That’s why he and other former Learjet employees and aficionados have kept tabs on the first Learjet ever sold to a customer: 1964’s Lear Jet 23, registered N200Y with the FAA and also known by its ...

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 ...

In 1963, the first Learjet 23 rolled out of the company’s manufacturing plant in Wichita, and on March 28, the last, a Learjet 75, emerged from that same facility in Kansas. On Wednesday, Learjet’s ...

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 rivals ...

New business jet was scheduled to fly March 20; will have first test flight as soon as conditions allow NEW YORK—Bombardier Inc. has delayed the first flight of its new Learjet 85 business jet, which ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) said on Wednesday it has obtained a first flight test permit for its delayed Learjet 85 from the Federal Aviation Administration and expects the ...

Bombardier Aerospace has announced that Learjet has obtained the first flight test permit from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the Learjet 85 aircraft Flight Test Vehicle 1 (FTV1). In ...

The first flight of Bombardier's new Learjet 85 – delayed on Thursday because of poor weather – should "happen in the coming days," Bombardier Aerospace president Guy Hachey said at an investors' ...

Montreal-based aerospace firm did not provide target date for first test flight of all new business jet MONTREAL—Bombardier Aerospace said it has received the first flight test permit from United ...

MONTREAL — 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 rivals. Long ...

MONTREAL — 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 rivals. Long ...