Bombardier New Aircraft

[h25b]

I think I know who you work for, I worked for a company that sold engines to you guys and we'd occasionally bring pax to your hangar. Did I hear correctly that your current leadership got yid of all the Gulfstreams immediately when he took over in favor of Falcons ??? Used to see your shuttle planes at SDF frequently as well...

Well, at least Falcon will not give aircraft away like the G company when the market turns sour...it must have been tough to explain to the big guys why their new 40m investment was worth less than 35m so soon.

I was just curious how the whole thing went down. We were seeing practically brand new G-V's in the hangar and then out goes Jack Nasser and poof, out go the Gulfstreams and in come the Falcons...

 

[GEXDriver]

I think I know who you work for, I worked for a company that sold engines to you guys and we'd occasionally bring pax to your hangar. Did I hear correctly that your current leadership got yid of all the Gulfstreams immediately when he took over in favor of Falcons ??? Used to see your shuttle planes at SDF frequently as well...

Well, at least Falcon will not give aircraft away like the G company when the market turns sour...it must have been tough to explain to the big guys why their new 40m investment was worth less than 35m so soon.

The voice of professional envy speaks...


By the way, the average price for a used $26.15 million dollar Falcon 2000EX in todays premium market is $17.7 million.

 

[fokkerjet]

Two pairs........

Which model F2000EX was it? I found two F2000's for sale on one website, one was 10 years old for $17.9m and the other at 5 years for $21.0m; didn't see any EX's.

 

[pilotmiketx]

Are companies that built the Saberliner and Jetstar still in business selling corporate aircraft? Think about what you say next time before you ask such a shallow question. If you think that 601s are being bought up for pennies on the dollar (like Sabre and Jetstars) and going to Mexico for use down there, you should put the crack pipe down.

Maybe I should have said "Are you flying checks?" Or maybe auto parts.

Manufacturers aren't obligated to support products indefinately. The economies of scale for aircraft manufacturing are practically nonexistant due to the small production runs and high costs associated with certification. The same is true for parts. Manufacturers will cease to produce parts when it is no longer economically feasible to do so either due to actual manufacturing costs or product liability concerns. The only reason you can get old Hawker parts is because they are the same as new Hawker parts. Nothing like flying around in "new" 40 year old technology.

 

[cosmotheassman]

Well looks like the cat is out of the bag. Or should I say catS? The new aircraft are the learjet 60XR and a new challenger 605. yes, a 605. check out the bombardier web site for pics...

 

[h25b]

I looked over the 60XR on the web site and here's all I could figure...

1. Extra rotor on each brake set (i.e. Better brakes)...
2. Redesigned interior (hope they came up with a toilet with a wide enough opening to accommodate large fecal matter )
3. Upgraded Avionics...
4. Still the same wing...

 

[RS6]

I looked over the 60XR on the web site and here's all I could figure...

1. Extra rotor on each brake set (i.e. Better brakes)...
2. Redesigned interior (hope they came up with a toilet with a wide enough opening to accommodate large fecal matter )
3. Upgraded Avionics...
4. Still the same wing...

1. Brake upgrade is a SB avail. for all 60's and std. on sn 270 or so and on. Naturally no new numbers.

2. Yes, new lav and they moved the vanity so you have two windows in there. Hopefully the hole is bigger.

3. PL 21....new goodies for the pilots to play with.

4. Same wing yes. As it's the same plane. No more fuel, no more perf. No more range, etc...

All the things we wanted are still a different plane away.

 

[broken spoke]

60xr!?

Dissappointing. Reviewed the site about the new 60XR. Interior changes and, as previously mentioned, cockpit improvements, but the same wing. WOW. I was really hoping that they would stick a better wing on the plane. Hell, the flippin' brakes are fine. The Pratts would sure run out with the best of 'em, if given the opportunity, i.e. a better wing, but, to no avail.

Cossmo, lead on!!

 

[ultrarunner]

Dissappointing. Reviewed the site about the new 60XR. Interior changes and, as previously mentioned, cockpit improvements, but the same wing. WOW. I was really hoping that they would stick a better wing on the plane. Hell, the flippin' brakes are fine. The Pratts would sure run out with the best of 'em, if given the opportunity, i.e. a better wing, but, to no avail.

Cossmo, lead on!!

Yeah, bummer. But, the big picture is that if they did put a good wing on the 60 the plane would have very similar, if not better numbers than the CL-300.

No point in competing with it's own products.

 

[Flyingdog1]

Yeah, bummer. But, the big picture is that if they did put a good wing on the 60 the plane would have very similar, if not better numbers than the CL-300.

No point in competing with it's own products.

The landing and TO numbers of the CL-30 are very close to that of a LR-31. They'd have their work cut out for'm.

 

[broken spoke]

Yeah, bummer. But, the big picture is that if they did put a good wing on the 60 the plane would have very similar, if not better numbers than the CL-300.

No point in competing with it's own products.

Good point, my friend. Still . . .

 

[ultrarunner]

The landing and TO numbers of the CL-30 are very close to that of a LR-31. They'd have their work cut out for'm.

I was thinking more of the range numbers, and not so much runway figures.

With a high-perf wing and just a touch more fuel, the 60 would compete directly with the CL-300 in every respect except cabin space.

IMO, that would take away sales from the outfits that don't want to drop 20m on the bigger cabin.