WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Touching down in ICT on Monday, a Learjet has become the first plane of its kind to perform a polar circumnavigation. The trip took the four-pilot crew five days to ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Learjet 36A that took off from Wichita last Wednesday evening made it to the Arctic Circle early morning and returned to Wichita Monday afternoon. It appears the ...

On April 30th, a small crew departed from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport with a goal to make history by flying a Learjet airplane over the North and South poles of the world.

Lear Jet 23-003 has historical significance. “Business aviation was alive and well in 1962 to 1964 when Bill Lear first came to town and started building the jet,” Rowe said.

A Learjet 36A will take off from Wichita on April 30 and attempt to fly to the South Pole, the North Pole, and back to Wichita in just three days to raise funds for the restoration of the first ...

After five days, five continents, two weather delays, 13 stops and 57.6 hr. of flying time, the crew of The Polar Mission successfully circumnavigated the globe.

KSNW Wichita. The first-ever Learjet Polar Mission departs Wichita, raises 100K for plane restoration, honors the Learjet family. Posted: May 1, 2025 | Last updated: May 1, 2025 ...

Learjet overran at San Marcos after landing long in gusting tailwind. By David Kaminski-Morrow 2025-03-03T07:08:00+00:00. US investigators have determined that a Learjet 35A sustained serious ...

A new NTSB preliminary report, complete with photos, reveals that critical landing gear failures caused Vince Neil's Learjet to crash while landing at Scottsdale Airport on Feb. 10, killing the ...

The cockpit voice recorder on the Learjet 55 that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia on Jan. 31 had not captured audio on flights for 'several years' before the aircraft went down near the ...