A Learjet will depart from Wichita this week as pilots try to fly to the South Pole, then the North Pole and back to Wichita in three days. The “Polar Mission,” more formally known as polar ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal, in coordination with the Army Fixed Wing Project Office, awarded a firm-fixed-price contract to Bombardier Defense (Learjet, Inc ...

The 1964 Lear Jet 23, registered N200Y with the FAA and also known by its manufacturer’s serial number, 23-003, on Oct. 13, 1964, before it was delivered to the first Learjet customer, Chemical ...

German investigators have disclosed that the pilots of a Learjet 35A were training for a simulated engine failure at take-off when the aircraft fatally crashed at the Hohn military airfield.

When the iconic Learjet first flew in October 1963, it heralded the beginning of an era of luxurious, chic, and fast executive jets. The Learjet 23 was so quick—with a top speed of 561 mph and a ...

Wichita-based Classic Lear Jet Foundation is acquiring the first Learjet delivered to a customer, Learjet 23-003, ... Military Aviation Logistics and Maintenance Symposium (MALMS) ...

In 1963, the first Learjet 23 rolled out of the company’s manufacturing plant in Wichita, and on March 28, the last, a Learjet 75, emerged from that same facility in Kansas. On Wednesday ...

In 1963, the first Learjet 23 rolled out of the company’s manufacturing plant in Wichita, and on March 28, the last, a Learjet 75, emerged from that same facility in Kansas. On Wednesday ...

The inaugural Lear Jet 23 was based on the design of a prototype Swiss jet fighter. It could fly as fast as transatlantic commercial airliners, and could out-climb some military jets, to boot.

In the early 1960s, the Learjet 23 created a revolution in business aviation. As the world’s first light regional jet, the 23 had a svelte military fuselage, wing-tip fuel tanks and a top speed ...

When the Lear Jet 23, born from a Swiss military trainer jet, first flew on October 7, 1963, nothing on the civilian market could come close to its performance.

The Lear Jet first flew in 1963 and within a few years would become synonymous with private jets. Here an early model 23 is the first private jet at the Van Nuys airport.