Story ID: 806BombardierStatic
Four Bombardier Jets On MEBAA Static Display
By: Matt Thurber
Caption: Canadian manufacturer is showing its family of business aircraft including a Learjet, a Challenger and a couple of Globals.
Word Count: 389
Bombardier Business Aircraft (Chalet A6) brought four jets to this year’s MEBAA show static display, a Learjet 75, Challenger 650 and two Global models, a 5000 and 6000. 
  
Global 5000 and 6000: Until the new Global 7000 enters service in the second half of 2018, the company’s largest business jets are the Global 5000 and 6000. The Global 5000 offers range of 5,200 nautical miles (9,630 kilometers), enough for a nonstop flight from Dubai to Tokyo, while the 6000 can fly 6,000 nm (11,112 km), allowing a nonstop from Dubai to Perth, Australia. These figures are for a flight at Mach .85 carrying eight passengers and three crew. Apart from range capability, the main difference between the two jets is the length of their fuselages. The Global 5000’s interior cabin length measures 12.41 meters (40.75 feet), while the Global 6000’s cabin length is 13.18 meters (43.25 feet). Late last year, Bombardier began delivering Global jets equipped with the Bombardier Wave (Wireless Access Virtually Everywhere) high-speed Ka-band satcom. Wave incorporates Inmarsat JetConnex broadband along with Honeywell JetWave satcom hardware and provides speeds of up to 15 Mbps. The Wave system also works in concert with the Rockwell Collins Venue cabin management system that is installed on Global 5000s and 6000s.
  
Challenger 650: The latest version of the long-in-production Challenger series, the 650 model, continues Bombardier’s tradition of delivering jets with the largest cabins in their class. With a cabin length of 7.8 meters (25.6 feet) and a width at the centerline of 2.41 meters (7.9 feet), the Challenger 650 can fly six passengers and two crew 4,000 nm (7,408 km), which enables the popular Dubai-to-London route. The Challenger 650’s Vision cockpit features Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics with synthetic vision, MultiScan weather radar and head-up display with enhanced vision allowing landings in the most challenging weather conditions.
  
Learjet 75: Although the Learjet 75 is the smallest in Bombardier’s business jet lineup, the light jet features a flat-floor cabin with an eight-seat double-club configuration, the only business jet in its class with that interior configuration, according to Bombardier. With a Garmin G5000-based Vision flight deck, the Learjet 75 is up to date with the latest technology, including a new cabin management system, individual touchscreen monitors, full passenger audio and video control and LED lighting. Performance capabilities include range of more than 2,000 nm (3,704 km)—Dubai to Istanbul—with four passengers and two crew, maximum altitude of 51,000 feet and cruise speed of Mach .81.