Difference betweeen a Lear 31 and 31A?

[UGAflyer]

The main differences:

TR's standard

Completely integrated EFIS system and FMS

Single point refueling

Those are the primary differences.

Our straight 31 has single point..so i'm not sure about that one. Maybe that isn't standard on the earlier ones?

 

[ultrarunner]

Our straight 31 has single point..so i'm not sure about that one. Maybe that isn't standard on the earlier ones?

Ya know, now that I think about, I think just the first 15 or 20 straight planes didn't have it. Then offered as an option, then became standard on the 31a.

I liked the straight 31. But like many owners, they naturally wanted it to fly missions for which it wasn't designed.

And trying to make south FL in the winter with a full load of folks often required a fuel stop. Oh well, no sweat off my back.. I didn't buy it...I just flew it...

 

[Lead Sled]

Ya know, now that I think about, I think just the first 15 or 20 straight planes didn't have it. Then offered as an option, then became standard on the 31a.

I liked the straight 31. But like many owners, they naturally wanted it to fly missions for which it wasn't designed.

And trying to make south FL in the winter with a full load of folks often required a fuel stop. Oh well, no sweat off my back.. I didn't buy it...I just flew it...

I really enjoyed flying the Lears. (Coast-to-coast and border-to-border plus the length of Canada three or four times a month for 8 years.) However, the happiest day of my life was the day we sold that airplane. It took me months to be able to get my head straight - it had developed a definite lean to my right shoulder. My chiroprator was bummed to - we were finally able to closeout my open ended workman's comp claim from having to drag all of the bags down that skinny isle and throwing them behind the seat.

'Sled

 

[LJDRVR]

That breings to mind a good joke:

How do you tell a Lear crew? (It's not the answer you think.)

• They drag their suitcases over the furniture in the FBO. :laugh:

 

[ultrarunner]

The 31's are the perfect plane to fly 4 folks with duffle bags 800 miles to a 3000 foot runway.

That's about it.

 

[some_dude]

I like that one!

I have to admit that my least favorite aspect of Learjets is dragging the darn baggage through the cabin.

That breings to mind a good joke:

How do you tell a Lear crew? (It's not the answer you think.)

• They drag their suitcases over the furniture in the FBO. :laugh:

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Yup My half of the front of the Avro had more room than the entire 31A I left behind. But I did miss the 5000 fpm climb in the Lear. You'd think something with 4 engines could at least keep 1000fpm in the mid 20's. Not the Avro.
And I sure haven't missed trying to fit 50cuft of crap into that 40 cuft space then packing 8 people and 3 dogs in for a flight from pit to mia and back all winter long.

 

[CaptainMark]

Can anyone tell me what the major diffrences between the 31 and 31A are?

the A.