Originally Posted by
RadarP3C
BoilerUP, my understanding of the LR-JET type is that it covers the 20, 30 series, and the 55. Are you sure about it does not include the LJ31A?
Thanks.
Yes, LR-JET covers the 31A as well...perhaps I wrote what I meant to say poorly.
No airplane using the LR-JET type is currently manufactured. There are many -20 and -30 airframes still flying, but in the future there will be less and less of that type around, especially if fuel skyrockets again. The LR31A is out of production as well, but it is a much newer design than the 23-25 and 35/36 and therefore its logical to think their remaining service life will go further into the future.
The same holds true of the CE-500 type...the only CE-500 type still in production is the Encore+ and its production will cease with the start of CJ4 deliveries. However, 500-series Citations are EVERYWHERE and the type covers a huge variance in airframes.
Those reasons are why I suggested the CE-525S and LR45 types; my WAG is one would get more future use out of both of those vs. the CE500 or LR-JET types.