Lear 20 series with winglets at HOU

[Friedaloo]

Who needs insurance?

 

[Dizel8]

Ahh, the fabled Lear 28. Used to drool over the one that sat in the hangar at I believe LRD.

The early 24s had a lot of get up and go, so the 28 must have been amazing.

I believe there was a 24 with a 31 wing, but only one and it was supposedly rewinged!

 

[CDogg]

The Longhorn baby... Saw a nice looking one at the Lear factory last month... another one registered in Mexico. I saw the one in HOU yesterday before going down to Honduras... sweet looking bird.

 

[Mahi]

Yeah, I'm not too sure about climbing like a bat outta hell and flaming out on purpose either... I attempt power off approachs to landings on occasion in the 24 (never know when you might need this skill) and I must say it's a challenge. Then again, I'm not an astronaut.

Here's a list of the records that the 24 has made (green check marks indicate the record still stands). http://records.fai.org/general_aviation/aircraft.asp?id=566
For those that can't get the link to work here's the short list:
Time to climb to 3000m: 52 seconds
Time to climb to 6000m: 1 min, 43 seconds
Time to climb to 9000m: 2 min, 42 seconds
Time to climb to 12000m: 6 min, 5 seconds
and a whole bunch of "speeds over a recognized course"

Glad I had the opportunity to fly this classic little rocket. I've heard "if you can fly a lear 20 well, you can fly anything the civilian world can throw at you." I'd like to believe this... anyone buy into this philosophy? I'm not sure how much longer this plane will be around, but if you ever get the chance to burn a couple thousand dollars in jet-a, take it... loud, obnoxious, overpowered bliss... a true classic.

 

[Mahi]

Friedaloo... love the avatar. I have that same concert flier framed in my office. Radiohead live in Houston, Running from Demons Tour, 1998.... another classic... for our generation anyway.

 

[lear24]

Glad I had the opportunity to fly this classic little rocket. I've heard "if you can fly a lear 20 well, you can fly anything the civilian world can throw at you." I'd like to believe this... anyone buy into this philosophy?

I agree with it, everything else seems pretty tame after strapping on a bottle rocket. Colors seem duller, everything tastes plain, and the world moves slow.

 

[Lead Sled]

I agree with it, everything else seems pretty tame after strapping on a bottle rocket. Colors seem duller, everything tastes plain, and the world moves slow.

We used to call ours "the upper management's executive mailing tube..." Looking back on them they were slow (by today's standands), cramped (by any standard), required a little effort to give the boss a good ride, and you had to be on your A game. But to quote my (normally stoic) wife after her first takeoff in the Lear... "HOT DAMN that was fun!"

LS

 

[mzaharis]

Not a lot of guys out there would have the nerve to intentionally depart in a 20 series lear with just enough fuel to climb to altiude and flame out the glide back to the airport and land.

Nothing new for Neil. Heck, multiply the "kick in the pants" a few times, and that pretty much describes the X-15 he used to fly! Deadsticks from FL1500 in something with an L/D in the vicinity of the oft-cliched brick! He probably mistook the 28 for an open-class sailplane!

He is a quiet guy, but he has managed to establish the ferrous nature of his marbles on a number of occasions. This moment, in particular, comes to mind:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_8

 

[Mahi]

Nothing new for Neil. Heck, multiply the "kick in the pants" a few times, and that pretty much describes the X-15 he used to fly! Deadsticks from FL1500 in something with an L/D in the vicinity of the oft-cliched brick! He probably mistook the 28 for an open-class sailplane!

He is a quiet guy, but he has managed to establish the ferrous nature of his marbles on a number of occasions. This moment, in particular, comes to mind:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_8

Yeah, he was probably yawning on final. I've read "At the edge of space: the x-15 program" and "Yeager". Those guys had some amazing adventures. Pages full of pucker factor. Flying a Lear must have been pretty boring.