Aviation Photographer. Canadair Regional Jet Photographer.
Keith Stibbe
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Dec 03 2012
Air Astana retires Fokker 50s for Embraer 190s
Air Astana continues its plans to phase out its fleet of Fokker 50 turboprops, with the last two aircraft scheduled to be removed from the airline’s fleet in January 2013. The six aircraft will be replaced by Embraer 190s by the middle of 2013 on a one for one basis. During eight years of service …
Nov 30 2012
Bombardier moves towards high density CSeries variant approval
Bombardier announced that it is continuing the design process for a high density version of the CSeries aircraft in spite of a rejection by Air Asia who was seen as a potential launch customer of the aircraft. Other potential CSeries buyers continue to discuss the 160-seat variant of the CS300 according to Bombardier, making it …
Nov 25 2012
The History of Canadair Regional Jet MSN 7011
This is one in a series of articles on Winglets which track the histories of Canadair Regional Jets. MSN 7011 C-FMKZ, N912CA, 5H-YAH Eleventh Canadair Regional Jet Built Operated for Comair and Fly540 Tanzania. First CRJ delivered to Comair. Aircraft History C-FMKZ, 7011, was the eleventh Canadair Regional Jet built and was the first CRJ delivered to …
Nov 23 2012
Comac delays ARJ21 first delivery to 2015-2016 timeframe
COMAC announced that the company will delay delivery of the first ARJ21 for “one or two years” because of “inexperience in certification in terms of methods and infrastructure.” This delay will mean the first delivery of an ARJ21 will not occur until the 2015-2016 timeframe. First delivery of the ARJ21 was originally set for 2007 …