The 1964 Lear Jet 23, registered N200Y with the FAA and also known by its manufacturer’s serial number, 23-003, in flight. “It was the first plane that was specifically built as a business jet,” said ...
As the unofficial historian of Learjet, Dick Kovich admits he’s “actually done dumpster diving” to save items related to the iconic brand. That’s why he and other former Learjet employees and ...
The Lear Jet 23, later spelled Learjet, is the jet that launched the entire business jet industry, said Rick Rowe, a ...
The Classic Learjet Founding is working to acquire and restore Learjet 23-003, the first of iconic aircraft to be delivered. Lear Jet 23-003, the first of the long line of Lears to enter service, was ...
Listen in to hear from Bart Gray, who is leading a flight to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole in a Learjet 36A, and Rick Rowe from the Classic Lear Jet Foundation, an organization in the ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – An attempt at a land speed record is raising money for a group working to restore one of the very first Learjet business jets built in Wichita. A jet owned by air ambulance ...
The fuselage of Learjet 23-003, the first production Lear, is returned to its restoration hangar in Wichita following paint stripping. The aircraft will now undergo non-destructive inspection to help ...
A Learjet will depart from Wichita this week as pilots try to fly to the South Pole, then the North Pole and back to Wichita in three days. The “Polar Mission,” more formally known as polar ...
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The Learjet 23 went into production in 1962 and took its first flight Oct. 7, 1963. “It was the first plane that was specifically built as a business jet,” said Dick Kovich, a former Learjet employee ...