Forty years ago, former astronaut Neil Armstrong flew the first Learjet 28. Armstrong flew the aircraft on Feb. 19 and Feb. 20, 1979, with co-pilot and program test pilot Peter Reynolds. The two ...

A few years later Learjet was the first business jet maker to use tall winglets when it created the Models 28 and 29 with the “Longhorn” wing that stretched the span nearly another four feet.

Investigators have located the Learjet’s two engines, and retrieved the cockpit-voice recorder, disclosing that it was found at the point of impact at a depth of 8ft (2.4m).

The sign removal follows delivery of the final Learjet, a Learjet 75, on March 28 after six decades of Learjet production at the site. Building 3A was the site of Learjet 75 assembly.

Investigators searched for the plane's cockpit voice recorder, which might provide clues as to what was happening in the cockpit during the crash. The Learjet did have such a recorder, though it ...

A Learjet 55 (XA-UCI) operating for Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crashed near Philadelphia, PA, en route to Springfield, MO. The twin-engine aircraft, used for medical transport, tragically resulted ...

NTSB released an image of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Learjet 55 that crashed on Jan. 31 in Philadelphia. The CVR was located at the site of initial impact, at a depth of 8 feet.

A key piece of hardware that aviation experts and pilots said could solve the mystery in the fatal crash of the medical transport Learjet on Jan. 31 turned out to be useless. The cockpit voice ...

Butler Avionics ADS-B solution in Learjet cockpit. Photo: Butler Avionics [Avionics Today 09-12-2016] The FAA has awarded a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to Butler National to install an ADS ...

Federal officials are investigating a "close call" between a JetBlue flight preparing to land and a Learjet that took off without clearance at Boston Logan International Airport Monday night.

Mar. 20—WAPAKONETA — The Armstrong Air and Space Museum has put in a new exhibit featuring world records from inside the cockpit of the Apollo 11 module and inside the cockpit of his Learjet 28.

The Federal Aviation Administration says it is investigating a "close call" between a Learjet and a JetBlue flight that unfolded Monday evening at Boston’s Logan International Airport.