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New fans for new RJs.(regional jets)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Three, soon to be two, manufacturers dominate the 30/90-seat regional jet market -- General Electric, Honeywell, and Rolls-Royce.

GE must be pleasantly surprised, not to say astounded, by the commercial success of its CF34, an engine derived from the military TF34 which powered the USAF's A-10 Thunderbolt/Warthog, and the US Navy's S-3A Viking, way back in the 1970s, becoming the Commercial Fan with the CF34-3 label that rescued Canadair's Challenger business jet from oblivion in the 1980s, and which in turn was to be developed into the Canadair RJ-200 -- the first regional jet. The more powerful CF34-8 series was first certificated as the -8C in 1999 for Bombardier's ...

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