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The key difference between a jet and an airplane is that to be a jet, a plane has to have a jet engine. Essentially, every jet is an airplane but not every airplane is a jet. A jet engine could either be a turbojet or turbofan, while a non-jet engine is usually a turboprop. Tu...
Unlike Embraer, who based the ERJ off of an existing passenger turboprop, Bombardier based its regional jets off of its existing business jet fleet. This is why the CRJ-100 and -200 are very similar in looks to the Bombardier Challenger 600 series. The only difference between Bombardier’s f...
It also has a unusually high maximum speed (up to Mach 2) and payload capacity (eight tons carried on nine weapon-capable hardpoints) for a single-engine jet due to its excellent thrust-weight ratio. On the downside, it has limited range without mounting external fuel tanks (340 miles ...