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The first Learjet to be delivered by Bill Lear’s upstart company to a paying customer has returned to its Wichita birthplace where a group of aviation enthusiasts have set forth their commitment to return the jet to airworthiness. The aircraft, a Lear-23, serial-number 23-003, registration N200Y, was manufactured in 1964 and is the third specimen of the sleek LR-23 to grace this world. DarkAero-1, a single-reciprocating-engine, low-wing, retractable-tricycle-undercarriage, normal category airplane finished February 2023 focused on the sleek aircraft’s landing gear actuation hardware and flight test planning. The FAA is investigating a “close call” between a Hop-A-Jet Learjet 60 registration N280LJ and an Embraer E190, operating as JetBlue Flight 206 at Boston Logan International Airport. In a post-incident statement, the FAA reported: "An air traffic controller instructed the pilot of the Learjet to line up and wait on Runway 09 while the JetBlue Embraer 190 landed on Runway 04-Right, which intersects Runway 09. The Learjet pilot read back the instructions clearly but began a takeoff roll instead." All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!

 

 

 

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