Feb 24, 2021 · The Learjet is small compared to other transport category aircraft and requires a certain degree of diligence flying one. It is based on a fighter type aircraft that Lear converted …

5 days ago · In 1966, the company was renamed Lear Jet Industries. The company merged with the Gates Rubber Company in 1967 and was renamed the Gates Learjet Corporation. The first …

Apr 1, 2022 · By the 1970s, the Learjet sported a turbofan engine, and eventually, winglets that improved performance and fuel economy. In the 1980s, Gates Learjet created its Aerospace …

Learjet was a manufacturer of business jets for civilian and military use based in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Founded in the late 1950s by William Powell Lear as Swiss American Aviation …

May 24, 2021 · Rather than the original Learjet’s sub-2,000-mile range, the latest jets can fly for more than 12 hours for over 6,000 miles, easily across the Pacific.

Years later, as an editor at AOPA, I would get my first chance to fly a Learjet, the 31A. The new model’s delta fins were said to tame the earlier models’ attention-grabbing stall behavior at mid …

Imagine flying at 82% of the speed of sound (mach .82) at 45,000 feet. Imagine pushing the power levers up to the takeoff power setting and hearing the powerful turbojet engines …

Dec 11, 2023 · In March 2022 Learjet, the iconic business jet manufacturer, delivered its final aircraft to Northern Jet Management, bringing some 60 years of production to a close.

17 hours ago · While the Learjet 55 is an older model, the experts agreed, it is still in wide use and is considered reliable, well-suited for medical transport because it is large enough to carry …