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Business Jet

Learjet 23

Learjet · USA

Bill Lear adapted the design of a Swiss fighter prototype to create a fast, sleek six-passenger jet. It brought fighter-jet performance to the business world.

Legacy Fact: It was so fast that it could out-climb many military fighters of the early 1960s.
Technical Specifications
CRUISE SPEED834 km/h
MAX RANGE2,945 km
CAPACITY6-8 Passengers
ENGINES2x GE CJ610 turbojets