Lear Avia had completed the design of its Lear Fan 2100 which would be powered by 800 shp. Avco Lycoming engines in 1978 as we reported and the company expected to begin flight tests with the advanced ...

Don't tell your children this—William Lear left school in the eighth grade and joined the Navy at age 16. Then after World War I, he learned to fly. Partly from those experiences, the designer of the ...

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 ...