Lear Jet would become synonymous with private jets and set the standard for decades, due in equal measure to Lear's insistence on high performance and a savvy marketing strategy that relied on ...

Over 60 years later, Learjets are no longer being made, but the final Learjet model, the 75 Liberty, remains a unique choice in the light private jet world. Its in-flight performance is a core ...

The Learjet 85 is the latest private jet from plane manufacturer Bombardier Learjet. Flexjet, a company that sells partial one-sixteenth stakes in private jets, used the 50th anniversary of the ...

MONTREAL (Reuters) - 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 ...

By 1956, he became the first Westerner to fly a private aircraft into Moscow. Lear’s flying experience lit a fire inside of him—his greatest desire was to turn Lear Incorporated into an ...

Here are the fastest private jets ever built: The LearJet 23 was the first successful purpose-built private jet. Along with developing the first car radio and 8-track tapes, Bill Lear founded ...

Let's wind the clock back and look at the history of the private jet. Many people – even some aviation experts — will tell you the Learjet 23, launched in the early 1960s, was the first true ...

showing it skidding and struggling to come to a stop as it sped down the runway before hitting the parked aircraft. The Learjet 35A, which was completing a private flight from Austin, Texas ...

“The Learjet name is still synonymous with private jet travel,” said Lynn Krogh, CEO of Denver-based International Jet Aviation. In 1979 when he co-founded the company — which, along with ...

MONTREAL, Feb 15 (Reuters) - 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 ...