Originally Posted by
Hedley
Being that the 700 is no longer produced and the 550 is just a 700 with a modified cabin and artificially lowered MTOW to comply with scope, how could the 550 be created outside of a STC? There has never been one roll off of the assembly line brand new, they are just older aircraft that are converted.
They didn’t supplement the type certificate from what I understand, they (bombardier) certified (recertified ) a whole new type certificate. …on an old plane previously built and certified.
The 700 and 550 are not the same makes.
Unlike how the 700 and 701 are the same makes.
SupplementalTCs are public. So are type certificates…and these two aircraft have two different TCs.