A number of former Learjet employees and aficionados have kept tabs on the first Learjet ever sold to a customer: 1964’s Lear Jet 23, registered N200Y with the FAA and also known by its ...

The Learjet 23 went into production in 1962 and took its first flight Oct. 7, 1963. “It was the first plane that was specifically built as a business jet,” said Dick Kovich, a former Learjet ...

The first Learjet was delivered in 1964, but Lear saw the need for affordable business travel years before that. Longtime Wichita advertising executive Al Higdon helped market Learjet in those ...

Bombardier’s Learjet 85 made its first flight on Wednesday. Courtesy illustration After about a four-month delay, Bombardier Aerospace test pilots for the first time on Wednesday took off from ...

The first Learjet flew in 1963, and more than 3,000 had been built since. “It was sleek and it had almost a fighter-jet pedigree,” said Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst for Teal Group.

The Learjet 75 Liberty has a range of 2,080 nautical miles, able to connect Las Vegas to New York, Seattle to Washington, DC, and Mexico City to San Francisco, nonstop—under certain operating ...

The 55 was the first Learjet with enough cabin room to stand up, and first to have a real lavatory. In 1993 Learjet introduced the 60 with a stretched cabin and new, more powerful Pratt & Whitney ...

Bombardier Aerospace this week said it has obtained a first-flight permit from the Federal Aviation Administration for its Wichita-built Learjet 85. Bombardier Aerospace this week said it has ...

WICHITA, Kan. — The Learjet, which became synonymous with lifestyles of the rich and famous, is about to fade into aviation history. Canada’s Bombardier ...

Bombardier <BBDb.TO> will delay the first test flight of its Learjet 85 business jet after discovering a systems problem that requires a software update, the Canadian company said on Wednesday in ...