The 1909 Bonnet-Labranche No. 3 pusher biplane was designed and built by Brothers Bonnet-Labranche in France.
The Bonnet-Labranche was trialled at Issy-Moulineaux, Paris, in August 1910.
Apparently, this airplane is the device bearing the generic name “1” or “2”, characteristics with their large wing.
Engine: 30 Hp Filtz-Arion
Span: 23′ / 11.50 m
Length: 26’3″ / 12.50m
Weight: 550 lb
The ABL monoplane was built in France by Brothers Bonnet-Labranche in 1909.
Span: 36′
Length: 32’10”
Albert Casimir Marius Bonnet-Labranche was born in Toulouse on September 10th, 1883, the son of an architect and engineer. Aviation ran in the blood of Albert and his younger brother Émile. Their father had tried to build a flying machine already in 1869, and also built a balloon that was used in the 1870-1871 war.
After finishing his studies and military service he moved to Paris and together with his brother formed “Aéroplanes Bonnet-Labranche”. They designed and built their first machine already in 1907, a biplane with a characteristic big long-chord top wing that joined with the horizontal tail, but it never flew. In 1909 they partnered with Charles Roux of Saint-Die to form AVIA, who built several more or less unsuccessful designs.
At the October 1909 Paris “Grande Quinzaine” Albert Bonnet-Labranche entered a monoplane, the fourth “ABL” design, but it was untested and only managed short, straight flights. This was his only appearance at an aviation meeting.
The Bonnet-Labranche brothers were involved in all kinds of aviation-related business. They established the “Aéro-Garage” in Paris, where they bought, sold, built, repaired and shipped aeroplanes. In the end of 1910 they claimed to have 31 aeroplanes of different types in the 2,200 square metre halls of the “Aéro-Garage”, and their inventory of machines, engines and spare parts was valued at 512,000 francs. The brothers also published the fortnightly magazine “L’Aviation Illustrée” and manufactured and sold model airplanes. They started flying schools and built hangars at Issy-les-Moulineaux, in Orléans and in Oran in Algeria, and they had big plans for several more schools in France, Belgium and China, which in the end were never realized. They designed seven types of airplanes of different configurations. The last types, Blériot-inspired monoplanes, were produced in several examples during 1911 and flown successfully in many meetings, particularly by Louis Janoir.
Albert moved to Algeria around 1911 and ran the flying school there. It appears that the other Bonnet-Labranche aviation businesses were sold or wound down in the end of 1911, but the “Aéro-Garage” reportedly still existed in 1913.
Albert Bonnet-Labranche was drafted into the infantry when WW1 started, but soon transferred to the air forces. He qualified for his military “brevet” on April 1st, 1915 and served as a pilot with the rank of sergeant. He was wounded on July 18th, 1915 when his machine was attacked by a German fighter during a reconnaissance mission. Despite being hit in the leg he managed to bring his bullet-ridden Voisin LA back to the base, earning a citation. Later during the war he proposed a four-engine triplane long-range bomber to the war ministry, but nothing came out of it.
Little is known about Bonnet-Labranche’s life after the end of the war, but it appears that he spent most of his life in Algeria. In 1943 he went missing there, together with the plane he was piloting.
Bonnet-Labranche did not qualify for a pilot’s license before WW1.
Designed by Charles Audenis and built by the Boncourt- Audenis-Jacob concern at Bron, the BAJ Type IV was a tandem two-seat fighter powered by a 300hp Hispano-Suiza 8Fb eight-cylinder water-cooled engine. The Type IV was armed with one synchronised 7.7mm Vickers machine gun and a pair of 7.7mm Lewis guns on a T.O.3 ring mounting in the rear cockpit. Of relatively clean design, with aerofoil-section single interplane struts and a close-cowled engine, the Type IV was officially ordered on 1 May 1918 by the Aviation Militaire. The first prototype was delivered to Villacoublay for official trials late in November 1918, but these were apparently delayed by the need for modifications which were undertaken by the Hanriot concern and completed on 28 January 1919. The first prototype was returned to the Boncourt-Audenis-Jacob concern for repairs in the summer of 1919, official trials being continued with a second prototype. No production order for the Type IV was placed and no specification for this type has apparently survived
The 1912 Bomhard “Pfeil” (“Arrow”) biplane was designed and built by Karl Bomhard in Austria.
It set a world record on Sept 27, 1912 with three passengers to a height of 1120 meters, piloted by Sablatnig.
On September 1, 2013 4 Bombardier Aerospace announced that the first CSeries aircraft, Flight Test Vehicle 1 (FTV1), has successfully obtained Transport Canada’s Flight Test Permit, thereby clearing the way for its maiden flight. This follows a series of pre-flight tests including low-speed taxi runs.
