Keith Stibbe

Aviation Photographer. Canadair Regional Jet Photographer.

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Nov 07 2012

Bombadier pushes first flight of CSeries to occur by June 2013

Bombardier released its third quarter 2012 results and confirmed that the first flight of the CSeries prototype aircraft is not expected to occur by the end of 2012. As well, difficulties with the companies rail division, slowing orders and other charges meant that the company will face $150 million in restructuring charges in the fourth …

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Nov 05 2012

The History of Canadair Regional Jet MSN 7009

Canadair Regional Jet RJ100LR MSN 7009 D-ACLD in service with Lufthansa Cityline (Photo By: Darren Varney)

This is one in a series of articles on Winglets which track the histories of Canadair Regional Jets. MSN 7009 C-FMKW, D-ACLD, OY-RJE Ninth Canadair Regional Jet Built Operated for Lufthansa Cityline and Cimber Sterling. Built as a CRJ-100ER variant and converted to the CRJ-100LR configuration. Aircraft History C-FMKW, 7009, was the ninth Canadair Regional Jet built …

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Nov 02 2012

COMAC pushes on with ARJ21 assembly plans

Comac announced its future plans for production of the ARJ21 and C919 programs. The company expects to produce 50 ARJ21s annually by 2014 and 150 C919s by 2020. There are four ARJ21s being used in the program’s flight testing currently. The first C919 is now scheduled to make its first flight in 2014 and enter …

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Nov 01 2012

Historical CRJ Operators – Dac Air

This is one in an ongoing series of articles on Winglets that will summarize past airlines and other operators of CRJ aircraft that are no longer in existence. Dac Air Romanian Charter Airline Operated 1995-1998 Formed by Tarom Number of CRJs Operated: 2 CRJ-200LR 3 CRJ-200LR On Order, but Cancelled Dac Air was a Romanian …

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