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This Incredible Plane: Learjet 23

Plane and Pilot

Baby boomers will remember a time when the sight of any small business jet would be described as a Learjet. However, nothing lasts forever, and sadly, the last Learjet was delivered to longtime Lear operator Northern Jet in late March 2022. Carly Simon sang, “You flew your Learjet up to Nova Scotia” in her iconic No.

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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

We routinely taxi at 1200 rpm due to the low spray…[we] can cruise at 10 knots” in displacement mode, something a Goose can’t do. The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance. But it will go 140 knots at 28 gph total.)

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A Bristol Bulldog Biplane Fighter is Once Again in the Sky

Vintage Aviation News

“Coming back around, I’m usually at about 60 knots. 2B Fighter, a Bulldog Seems Logical Storo enjoyed a long career with FedEx, first flying Falcon jets, then Boeing 727s, and finally DC-10s before retiring in 2004. In this fighter, you don’t make square turns, so to speak. ” Ed Storos and His Bulldog.

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