Learjet 24 (24-123, N3731) Credit: Paul Bowen This book offers an unique, comprehensive retrospective on the Learjet aircraft, from the establishment by Bill Lear in the sixties, to its slow demise in 2021. It accompanies readers on a unique journey through the configuration changes, and advanced technological applications that have transformed business jets and their market in the last sixty years. Important insights are given into numerous patents and innovations that have shaped the development of new technologies and aerodynamic improvements such as the winglet. Furthermore, this book presents many special missions carried out by the Learjet family, such as VIP, business and ambulance flights, research and military projects, and the use of Learjet in aerobatics, as well as aerial photography and cinematography. With a great number of original photographs and drawings, interesting events, stories and anecdotes, this book provides today’s aeronautical and systems engineers and test pilots with an invaluable source of information and inspiration. Yet, it also offers a compelling reading to students, professionals and scientists in the aerospace field as well as to curious readers with a general interest in aeronautics. Learjet 31A (31-131, N31LR) Credit: Paul Bowen

Joseph Tiritilli, aka Joey Jet, exemplifies the success possible in America today by using ambition, a willingness to take risk, and a strong work ethic to make the most of available opportunities. Joey Jet came up the hard way in Totowa, New Jersey; fifteen miles from Manhattan, the heart of New York City. His grandfather a blacksmith in a Pennsylvania coal mine; his father an honest, hard working truck driver; and his mother a professional switchboard operator, Joey left school at sixteen. He became a three time small business owner/operator, soloed at Lincoln Park, New Jersey N07, and became a private pilot by age twenty-five. Moving to Deerfield Beach, Florida, Joey Jet continued learning to fly at Pompano Beach Airpark's Pompano Air Center, earning his Commercial Airplane license and becoming a Certified Flight Instructor under the tutelage of R. Dan Baker. Joey learned to fly Learjets when he was hired by Harvey N. Hop at Fort Lauderdale's Hop-A-Jet, Inc. Joey Jet has been a Learjet Captain flying the rich and famous throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean for more than twenty-five years. Fasten your seatbelt and enjoy this compilation of stories from some of Joey Jet's most memorable flights. Stories include James Patterson, Roger King, Puff Daddy Imposter, James Lovell, Billy Joel, Enrique, Paris Hilton, Suze Orman, John Schnatter - Papa John's Pizza, Jackie Mason, Denzel Washington, Paulina Porizkova, Diana Ross, Shakira, Henryk de Kwiatkowski, Lee Greenwood, Elie Wiesel, Preston Henn, Patrick Park, Robert Redford, Don Whittington, Dear Abby, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Shane Sellers, Gary Player, Ted Williams, Dick Vitale, Joe Namath, Emerson Fittipaldi, Don King, James Stewart Jr., Mike Ditka, Pat Riley, Joe Amato, Jeb Bush, Govenor Jim Geringer, Governor Bill Richardson, Senator John Edwards, plus some other stories.

Learjets set new performance standards with flight around-the-world and time-to-climb records. Now you can take an all-color look at the largest, fastest, and bestselling business yet line ever built. Follow the first flight test of the very first Learjet, the Model 23. Discover the history of the company and its planes as it revolutionized the business jet market.