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The Learjet Model 31 is, arguably, the ultimate realization of the original Learjet series dating back to the Model 23 of 1963. Essentially combining the fuselage and engines of the model 35/36 with the “Longhorn” wing of the 28, 29 and 55 models, results in performance which is equaled by few aircraft.
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 Corporation, it became a subsidiary of Canadian Bombardier Aerospace in 1990, which marketed the company’s aircraft as the "Bombardier Learjet Family".
On January 31, 2025, shortly after 6:00 p.m. EST (23:00 UTC), a Learjet 55 operated by Med Jets SA de CV on behalf of Jet Rescue Air Ambulance as Med Jets Flight 056, performing a medevac flight from Northeast Philadelphia Airport to Tijuana International Airport with a planned stop at Springfield–Branson National Airport crashed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, killing all on board.
A camera-equipped Learjet 35 was used to film some of the aerial sequences for the 1980 film The Final Countdown. The Learjet 35 also appeared in the movies Between the Lines (Ep. 3.05, 1994), A Wing and a Prayer (1998 TV Movie), Free Fall (1999), Prison Break (season 4) (Ep. 4.18, 2008), The Bourne Legacy, Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and many ...
The projected (in green) and actual (in red) ground track of N47BA from departure in Orlando to Dallas and to crash site in South Dakota. On October 25, 1999, a Learjet 35, registration N47BA, [7] operated by Sunjet Aviation of Sanford, Florida, departed Orlando Sanford International Airport (IATA: SFB, ICAO: KSFB) at 13:19 UTC (09:19 EDT) on a two-day, five-flight trip.
(1929: (Archie and Claude) Lear Aircraft Corp, Pratt KS. 1954: (William P) Lear Inc, Santa Monica, CA, 1959: Established Swiss-Amaerican Aviation Corp, St Gallen, Switzerland. 1962: Lear-Siegler Corp. Jan 1963: Lear Aircraft Co, Wichita, KS) Lear 1929 Biplane [1] Lear 1930 Monoplane [1] LearStar
The Model 45 was the first all-new design since the original Learjet, and significantly altered the Learjet line. Through its four primary variants – the original Model 45, the Model 45XR, Model 40 and Model 40XR – it was the Learjet Division's principal product from the 1990s until the introduction of the Model 75 variant in 2012. [4] [5] [6]
The Learjet was simulating a civilian airliner that had been hijacked and had broken off radio contact with Air Traffic Control, while the Typhoons were simulating a military response to such a scenario. [3] [BFU 2] [4] [5] The lead Typhoon intercepted the Learjet, and as the latter turned to follow it, the two aircraft collided. [6] [BFU 3]