Aircraft
Learjet Restoration Project To Move into NDT Phase
Since October, the group has spent 750 hours on the effort
The stripped fuselage of Lear 23-003
Classic Lear Jet Foundation has gutted the fuselage of Lear 23-003, the first production Learjet, as part of its goal of fully restoring it to flight status. The work is being done in space donated by Bombardier at the former Learjet production facility in Wichita.

Classic Lear Jet Foundation (CLJF), the Wichita-based volunteer group that is working to restore Lear 23-003—the first production Learjet—to flight status, is nearing the complete gutting of the aircraft in preparation for non-destructive testing on its 61-year-old airframe.

Made up of current and former aerospace workers, including some who actually worked on the Learjet production line, the group has thus far spent more than 750 man-hours on the aircraft since it was moved into a work bay at Bombardier’s Wichita facility in October.

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