The Learjet era ends with a final delivery

Re:The Learjet era ends with a final delivery by zerkten on Monday April 18, 2022 @03:44PM (#31075476)

Does anyone know of Learjet military use? I came across usage as a decoy in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sheffield_(D80).

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Re:The Learjet era ends with a final delivery by sokoloff on Monday April 18, 2022 @03:48PM (#31075538)

The C-21 is the military designation for their version of the Lear 35A.

https://www.military.com/equipment/c-21a

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Re:The Learjet era ends with a final delivery by bombcar on Monday April 18, 2022 @04:04PM (#31075747)

I believe customs flew them for awhile too.

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Re:The Learjet era ends with a final delivery by buildsjets on Monday April 18, 2022 @04:25PM (#31076000)

The original Learjet’s wings and landing gear were derived from a military fighter aircraft, the Swiss FFA-P16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFA_P-16

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Re:The Learjet era ends with a final delivery by joshjdr on Monday April 18, 2022 @04:54PM (#31076403)

>Lear started designing a private jet in the 1950s. Jet aircraft were new technology, and there were many designs that never made it off the drawing board. That changed when Lear opted to adapt a Swiss ground-attack fighter, the FFA P-16, that had never been built.

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