacturing of the first Bombardier Aerospace Regional Jet series 700 SERNO 10001 is progressing well and its first flight is scheduled for late Spring 1999. The CL-600-2C10 Regional Jet is a 70 seat aircraft currently scheduled for certification in the Fall of 2000.

 

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