CRJ1000 Exists in ICT
 

When taking off from ICT's 19R the past Saturday morning, I took notice of a CRJ with the big '1000' emblazoned across the fuselage. I wasn't able to snap a picture, but it does exist. What's the haps on this plane? Last thing I heard was that Mesa was going to be the launch customer for this aircraft, but the way things are going....

no they aren't

Brit air is.

Im thinking you saw the 1000th 700 or 900 RJ

We (Mesa) have zero orders for CRJ1000's.

09/03/08 Article: CRJ1000 NextGen Jetliner Prototype Has Successful First Flight
Aerospace > Media Centre > Press Releases

“Following a few more flights from Mirabel, the prototype CRJ1000 NextGen jet will be flown to the Bombardier Flight Test Center in Wichita, Kansas where, next year, it will be joined by the first production CRJ1000 NextGen airliner”

Brit Air
Myair
Adria Airways
Undisclosed order of 15 (could be a US airline, another Euro airline, Asian, Middle East,… or a combo of several)

I have pictures of a silver and blue one when it was sitting at KIWA on Sept 17. They had it down there doing some tests on how long it would take to cool it down after being closed up all day in the heat. Then they were going to NM to do cross wind landings. Good looking plane, hope it doesn't get put to use at the regional level.

Good point! God forbid a regional jet be used by regional airlines. :rolleyes:

uhmmmm, at what point does a 100 seat jet become a regional airliner? Just cause it's got RJ in the prefix, doesn't mean it should be flown by guys making 20-30k a year....get real.

Ugh oh.......pandora's box....