Originally Posted by
El Bunto
And also the FJ-X project for a 50-seat regional jet powered by CF34s.
I don't think the project got as far as selecting an engine supplier (Shorts was looking for a risk-sharing partner, rather than just an OEM), though it could well have ended up with the CF34, had it gone ahead.
Sounds ahead of its time?
Not according to one wizened Air Canada exec, who sat through the presentation on the FJX and then went to his filing cabinet and pulled out a dusty brochure from 1949 ...
