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185:Performance
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1249:Categories
1234:Viking Air
1151:CRJ family
1001:Bombardier
847:North Star
817:Challenger
668:Turboprops
230:References
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951:See also:
235:Citations
132:Data from
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832:Dynavert
340:Sequence
334:aircraft
332:Canadair
218:See also
206:Avionics
171:WTS34-16
121:Canadair
89:Canadair
51:Canadair
1224:Learjet
1172:CSeries
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700:CL-215T
65:History
1197:CL-327
1028:family
1016:Dash 8
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928:CX-131
923:CT-114
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913:CP-107
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903:CF-104
791:CL-605
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781:CL-601
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771:CL-226
766:CL-219
761:CL-209
756:CL-206
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578:CL-227
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477:CL-201
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887:Yukon
867:Tutor
852:Sabre
842:Midge
812:Argus
805:Names
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741:CL-88
736:CL-52
731:CL-41
726:CL-30
721:CL-13
690:CL-84
685:CL-44
680:CL-35
675:CL-32
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649:CL-60
644:CL-42
639:CL-28
634:CL-15
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392:CL-20
387:CL-15
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377:CL-12
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614:CL-4
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604:CL-2
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367:CL-5
362:CL-4
357:CL-3
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276:ISBN
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79:The
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