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Learjet Special: A Polar Mission And A Restoration Project

Learjet Special: A Polar Mission And A Restoration Project

Update: 2025-04-30
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Listen in to hear from Bart Gray, who is leading a flight to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole in a Learjet 36A, and Rick Rowe from the Classic Lear Jet Foundation, an organization in the midst of restoring a 1964-built Lear Jet 23, the first Learjet to be delivered to a customer. Gray discusses the flight, which leaves April 30, including the route, preparations and challenges. Rowe, meanwhile, provides an update on the project to return the aircraft into flying condition.

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Learjet Special: A Polar Mission And A Restoration Project

Learjet Special: A Polar Mission And A Restoration Project