There it sat on a lonely section of the ramp at Bartow Executive Airport (KBOW) in Florida, looking threadbare, forlorn, and forgotten. Its paint, sun-bleached to a dull, flat finish, was of an ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - On April 30th, a small crew departed from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport with a goal to make history by flying a Learjet airplane over the North and South poles ...

Lear Jet 23-003, the third built and first delivered of its kind, is returning to Wichita for restoration. Courtesy of Classic Lear Jet Foundation The first Learjet plane to be delivered to a customer ...

Brenda Lear, a British expatriate who was married to the late Bill Lear Jr., said her late mother-in-law, Moya Lear, kissed the nose of the first Learjet as it came off the factory line, so she kissed ...

Wichita-based Classic Lear Jet Foundation, a newly-formed nonprofit organization, is acquiring the first Learjet delivered to a customer, Learjet 23-003, with plans to restore the aircraft to flying ...

The Classic Lear Jet Foundation looks to restore Lear 23-003-the first delivered example of the brand-to its original factory appearance, as well as to flight-worthy status, the removal of the cabin ...

From left: Kirby Ezelle, Bart Gray, Josh Podlich and John Bone are the crew of the Pole to Pole Learjet mission. Travis Heying The Wichita Eagle A Learjet will depart from Wichita this week as pilots ...

As the unofficial historian of Learjet, Dick Kovich admits he’s “actually done dumpster diving” to save items related to the iconic brand. That’s why he and other former Learjet employees and ...