[QUOTE=GauleyPilot]The acceleration and climb of a corp. jet or a King Air is a tremendous rush.

I remember my Learjet days...Flying an empty Lear 24 was a handful, but fun...The highest I ever got was 47,000 feet and change in a Lear 25D...It wouldn't go any higher because of the OAT...This was a time before the new airplanes that can see that altitude with a bit more of ease...I joke with my crews who never have flown the Learjet...I tell them an empty DC-10-30 with only 30,000lbs of gas onboard has the performance of a max gross weight 20 series Learjet.