Fifty years ago, on Aug. 12, 1966, the Lear Jet 25 made its maiden flight in Wichita, ... The Lear 24 and 25 models that followed offered even better performance and more room inside, ...

The Lear 24 might be considered the grandfather of the corporate jet industry and was the first business jet to be certified under regulations standardizing jets over 12,500 pounds.

August 24: An Ameristar Jet Charter Learjet 25 crashed on departure from Tompkins County Airport, in Ithaca, N.Y., killing the two pilots aboard. The aircraft was destined for Jackson County ...

[Avionics Today 08-10-2016] Butler National, a manufacturer and provider of support systems for commercial and military aircraft, has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval to ...

Fifty years ago today, Bill Lear stood on a runway and watched his life savings lift off from a runway in Wichita, Kansas. He was 61, and had amassed a fortune in the consumer electronics age. But ...

Learjet, the sleek private jetused by celebrities for decades, ... Kansas in 1963, forging a newmarket for modern business aircraft with owners like FrankSinatra, while shattering speed records.

The Learjet 75 Liberty faces competition in the light jet segment from the Embraer Phenom 300, Citation CJ4 Gen2 and Pilatus PC-24—each of which is advantaged by being single-pilot certified ...

A high-school dropout named Bill Lear was the mastermind behind an aircraft that flew the world’s wealthiest people, writes Jonathan Glancey. “Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away ...

LOS ANGELES, CA (September 24, 2008) - The September 19, 2008 crash of a chartered Lear 60 business jet during takeoff from the Columbia Metropolitan Airport in Columbia, South Carolina killed four oc ...

October 2007 — Bombardier officially announced the Learjet 85. Expand to read more Paul Bowen Now-canceled jet was once a source of local growth. Bombardier Inc. on Thursday put an end to its ...

Fifty years ago, on Aug. 12, 1966, the Lear Jet 25 made its maiden flight in Wichita, Kansas. It was the last model to fly before Bill Lear, the inventor of ...

Learjet, the sleek private jet used by celebrities for decades, is ending production this year, following a slump in demand due to competition from newer and less-expensive rivals. Long before ...