Flying

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
06/20/2019 at 12:02 • Filed to: Learjet, 24xr

I really want to go up in the air. My lust for a Learjet is still as strong as ever and the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! I want is still for sale.

Any Oppo know someone with an old LearJet that would wanna show me it? I have never seen one up close and it is a long shot, but figured if anyone would know someone.

Much slick, very fast

Range

Normal Range : 1695 nm

Service Ceiling : 45000 ft

Performance

Rate of Climb : 6800 fpm

Max Speed : 473 kts

Normal Cruise : 418 kts

Power Plant

Engines : 2

Engine Mfg : General Electric

Engine Model : CJ610-6

Look at those beautiful guages

Man just think how fun it would be to camp out of this thing at OshKosh! You and a few friends being the verge of rich. I feel like it would be like roadtripping a Bentley Turbo R with some friends and camping along the way cause the car costs so much to, but you look money the whole time.

Plus 45k foot ceiling. I want to be that high up.

DISCUSSION (21)

bob and john > CaptDale - is secretly British
06/20/2019 at 12:07

‘if it floats, flys or fucks, its cheaper to rent tha n to buy”

a friend of mine with great wisdom.

CaptDale - is secretly British > bob and john
06/20/2019 at 12:14

More than likely, but they are only $1200 an hour to operate.... *dies*

Grindintosecond > CaptDale - is secretly British
06/20/2019 at 12:31

$1200/hr? According to what spreadsheet? It also depends on type of flights. That’s 5,000 pounds of fuel burn at take off setting.

Theres a reason it's still for sale. An old panel like that is increasingly hard to fix because the instruments are no longer made and repairs party's for them are drying up. A big reason Southwest got rid of the 737-300/500 models. It's also not exactly RVSM compliant which means flying at 28000 feet where it's not efficient. Upgrading all that put you into compliant Lear 35/citation territories of purchase. But if you need a few turbojet engines, this is basically a pair of them with a free plane attached.

BWR > CaptDale - is secretly British
06/20/2019 at 12:39

Don’t know where you live, but Google “ Learjets in museums ”. There are several...

Chariotoflove > Grindintosecond
06/20/2019 at 12:42

So a beater plane then.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Grindintosecond
06/20/2019 at 13:16

I don’t remember where I saw that, but I believe that was average.

So you are saying the instrumentation isn’t qualified enough to fly at its service ceiling?

CaptDale - is secretly British > BWR
06/20/2019 at 13:17

That isn’t a bad idea. Th ough most museums don’t allow you inside and to open everything and check them out.

TheRealBicycleBuck > CaptDale - is secretly British
06/20/2019 at 14:19

Even t he GPS in that Learjet is an older version of what I’ve been flying with and it’s no longer in production.

CaptDale - is secretly British > TheRealBicycleBuck
06/20/2019 at 14:29

But I am sure it functions.

TheRealBicycleBuck > CaptDale - is secretly British
06/20/2019 at 14:35

It is new enough to be supported by Garmin, but not for much longer.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > CaptDale - is secretly British
06/20/2019 at 15:08

I’ve been flying these things in MS Flight Sim since version 3.0 and I’m dying to ride in one someday. That and the HondaJet.

Let me know if you manage to succeed.

CaptDale - is secretly British > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
06/20/2019 at 15:32

Oh I will certainly explode photos all over Oppo

Grindintosecond > CaptDale - is secretly British
06/20/2019 at 15:37

Well, it cant CRUISE between 29-41k. So if your light enough you can cruise at 42- 45.

Jayhawk Jake > CaptDale - is secretly British
06/20/2019 at 16:39

That thing is a money pit that will cost far more to operate than it’d ever be worth.

If you want a cool looking $300,000 lawn ornament, then this is a decent place to start. If you actually want to operate a jet there are much, much better options.

CaptDale - is secretly British > TheRealBicycleBuck
06/20/2019 at 16:51

Hmm, interesting

CaptDale - is secretly British > Jayhawk Jake
06/20/2019 at 16:51

THis is the wrong take

CaptDale - is secretly British > Grindintosecond
06/20/2019 at 16:53

That is new information to me

Jayhawk Jake > CaptDale - is secretly British
06/20/2019 at 17:20

It’s the realistic take. I know part pricing, you don’t want a 50 year old airplane.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Jayhawk Jake
06/20/2019 at 17:25

No I know. It would never be a plane I would own if I could just afford the plane.

Grindintosecond > CaptDale - is secretly British
06/21/2019 at 17:04

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/lear-24-poor-mans-jet.275667/

This was actually a cool conversation. I just searched ‘ RVSM lear24' and clicked. Neat stuff. Old cheap planes are everywhere but it's all a cost of operation lifestyle I'm finding.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Grindintosecond
06/21/2019 at 17:11

Yeah I have read that one before