End of an era.

[SteveC]

Bombardier Delivers Final Production Learjet | AIN

Northern Jet Management took delivery of the Learjet 75, which marked the end of Learjet production.

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Company Facebook comment:
"A bittersweet goodbye.
Yesterday, Northern Jet Management and Bombardier came together to celebrate the final Learjet delivery. The Learjet Liberty is the 609th Learjet 45 Series aircraft and marks the end of this exceptional aircraft’s six-decade legacy.
Since our beginning, Northern Jet has had a special relationship with Learjet and feels honored to take part in its history, receiving the delivery of the first and last Learjet 70, the 100th Learjet 40, and 600th Learjet 45. It only seems right that these aircrafts find their home in Grand Rapids, MI, where the inventor Bill Lear was once headquartered.
We can’t wait to continue to serve our clients with top tier safety, service and quality with these top of the line aircrafts."

With some of her new stablemates:

 

[EIR]

There Lear has a special place in my heart. I cut my teeth on the 24/25 and finished on the 35. It was a great flying aircraft.

 

[MikeD]

23/24 are bad ass. With the old CJ610 engines. Heck the whole Lear line is cool.

 

[knot4u]

Bombardier Delivers Final Production Learjet | AIN

Northern Jet Management took delivery of the Learjet 75, which marked the end of Learjet production.

www.ainonline.com

Company Facebook comment:
"A bittersweet goodbye.
Yesterday, Northern Jet Management and Bombardier came together to celebrate the final Learjet delivery. The Learjet Liberty is the 609th Learjet 45 Series aircraft and marks the end of this exceptional aircraft’s six-decade legacy.
Since our beginning, Northern Jet has had a special relationship with Learjet and feels honored to take part in its history, receiving the delivery of the first and last Learjet 70, the 100th Learjet 40, and 600th Learjet 45. It only seems right that these aircrafts find their home in Grand Rapids, MI, where the inventor Bill Lear was once headquartered.
We can’t wait to continue to serve our clients with top tier safety, service and quality with these top of the line aircrafts."


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With some of her new stablemates:

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I'm sure you'll take good care of it, the last example of an aviation legend.

No More Lears

Bombardier to end LearJet production. https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2021-02-11/bombardier-to-stop-making-iconic-learjet-in-profitability-drive

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Don't let it end up like the last LR60 built.

 

[Roger Roger]

The legacy Lears are legendary, but the 45 family are much more civilized aircraft.

 

[knot4u]

The legacy Lears are legendary, but the 45 family are much more civilized aircraft.

Fair enough. But the last true Lear was the 60. The old Lears are cantankerous, hostile things that many people learned many hard lessons with, and because of that they hold a special place in many peoples hearts. The new Lears just aren't the same, those older airplanes have character and you can't build that into a new airplane, they have to earn it. I hate them, but I still respect them.

 

[KLB]

The Lear "Continental" will continue the legacy.

 

[knot4u]

The Lear "Continental" will continue the legacy.

No, plenty of people will continue to fly 35/36s, 55s, 60s and 31s until all of the parts run out. You can say a lot of negative things about a Lear that are absolutely justified, but you can't say they're not tough and simple (kinda simple and complicated simultaneously, sort of like a woman).

 

[SrFnFly227]

I currently fly 2 45s. The newer of the two was the last one delivered. The other is serial 227 which is funny because of my nickname, but also because the training manual routinely references serial 226 as the cut off for certain enhancements. My understanding is that my company also took delivery of the first production 45, but it was sold off a while ago.