2 01, 2025

LearJet 60 & 60XR

By |2025-01-02T16:23:24-06:00January 2nd, 2025|Aircraft Wiki|

Bombardier Aerospace Before the LearJet 60 took to the skies, its story began with Bill Lear's pioneering vision in business aviation. The original Learjet legacy started in the 1960s, revolutionizing private air travel with the first purpose-built business jet, the Learjet 23. By the late 1980s, Gates Learjet Corporation (which had acquired the company from Bill Lear) wanted to evolve its successful Learjet 55 series into something more powerful and efficient. In 1990, Gates Learjet was acquired by [...]

2 01, 2025

Piper Lance PA32R 300

By |2025-01-02T16:02:09-06:00January 2nd, 2025|Aircraft Wiki|

Piper Aircraft Founded in 1927 by Clarence and Gordon Taylor on the edge of the Great Depression, Piper started as the Taylor Aircraft Manufacturing Company. Their straightforward goal was to build reliable and innovative aircraft. However, just a year later, Gordon died in an aircraft accident. After this tragedy, businessman William Piper encouraged Clarence to keep the company going in Pennsylvania. The Taylor Brothers designed the Piper Cub, which was found to be successful early on. However, after [...]

6 12, 2024

Cessna CitationJet 525

By |2024-12-06T12:53:53-06:00December 6th, 2024|Aircraft Wiki|

Cessna by Textron Aviation Cessna Aviation's rich history began in June 1911, when Clyde Cessna, a farmer from Kansas, built and flew a powered aircraft, marking a key moment in American aviation. After testing his designs in Enid, Oklahoma, Clyde faced financial challenges that led him to Wichita. In 1924, he co-founded Travel Air Manufacturing Co. but left in 1927 to start the Cessna Aircraft Company. This is where he introduced successful monoplane designs, including the "Phantom." The [...]

6 12, 2024

Bombardier Challenger 604

By |2024-12-06T13:01:48-06:00December 6th, 2024|Aircraft Wiki|

Bombardier Introduced in 1995, the Bombardier Challenger 604 is part of an aircraft legacy that began with the Canadair Challenger 600 series. Challenger 600 is a line of business jets that first flew in 1980. Canadair, a company known for its expertise in aerospace, originally developed the Challenger 600 as a revolutionary new aircraft that combined the comfort of a large cabin with the efficiency of a midsize jet. The Challenger 600 quickly became popular for corporate aviation, [...]

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