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Learjet

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". The 3,000th Learjet was delivered in June 2017.[2] The Learjet line was once sufficiently popular that the Learjet name became synonymous and interchangeable with the terms business jet or private jet in the popular vernacular.[3] In February 2021, Bombardier announced the end of production for all new Learjet aircraft in 2021, with the continuation of support and maintenance for aircraft currently in service.[4][3]

Founded

1962[1]

2021

Acquired by Bombardier Aerospace in 1990, production ceased in 2021

Bombardier Aviation (1990–2021)

Lear Jet : 1962–1969

Gates Learjet : 1969–1988

LearJet : 1988–1990

Bombardier Learjet : 1990–present

1962–1966 : first Learjet, GE CJ-610 turbojets

Learjet 23

1966–1977 : increased MTOW version

Learjet 24

1966–1982 : stretched 24

Learjet 25

/29, 1977–1982 : 25 fuselage + new wing

Learjet 28

1987–2003 : 28/29 wing + 35/36 fuselage & engines

Learjet 31

1973–1994 : 25 stretch + TFE731 turbofans

Learjet 35/36

2002–2013 : shortened 45

Learjet 40

1995–2013 : new, clean-sheet design, TFE731 turbofans

Learjet 45

1981–1990 : 28/29 wing, larger fuselage, TFE731 turbofans

Learjet 55

1991–2012 : stretched 55, PW300 turbofans

Learjet 60

2013–2022 : improved 45

Learjet 70/75

Canadair

de Havilland Canada

LearAvia Lear Fan

—never produced by LearJet and designs sold to Canadair and became Canadair Challenger 600

LearStar 600

Bombardier Learjet website

Wings over Kansas: Learjet timeline

Year of Learjet website

Learjet 85 website

Murdo Morrison (22 April 2021). . Flightglobal.

"Six decades of style, sophistication and speed: a Learjet retrospective"