Private jets are relatively commonplace nowadays, but what was the first private jet that took to the air and who was the ...

Over 60 years later, Learjets are no longer being made, but the final Learjet model, the 75 Liberty, remains a unique choice in the light private jet world. Its in-flight performance is a core ...

The Learjet 35A, which was completing a private flight from Austin ... One person was on the Gulfstream jet but was not injured in the crash. First responders arrived within one minute of the ...

Here are the fastest private jets ever built: The LearJet 23 was the first successful purpose-built private jet. Along with developing the first car radio and 8-track tapes, Bill Lear founded ...

The Self-Taught Genius and His Jet By the time Sinatra and Martin ... By 1956, he became the first Westerner to fly a private aircraft into Moscow. Lear’s flying experience lit a fire inside ...

Investigators faulted the actions of the crew aboard the LearJet, operated by Hop-A-Jet, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based private charter company, on Feb. 27. The report included a photo that showed ...

A 78-year-old Marine veteran was identified as the pilot killed when the private jet — owned by Mötley ... at the scene after landing gear on the Learjet 35A owned by the rock star failed ...

“The Learjet name is still synonymous with private jet travel,” said Lynn Krogh, CEO of Denver-based International Jet Aviation. In 1979 when he co-founded the company — which, along with ...