Bombardier CRJ700 series

what is it?

The Bombardier CRJ700 series is a family of regional jet airliners that were designed and manufactured by Canadian transportation conglomerate Bombardier. Officially launched in 1997, the CRJ700 made its maiden flight on 27 May 1999 and was soon followed by the stretched CRJ900 variant. Several additional models were introduced, including the further elongated CRJ1000 and the CRJ550 and CRJ705, which were modified to comply with scope clauses.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 24.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 871 km/htop speed
• range 2,871 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 90passengers
• size 38.3 tmax take-off weight
• built 100made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 27 years ago, in 1999.
• 🏎️Top speed is 6.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 24.9 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 2,871 km: 16× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1999-05-27

introduced

2001

status

still flying

number built

100

role

regional jet

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

makers

Bombardier Aerospace

engines

2× GE CF34-8C5 / General Electric CF34

crew

2

passengers

90

length

36.2 m

wingspan

24.9 m

height

7.5 m

max take-off weight

38.3 t

top speed

871 km/h

cruise speed

829 km/h

range

2,871 km

ceiling

12,497 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

CRJ7, CRJ9, CRJX

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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