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Bombardier’s first flight-test vehicle for the 135-seat CS300 version of the new CSeries airliner, aircraft FTV7, made its first flight from Mirabel, near Montreal, on Feb 27. Credit: Bombardier
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Accompanied by a Bombardier CRJ900 acting as the chase plane, the first CS300 flew for 4 hr., 58 min., reaching a maximum altitude of 41,000 ft. and a speed of 255 kt. Credit: Bombardier
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Bombardier says the aircraft and its systems performed as expected and, with no post-flight modifications required, FTV7 completed its second flight on March 3. Credit: Bombardier
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The first of two CS300 test aircraft joins four CS100s in the flight-test program, which has logged more than 1,000 hr. since the CSeries’s first flight in September 2013. Credit: Bombardier
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Andy Litavniks, copilot for the CSeries maiden flight, was pilot-in-command for the CS300 flight, with co-pilot Christophe Marchand and flight-test engineers Anthony Dunne and Mark Metivet. Credit: Bombardier
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The first and final test aircraft for the 110-seat CS100, aircraft FTV5, is expected to fly later in March. FTV5 is the first CSeries with a complete passenger interior. Credit: Bombardier
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The second CS300 test aircraft, FTV8, will fly later this year and focus on testing interior changes over the CS100. The longer CS300 can seat up to 160 passengers. Credit: Bombardier
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The CSeries is powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofans, rated at 21,000-23,300 lb. thrust on the longer and heavier CS300. Credit: Bombardier
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Flight testing of the CSeries is spilt between Mirabel, where the aircraft are assembled, and Wichita, Kansas, to take advantage of the better winter weather. Credit: Bombardier
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Bombardier has 243 firm orders for the CSeries,180 of them for the larger CS300. Total commitments for both variants stand at 563 aircraft. Credit: Bombardier
This gallery was first published March 3.