Learjet

Learjet 35A enters Early Access

Aircraft developer Flysimware has released the Learjet 35A for Microsoft Flight Simulator in Early Access.

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NEAR MISS: Learjet takes off across path of landing JetBlue E190

A Learjet crew took off from an intersecting runway at Boston/Logan International and crossed in front of a landing JetBlue Embraer E190 after incorrectly believing they had been given clearance, an NTSB report has found.

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Inside Bombardier's rapidly expanding service centre network

Bombardier Aviation has rapidly expanded its business jet service centre network around the world. Ian Harbison gives us a run-through of the key global developments over an industrious few months.

New group to return historic Lear Jet to the skies

Based in Wichita, Kansas, the newly-formed Classic Lear Jet Foundation (CLJF) has announced its intentions to restore Learjet 23-003 – the third ever example of the world changing business jet ever built and the first delivered to a customer…

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Inside the Irish Air Corps: 102 Squadron’s Learjet 45

Operating a sole Learjet 45 for VIP transport and other mission sets, Comdt Peter Smyth, OC 102 Squadron speaks to Key.Aero about the aircraft’s role and future.

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Birth of a legendary bizjet family

Arguably the most famous name in the bizjet world is ‘Lear Jet’, with the latest variant Learjet (as it is now called) still in production by Bombardier almost 60 years after the original’s first flight. We take a look back at the very early days of the programme with this article from ‘The Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News ‘, published on May 21, 1964

USAF orders six more BACN Global 6000s

Six additional Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN)-configured Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft have been ordered by the USAF

Bombardier to end Learjet production this year

Nearly 60 years after first entering service, the ultimate flying symbol of luxury has finally received the chop

“There was a 500ft drop at the end of the runway…”

As a private jet pilot in the 1980s flying between Miami and South America, Greg Madonna saw it all. But as you’ll see from this video, corrupt officials and drug barons were the least of his problems…