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Old 03-06-2009 | 08:46 PM
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Hey, just wondering if anyone knows of anybody/companies still flying any 20s series Learjets....
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Old 03-06-2009 | 09:27 PM
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Old 03-07-2009 | 09:28 AM
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We have one 25B for Airmed. I see them pretty often doing the same for other companies.
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Old 03-10-2009 | 03:43 PM
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I know of one company, Northeastern, out of FRG in Long Island, NY that operates a 24 and a 25...
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Old 03-10-2009 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Jetset0045
Hey, just wondering if anyone knows of anybody/companies still flying any 20s series Learjets....
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Type in Learjet in first line.. model in second line. for example, 25 brings up all the 25s and the states they are located in.

Good luck. I flew them a LONG time ago and love 'em.
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Old 03-10-2009 | 04:38 PM
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Those kind of fly more with a trajectory than a level off at altitude, don't they? You always knew when a pair of CJ610's were on takeoff--it was just a matter of figuring out whether it was on a 23/24/25/28 or 29.

I envy the guys that flew those!

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Old 03-10-2009 | 07:06 PM
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You always knew when a pair of CJ610's were on takeoff--it was just a matter of figuring out whether it was on a 23/24/25/28 or 29.
It sounds like taking 4 sheets of metal off the roof of the hangar, stacking them together, then tearing them down the middle, amplified about a million times.
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Old 03-11-2009 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by X Rated
Those kind of fly more with a trajectory than a level off at altitude, don't they? You always knew when a pair of CJ610's were on takeoff--it was just a matter of figuring out whether it was on a 23/24/25/28 or 29.

I envy the guys that flew those!

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The -23 was the hotrod. We used to ask pax if they wanted transportation or an airplane ride.

The -24 and 25 were actually quite sedate compared to the -23. Still, all were very honest airplanes.. not a lot of surprises if you just paid attention to them. V1 cuts could be interesting.

Last I checked there were still a few Longhorns on the registry. IF I am not mistaken, they are the ones that were first certified to FL510.
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Old 06-28-2009 | 02:11 PM
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III,
I flew early models of the Lear. (except for the 23) The 25 was a bit of a tub. We had two 24's. One had the Mk 2 wing with the small engines that was fairly sedate. The other 24 had the larger (-6 ?) engines with the original straight wing. OMG! What a screamer. We never gave passengers the choice. It was always an airplane ride :-)

If memory serves, lightly loaded we could do sea level to 410 in about 12 minutes.
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It's a fun plane for sure, wish I could have flown the 23, my company downed their 23 some years back, they've kept the 24's and 25's moving still, there's still a decent amount of 20 series flying, freight and air ambulance it seems mainly.
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