Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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The newest and largest member of Bombardier’s ubiquitous regional jet line, the 100-seat CRJ1000, has won certification from Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the Canadian manufacturer announced on November 10. Bombardier expects to start deliveries to the type’s first operator, Spain’s Air Nostrum, by year-end. The company holds firm orders for 35 of the airplanes from Air Nostrum and another 19 from Brit Air of France.
 Officially launched on Feb. 19, 2007, the CRJ1000 program met with its share of obstacles during its nearly four years of development, most notably a <a href="?q=node/22012">software glitch</a> in the command-by-wire rudder control system that grounded the two flight-test aircraft for several months. Flown for the first time on Sept. 3, 2008, the first prototype, S/N 19991, accumulated 1,400 flight hours during 470 test missions. 
 Measuring 9 feet 8 inches longer than the CRJ900, the CRJ1000 uses a 2- to 5-percent more powerful version of the GE CF34-8C5s that power the smaller jet, allowing it to fly as far as 1,691 nm under optimal conditions. Other changes include a 7.5-percent wing area increase using trailing-edge and wingtip extensions, stronger main landing gear and carbon, instead of steel, brakes.

CRJ1000 Gains Transport Canada and EASA Certification

The newest and largest member of Bombardier’s ubiquitous regional jet  line, the 100-seat CRJ1000, has won certification from Transport Canada  and the Eur

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