A group of aviation enthusiasts is working to restore the Avro RJX-100 prototype on display at Manchester airport. BAE Systems donated the development Avro RJX-100, G-IRJX (msn E3378), to Manchester Airport in 2003. She has been displayed at its Runway Visitor Park since February 2003, alongside an HS-121 Trident, a […]
The development Avro RJX-100, G-IRJX, made a final flight on 6 February, when she flew from Woodford to nearby Manchester Airport. She took off at noon, and gave a short farewell display at Woodford before flying over to Manchester. She was flown by test pilot Alan Foster, who had also […]
Honeywell is suing BAE Systems for cancelling the Avro RJX. Honeywell was to have provided its new AS977 engine for the new type, as well as other equipment. It has filed two writs in the High Court, claiming USD21 million in damages, alleging that it has not been paid for […]
The surprise resignation of BAE Systems Chief Executive John Weston, the bankruptcy of Fairchild Dornier, which places its 728 regional jet program in jeopardy, and the revival of the global economy, have led to numerous rumors that BAE Systems was re-thinking its abrupt cancellation of the Avro RJX program. The […]
The other shoe has finally dropped. British European announced that it has cancelled the twelve RJX-100s, with eight options, that it had ordered. British European had planned to use the RJX to replace its fleet of seventeen BAe 146 jets (six series 300s, eight series 200s, and three series 100s). […]
In what will probably be both the first and the last “first flight” of a production RJX, the first production RJX-100 took to the air from Woodford on 9 January. Msn E3391 is the third RJX and the first built to production standard. She was to be the first RJX […]
The Avro RJX might not have amassed a large order book, but the orders it did attract are now proving a headache for BAE Systems. The manufacturer’s abrupt cancellation of the RJX program at the end of November leaves it unable to fulfill its contractual obligations with either Druk Air, […]
BAE Systems has announced that it is ending the Avro RJX program. The four Avro RJs still in production will be completed, at which point production will cease. The move comes in response to a drastic fall-off in demand for new aircraft following the 11 September terrorist attacks. “Regrettably it […]
Avro RJX-85 G-ORJX (msn E2376) arrived at Toluca Airport, Mexico, on November 8 for two weeks of high elevation performance and systems trials. Toluca is 8,448 ft above sea-level, and has a 13,780 ft (4,200 m) runway.
The first Avro RJX-100 took to the air for the first time on 23 September. RJX-100 msn G-IRJX (msn E3378) took off at 15:20 local time from Woodford, with Test Pilots Bill Ovel and Pete Lofts at the controls. The crew also included Flight Test Engineers Derek Ferguson and Paul […]
