Aircraft
Foundation Aims for First Learjet Polar Circumnavigation
Flight is a fundraiser to restore Learjet 23-003
The mission aircraft on the ground
© Classic Lear Jet Foundation

The Classic Lear Jet Foundation is planning a polar circumnavigation mission from April 30 to May 3 to raise funds for the restoration of Learjet 23-003, the first customer-delivered Learjet. Global Jetcare, a Florida-based air ambulance provider, is donating use of a Learjet 36A and a four-person crew to support the foundation’s fundraising efforts.  

Learjet 23-003 was delivered to Chemical & Industrial Corp. of Cincinati, Ohio, in October 1964 and returned to Wichita in 2023 when The Classic Lear Jet Foundation acquired it from where it had languished for years outside at Florida's Bartow Executive Airport. 

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