EvilMonkey thanks again for the help.

Tony, thanks...I know there are CRJ manuals online. Was looking specifically for performance info. Sounds like you might be a little bitter. The aviation program I'm teaching and writing curriculum for is brand new. We've already got one flight simulator, and as I said we're getting one next year that will be able teach some of the elementary procedures and systems of the CRJ. Why does a high school career center need this you ask? Because despite all of the gossip, hearsay, etc that circulates this forum, signs point to the fact that the industry is turning around. And hey, if for nothing else, I personally didn't come up with the idea to start the class, I was just the person hired to develop and teach it. Airlines are beginning to redraft bridge agreements with colleges, etc. This program earns students real credit toward an major collegiate flight training institution that they can use when the graduate. So you're absolutely right, it is very narrowly focused to the aviation industry - not JUST pilots, but the industry as a whole. And you're also right, it IS a very expensive piece of equipment. That's the point of the "career" center, to prepare students for post-secondary jobs and education. There are still, and will be more of in the immediate future, jobs in the aviation industry. But thanks for helping me out.