The Challenger was the first Canadian designed and built "civilian pattern" aircraft I ever flew -although by the I had flown the Canadair F86 Sabre, The T33, The Tutor, and the CF104 -and loved then one and all!

So it was no surprise to me that the Challenger was a delight to fly -and a magnificent design. Instead of being a big business jet -it was a small large commercial aircraft -a formula that has served Canadair (and then Bombardier) extremely well!

As a former fighter pilot I never "fell in love" with any model of the Challenger -and I flew the 600, 601 and 604 -but I trusted and respected all of them completely.

The Challenger series of aircraft was never designed to "yank and bank" like a fighter -and like the Dassault Falcon 20 and 10 seemed to be able to do. Instead it was designed for minimum weight and maximum range -and this it could do in an unprecedented fashion.

I have often said that the Challenger was a Greyhound bus while the Falcon (either model) was a Cadillac.

Intuitively you might prefer the latter -but which one will make you more money?

Jock Williams Yogi 13