Guy Hachey Bombardier Aerospace president quote re: C series
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Guy Hachey Bombardier Aerospace president quote re: C series
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Re: Guy Hachey Bombardier Aerospace president quote re: C se
Perhaps we should cut Mr. Hachey some slack. I'm pretty sure that in terms of project cost and complexity, the CSeries program is Canada's most impressive aerospace manufacturing venture of all time. Comparison with the Arrow is valid given the number of subcontractors and industry participants, not to mention the personnel count directly employed in CSeries worldwide. And, I'd also say this is a "bet the farm" program for Bombardier; let's applaud the risk takers who still design and build in Canada!
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Re: Guy Hachey Bombardier Aerospace president quote re: C se
A somewhat distorted interpretation of Mr. Hachey's comments.
You've misunderstood, perhaps.
What he said was, "when you consider how long it's been since the last narrow body has been launched, I think it's almost 30 years not quite, 1986, so this is a very special moment in the industry".
He is referring to narrow body passenger jets. Not deHavilland products (which Bombardier owns by the way) specifically. The C Series is an airliner not a Regional Jet or a STOL airplane or a bush plane and it will, whether Bombardier likes it or not, compete with Boeing and Airbus.
The A320 had its first flight in 1987, if he was referring to that narrow body, then he's slightly off.
Critics of the C Series point to the absence of a 100-130 seater in the narrow body category. Well, now they've got one.
30-50 years from now, we'll see how things panned out for the deHavilland a.k.a Bombardier Dash 8 as well as the C. So far, so good. We know how things turned out for the Arrow.
For what it's worth, the last deHavilland jetliner (also a narrow body) was the DH106 Comet which first flew on the 27th of July 1949 in at Hatfield in the United Kingdom. Entered service in 1952.
Have fun out there....
Gino
You've misunderstood, perhaps.
What he said was, "when you consider how long it's been since the last narrow body has been launched, I think it's almost 30 years not quite, 1986, so this is a very special moment in the industry".
He is referring to narrow body passenger jets. Not deHavilland products (which Bombardier owns by the way) specifically. The C Series is an airliner not a Regional Jet or a STOL airplane or a bush plane and it will, whether Bombardier likes it or not, compete with Boeing and Airbus.
The A320 had its first flight in 1987, if he was referring to that narrow body, then he's slightly off.
Critics of the C Series point to the absence of a 100-130 seater in the narrow body category. Well, now they've got one.
30-50 years from now, we'll see how things panned out for the deHavilland a.k.a Bombardier Dash 8 as well as the C. So far, so good. We know how things turned out for the Arrow.
For what it's worth, the last deHavilland jetliner (also a narrow body) was the DH106 Comet which first flew on the 27th of July 1949 in at Hatfield in the United Kingdom. Entered service in 1952.
Have fun out there....
Gino
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Re: Guy Hachey Bombardier Aerospace president quote re: C se
Maybe 'major' means large jet. By that definition, he'd be right.
The Challenger/CRJ/Global Express was Bill Lear design purchased by Canadair.
The Dash-4/5/6/7/8 are nice bush and regional prop aircraft, but not really in the same league as the 737 or even the E170 in terms of complexity and performance.
Of course, every normal Canadian knows Canadian aviation died in 1959.... so it scores good propaganda points by saying we can build something that doesn't have props or is a Smurf Jet.
The Challenger/CRJ/Global Express was Bill Lear design purchased by Canadair.
The Dash-4/5/6/7/8 are nice bush and regional prop aircraft, but not really in the same league as the 737 or even the E170 in terms of complexity and performance.
Of course, every normal Canadian knows Canadian aviation died in 1959.... so it scores good propaganda points by saying we can build something that doesn't have props or is a Smurf Jet.
