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And BTW, it si the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries CRJ-200. During its liquidation, Bombardier did not grant rights to use its name/brand to those buying the various divisions. (the name remains used by the business jet division which is all that is left of the Bombardier company until that is liquidated too).

Go back in history. The CRJ was groundbreaking because it replaced very noisy turboprops and created the "regional jet" industry. I think the CRJs initially went to AC because at that time AC didnt own its regional carriers ( Air BC, Air Nova, Air Ontario). When the Challenger business jet was designed at onset with stretch potential and a fuselage width that could do 2*2 for commercial operations. Bill Lear had participated in the early concepts but left before the Challenger details were fixed. However, Canadair had spent its cash on the Challener and didn't have enough to launch the commercial version. The federal government sold Canadair to Bombardier in 1986 and saw that the Challenger could be converted to commercial jet. Can't remember at what point they had money to move ahead. The reason for the windows is simple: they were "punched " at the correct height for a business jet with a lower floor. But to fit 2*2 seating, they needed to raise floor to have wider floor to fit the seats, but that made the windows low (and ceiling lower than on the Challenger). For the subsequent CRJs (700 nd 900s), their raised the windows on the fuselage. While "normal" by today,s standards, the flying skidoos had very good acceleration which had been a key advantage when converting a flight from turboporp to a CRJ on airports with runways designed for turboprops. Air Canada on many routes where the DC-9 was the smallest AC could use, they now had the CRJ which was far mroe ecnomical to fly. By 2000, Bombardier was in its heydays and spitting out whole litters of CRJ 200s every day at its Dorval plant. Ships weren't big enough, so some of the fuselages and noses that were built in Belfast arrived by Antonov 124s in order for Bombardier to meet delivery deadlines. During the Bill Clinton era, he funded the construction of an airport in Palestine, and Palestinian Airlines ordered a bunch of CRJ 200s and I got to see them. Alas, some neighbouring country didn't want Palestine to have an airport and bombed it to smotherresn and the Palestinian Airlines CRJs were never delivered. The "flying skidoo" name came from a mix of Bombardier building them and the Fredericton accident where a CRJ overshot runway in winter and travelled quite far in the snowy forest (with wings clipped) like a skidoo. (one was seriously injured). (AC broke rules because it accessed the TSB "owned" aircraft to paint its logo out of aircraft without permission since it was constantly in the news). It is interesting that the 50 seat class of jets which opened up regional jets is now basically all gone with airlines wanting bigger regional jets and fighting scope clauses to allow bigger and bigger regional jets. (UA does have 50 seat aircraft, but it is a CRJ-700 whose paperwork calls CRJ-500 and is limited to 50 seats in its certification, and UA has business class on it to take up the extra space availabe on the -700).

Hello I was the boy speaking Polish at the back with blue headphones did you see me I did see you

Thanks for the tribute and the farewell to a great airplane. Sure, by today's standards it looks (and is) outdated and probably deserved to be retired, but it did its job well. It was my first jet, I flew it a Air Georgian and Jazz (I do have a few logbook lines with FDJA). Having just the one lav at the back of the cabin, we would try our best to not have to use it while passengers were on board, thus avoiding the "walk of shame". 🙂

Se que me esperan👌👍

Brings back memories bopping around smaller Atlantic Canada airports to Toronto, Montreal, etc. One flight from Montreal to Fredericton had some bad turbulence on an early Dash 8, captain said turbulence was up to 28000 and we were rated to 25000 so we're going down to 13000..... fun run but man was it bumpy!

Thank the Lord, they are miserable

good riddance!

It's time for another YEG spotting video 😊

My first flight ever was on a CRJ200.. It will always hold a especial place for me... The museum is outstanding, was there last year.

I am German, I miss the nonstop flights Frankfurt to Yyc and back with Air Canada. The Service was better! Also the business class!

I flew in one of their crj’s a few months ago going to Montreal from dc it was small but got the job done, but I’d love to go back to that museum

"the seatback pocket" cut to: shot of the pocket jammed against the back of the seat with your knees pinning it there made me laugh out loud RIP the CRJ my knees will not miss you but the rest of me will

100%, very well said Alex and great video

I was a flight attendant for about three years on the 200. At 5'11", the only place I could stand up straight was dead center of the cabin, and I had to duck my head for the exit row sign. Being based in DCA, I've done that departure many times, and it never gets old. :) Next time you happen to be in the DC area, please drop me a line. :)

A regional flight I now take relatively frequently switched from the CRJ200 to the E175s and I cannot explain how much more comfortable the Embraer 175 is. Love how you referred to them as “quirks”, I could not be as generous.

There are now more than one million passengers per year.

crj900 with SAS was a nice one and still every now and then I get on it. Much comfyer than todays crap seats.

I have spent the larger portion of my aviation career flying the CRJ aircraft for Jazz. I was selected to be on the original course with the intent of becoming a Training/Check Pilot. After completing the course I was given the honour of heading down to West Virginia to Ferry the first Jazz CRJ200 into Canada in April 17, 2002. The import flight was from Clarkesburg, W. Virginia-Pittsburgh-Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After this I flew/taught and Checked on the aircraft until my last flight on June 21, 2021. At Jazz we flew all the variants as one Type Rating: CRJ 100, 200, 705 (which was then recertified as a 900). While the 900 variant was certainly the “Queen” of the Jazz fleet for a time and certainly the better performing aircraft, I never lost the enjoyment of flying the 200. From a pilot’s standpoint it was a fun little jet to fly. For it’s time and place in aviation history it was a relatively complex aircraft with many quirks that the pilot had to be familiar with in order to safely operate it. It will always hold a special place in my heart and mind. Farewell to an old friend.

