Fairchild Aerospace 528JET

Type (Muster)
55-seat regional jet (Regionalverkehrsflugzeug)

Country (Land)
Deutschland / USA

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Fairchild Aerospace
PO Box 1103
82230 Wessling
Germany

Phone: 49-8153/30-0
Fax: 49-8153/30-4454

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 2
Passengers (Passagiere): 55 in standard configuration, five-abreast, at 32 in seat pitch. Also, 70seat and 90seat variants are also offered.

Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x General Electric CF34-8D1
Thrust (Schub): 2 x derated to around 52,79 kN (11800 lbs)

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 23,10 m
Height (Höhe): 9,05 m
Span (Spannweite): 26,62 m
Wing sweep (Flügelpfeilung): 23, 5 degrees

Cabin width (Kabinenbreite): 3,25 m
Cabin height (Kabinenhöhe): 2,05 m

Weights (Massen)
Operating empty weight (Leermasse): 18992 kg
Max. payload (Nutzlast): 7307 kg
Max. fuel (max. Kraftstoff): 9600 kg
Max. zero fuel weight (Max. Masse ohne Kraftstoff): 26300 kg
Max. take-off weigth (max. Startmasse): 30990 kg or 31890 kg
Max. Landing weight (max. Landemasse): 29660 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Max. cruise speed (max. Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.8 / 464 KTAS (859 km/h)
Take-off field length (Startstrecke): 4250 ft at ISA, sea level, maximum take-off weight
Landing field length (Landestrecke): 4120 at ISA, sea level, maximum landing weight
Range (Reichweite): 2908 km (1570 NM) or 1890 NM

Customers (Kunden)
None yet. Lufthansa has signed up as a launch customer for the 728JET on 29 April 1999.

Cost (Preis)
At the Berlin air show in May 1998, a list price of 18 million US-Dollars was mentioned.

Competition (Konkurrenz)
Embraer ERJ-145
Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The 528JET is the smallest member of the new regional jet family launched by Fairchild Dornier at the Berlin air show in May 1998. It will be the last model available, with service entry not expected before 2004.

Last updated May 4, 1999

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