General Information

Serial #

1003/3991

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

predom. aluminum, steel, plexiglass & rubber

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

20.88 m

Width

18.85 m

Height

6.22 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aircraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Canadair

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

first flown July 14, 1979 as CL-600; converted to CL-601 & test flown April 10, 1982; converted to CL-604 & test flown June 8, 1994; retired 2005

Canada

designed & built in Canada/ helped make Canada, Canadair & Bombardier (purchased Canadair 1986) major players in global aerospace industry/ led to development of Regional Jet airliner 1991

Function

3rd CL-600 prototype produced/ used as prototype to test CL-600, CL-601 & CL-604 Challengers models

Technical

in use 27 years/ 1,346 flights/ 2,402 flight hours/ at time of donation oldest airworthy Challenger in existence & only example of modern jet-powered business aircraft in CAvM collection

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Significant lettering on both sides of airplane: on nose section "ACTIVE/ CONTROL/ TECHNOLOGY/ FLY COLLINS"; on fuselage "A C T"; on tail section "C-GCGT"; on tail fin "BOMBARDIER" [inside logo]/ "BOMBARDIER/AEROSPACE"; on port side only near cabin "Queen of the Fleet/ EXPERIMENTAL"; signed on exterior nose section port side near cabin by crew members as follows: Pilot Charles Ellis (Senior Experimental Test Pilot, Bombardier), Co-pilot Jacques Thibaudeau (Production Test Pilot, Bombardier), Flight Test Engineer Jim Brown (Supervisor of Flight Test Operations, Bombardier) & David Gird (Aircraft Maintenance Engineer who worked on the airplane after it landed at CAvM)

Missing

N/A

Finish

predom. painted white; lettering predom. dark blue ("ACT" in red); dark blue & red graphic design on tail section; gray landing gear with black tires; clear windows

Decoration

circular Bombardier logo on tail fin