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This is typically because they have timed out engines, are due for major inspections, or require expensive mandatory modifications such as RVSM or hushkits. Tha
by buildsjets 5y ago
This is typically because they have timed out engines, are due for major inspections, or require expensive mandatory modifications such as RVSM or hushkits. That said, I know someone who purchased an original Lear 24 in the low 6 figures that needed everything. He spent more than 1M, but less than 2M on overhauled and hushkitted engines, overhauling and refinishing the airframe, major avionics update including ADS-B and RVSM, and other upgrades, and now had a machine that can FAR outperform an Eclipse 550 at lower cost. https://www.newunitedgoderich.com/projects/bombardier-learjet-24f/ https://www.newunitedgoderich.com/projects/bombardier-learje...
- tomatowurst 5y agooh wow that thing is made in the 1966!!!! that's absolutely insane I guess the overhaul is roughly the same regardless of the year? There's a 1981 learjet that is roughly 600k and I see another one from 1994 at 700k. I guess you would just discount this as the airframe price? so cool that somebody out there has done this.
- Miserlou57 5y agoI was a kid in the 90s Los Angeles, and being somewhat familiar with jets from kids books and MSFS, is it me or does anyone else seem to remember the Learjets in the air at the time being the absolutely loudest sound they've ever heard?
- runlevel1 5y agoLearjet 23/24/25 models have a reputation for being very loud and very thirsty for fuel.