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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...