A little bit ago I was having a long chat with a DPE who does Citation types about CJs and Lears. He was going on and on about how crappy and dangerous the older Lears are. He said that the V1 cut in a 25/26 was especially bad. Something about having to go full yoke forward to keep the airplane on the runway or it would rotate and VMC on its own.

Any body care to chime in about what the Lears are like to fly?

Also, I was wondering if typically the older Lears (25/35/55) are fitted with any sort of FMS or what the typical nav system is?