Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily.
Today’s Top Pick is a 1995 Learjet 60.
It is difficult to believe today, but back in the late 1950s, when businessman Bill Lear suggested that a market existed for private jets, barely anyone believed him. I imagine you might have heard doubters giggling in the back of the room. As the story goes, Lear told GA aircraft manufacturers in 1959 that he was giving them three years to build a private business jet. If they did not, he would. In 1963 the Learjet 23 made its first flight.
Soon the aircraft was selling briskly to famous actors, musicians, athletes, and other celebrities. It was the hot, new thing, with performance and good looks beyond what many had imagined. The aircraft also had a head start on competitors who were a few years late to the market after witnessing Lear’s success.
This Learjet 60 has 8,700 hours on the airframe, 8,322 and 8,524, respectively, on the engines, and 2,800 hours on the auxiliary power unit. The engines have been maintained under a JSSI (Jet Support Services Inc.) program.
The cabin is laid out with nine seats for seven passengers and two crew. The airplane received a new interior and paint in 2008. Triple-disc brakes, electric floorboard heaters, and a Wi-Fi system enhance safety, comfort, and convenience.
The aircraft’s panel features Collins Pro Line 4 avionics, including dual Collins VIR 432 Navs, VHS 422 comm radios, dual DME 422, Collins FCC 850 autopilot and flight director, duel Bendix/King KHF 950 HF radios, dual Garmin GTX 3000 transponders, Collins ADF 462 receiver, TWR 840 radar, and ALT 55B radio altimeter.
If you are looking for a jet capable of completing a range of business and personal missions quickly and with a degree of style that is difficult to match, you should consider this 1995 Learjet 60, which is available for $1,995,000 on AircraftForSale.
You can arrange financing of the aircraft through FLYING Financial Group. For more information, email info@flyingfinancial.com.
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