Good riddance. I love flying, but always hated the CRJs. Cramped, loud, and plain uncomfortable to fly in

I wonder if it actually is part of the EU and you can pay with Euros. If yes, please next time also include the euro prices😂

I have never understood why on earth people want to fly at that time of day to their holiday destination as you’ll be completely feeling shite for the entire day for waking up at 2am and sitting on your suitcase till being able to check in at your hotel…. Not me, thank you. I’ll happily fly at noon.

Ryanair doesn’t accept cash only contactless payement

Half of me is glad their gone but the CRJ 900 servers YXE and those variants will be gone soon

these things are great I flew on one of them from Toronto to frankfurt, i just hope they increase there service between Toronto and frankfurt to lower the costs of each flight

I remember flying in the CRJ a few times, but I don't think it was the 200. I like the design of the rear mounted twin engines....makes for a much quieter ride.

Why do I remember flying a CRJ between Ottawa and LaGuardia, but the lavatory was in the front starboard and had no sink…?

It’s been about tens years since I have been on the 200, but I used to fly United Express (they were still blue tulip and battleship!) ones a lot as a kid. I was shorter then so the “quirks” didn’t bother me, and I remember the one flight attendant entertaining my toddler sister in the galley as she ran up and down the aisle. They always felt really personal and small town ish with only 50 people and 1 flight attendant.

Thanks Alex...as always an excellent thoughtful review!

Tin can with wings Good riddance

Ahh the CRJ-200. Tha platform of a corp jet. They had to raise the floor to fit the 4 seats per row. But the windows remained the same. At least this is what I understand. Later versions repositioned the windows Please correct me if I'm wrong. I've never been on the 200 but tools love to ride on one.

I greatly prefer the CR2 to any of the larger CRJ’s (glaring at you CR9). My favourite regional airline flies dozens of them, and my travel agent has the request to fly on them when offered. The retirement of Jazz’s CR2’s certainly explains why our route has been replaced with E175’s. I remember when we had Dash-100’s, then 300’s, then CR2’s. Flown on all of them.

used to fly from edmonton to winnipeg and back on theses loved them they were smooth and the 2 per side seating is great was a big step backwards when they replaced them with the q400

Sad to see another aircraft type leave the Air Canada fleet. Time flies faster than a plane, that's for sure. I'll miss the sound of it's two GE engines. 😢

The exterior of this plane looks nice but the interior of this point looks absolutely ugly

I'm one of those weirdos who prefer the -200 series over the 700 and 900 series--at DCA, looked as though you had a near-version of a 'static takeoff' whereby the pilot applies the brakes, revs up the engines and releases the brakes--at Ottawa, was your flight considered a domestic one? I know US citizens can clear customs at Canadian airports and their flight is considered domestic at US airports. The Air and Space Museum is on my bucket list for a future trip!

The plane is now painted back to its original livery.

Iratates me that boeing and American government forced the sale to airbus by imposing tariffs on this company

That cloth on those seats was literally ripped off a 1976 oldsmobile! WTF is that?!

Say goodbye to your balls on these planes.

Is there a spotting video coming from DCA? Flown in and out of there about a dozen times since it’s an AA hub, and I’d rather connect through DC than Philly.

thats a nice video !

5:40 Never gets old with CFMs next to you and Farewell to the Disney planes

8:07 Smart idea 💡

I will also miss the CRJ-200, getting to fly them a lot as a kid out of MEM with Northwest Airlink. I hope at least some of the retired 200s are bought out for freighter conversions. We have gotten Aeronaves TSM and Gulf & Caribbean Cargo through Memphis with their CRJ-200PF's.

I know a lot of people hated the CRJ100s/CRJ200s but me personally I love them. They got the job done and did a great job from getting others from Point A to Point B. I used to fly on Skywest’s & Endeavor Air’s CRJ100s/CRJ200s a lot back when I used to visit my Grand Parents in North Dakota. I still miss flying on them to this day. R.I.P to CRJ100/CRJ200s I still miss flying on them. 😢

Far far far prefer CRJ to the Smash8 (Q400)

alex did not show the shoe horn used to get passengers on, and sometimes off this plane. perhaps air canada should have configured this aircraft to seat 60, or more, passengers the plane would be more comfortable. a seat pitch of 17 would be no problem. using airline managerial logic to come up with the previous comment.

I have found 3 Bombardier C series scrapped here at the Tupelo, Mississippi ,US airport. The only thing left are the 3 fuselages with Bombardier C SERIES still written on them . I wonder why they were scrapped? Maybe had something to do with the sale to Airbus. Intend to visit the Airbus factory in Mobile, Alabama . Will be happy to send pictures of these . Great video as usual,

Flew on a CRJ-200 United from Denver to YYC.. Real Little Hot Rods those are !