“Five years in the making and today, following receipt of Transport Canada’s flight test permit, we are very close to the CSeries airliner’s first flight ” said Mike Arcamone, President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
Designed for the growing 100 to 149 seat market, the 100% new CSeries aircraft family combines advanced materials, leading-edge technology and proven methods to meet commercial airline requirements. Powered by Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1500G engines, the CSeries aircraft family will offer an extra capacity seating option.
As of June 30, 2013, Bombardier had booked orders and commitments for 388 CSeries aircraft that included firm orders for 177 CSeries airliners.
Bombardier sold the CSeries aircraft to Airbus. The CSeries became known as the A220, the single-aisle jet became a huge success for Airbus.
Market and design studies began 1999, announced on 25 October 2001 as the Global 5000. Based on the Global Express, with a 1.83m reduction in fuselage length, and a 2,222km reduction in maximum range, the first flight took place on 7 March 2003
Two aircraft were utilised in the flight test programme.
Bombardier Global 5000
Engines: 2 x 64354 N / 6560 kp
Length: 96.752 ft / 29.49 m
Height: 24.836 ft / 7.57 m
Cabin height: 6.266 ft / 1.91 m
Cabin width: 8.169 ft / 2.49 m
Cabin length: 42.487 ft / 12.95 m
Wingspan: 225.230 ft / 68.65 m
Max take off weight: 87714.9 lb / 39780.0 kg
Cruising speed (mach): 0.89 mach
Range: 4800 nm / 8889 km
Passengers: 19
The Bombardier BD-700 Global Express is a twin-engine ultra long range executive jet aircraft with two crew members and up to 19 passengers and 2 flight attendants. Development of the BD-700 started late 1991 and the programme launched on 20 December 1993, the dsign goal was the longest possible range at highest speed from a short runway. A wide-body fuselage, combining the Challenger cabin cross-section with cabin length of the Regional Jet, the prototype rolled out 26 August 1996. Bombardier had 60 firm orders by February 1997.
Bombardier BD-700 Global Express Article
The first prototype flew on 13 October 1996. On 31 July 1998, the Canadian certification was granted and the first customer delivery was completed on 8 July 1999 to AirFlite Inc of Long Beach, California.
The Bombardier Global Express business jet was certified by the European Joint Aviation Authorities on May 7, 1999. The approval was issued under JAR Part 25, through Change 14. Bombardier reported having 80 orders for the twin-engine jet. Transport Canada and the FAA certified the airplane in 1998.
The range of the Global Express is 11,390 km at a cruise speed of 904 km/h.
On 3 August 2001 the first Global Express fitted with the ASTO long range airborne surveillance system flew.
The Bombardier BD-700 Global Express is powered by two Rolls-Royce Deutschland BR-710A2-20 turbofans.
Total of 91 aircraft were in customer service by 30 September 2002.
Engines: 2 x BMW / Rolls Royce BR 710-48-C2, 66119 N / 6740 kp
Wingspan: 91.896 ft / 28.01 m
Wing area: 1021.934 sq.ft / 94.94 sq.m
Length: 98.983 ft / 30.17 m
Height: 25.0 ft / 7.62 m
Max take off weight: 93395.0 lb / 42356.0 kg
Weight empty: 48510.0 lb / 22000.0 kg
Max. speed: 505 kts / 935 km/h
Cruising speed: 475 kts / 880 km/h
Service ceiling: 51001 ft / 15545 m
Wing load: 91.43 lb/sq.ft / 446.0 kg/sq.m
Maximum range: 6500 nm / 12038 km
Range: 6318 nm / 11700 km
Crew: 2
Payload: 8-19 pax (max. 3266kg)
Design study, then known as ‘Bombardier Model 70’, revealed at the Paris Air Show in June 1997; initially named Continental. On 14 August 2001 the first Bombardier Aerospace Continental Jet (factory serial number 20001) took off from Bombardier Learjet facilities at Wichita, and reached 17,500 ft and a speed of 210 kts.
Renamed Challenger 300 on 8 September 2002.
Bombardier Continental Article
Bombardier was founded in 1942 to manufacture tracked vehicles for snow travel and broke into the aviation scene in the early 1970s when it acquired the Austrian Lohnewerke GmbH and its subsidiary Rotax-Werk AG (later Bombardier-Rotax GmbH), the supplier of snow mobile and microlight engines. In December of 1986 they acquired Canadair; in October 1989 Short Brothers of Northern Ireland; in June 1990 Learjet Corporation and in 1992 purchased 51 percent of de Havilland Canada. In January 1997, they purchased the remaining 49 percent of DHC from the Province of Ontario.
Bombardier’s aerospace operations delivered 227 regional, business and utility aircraft during the organization’s 1998-99 fiscal year, a 28% increase compared with the previous period. The production rate for the CRJ-100/200 was raised to 7.5 aircraft per month from six.
