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...have a whole family of jets specifically tailored for the executive-aircraft market, while Embraer has simply refitted one of its commercial jets." But as Knappen spoke, the government of India announced it had bought five 10-seat Legacys for use by its top officials. Bombardier--which owns Learjet, the world's most famous business-jet maker, and Global, a line of larger craft costing as much as $44 million--had competed for that contract...
...have a whole family of jets specifically tailored for the executive-aircraft market, while Embraer has simply refitted one of its commercial jets." But as Knappen spoke, the government of India announced it had bought five 10-seat Legacys for use by its top officials. Bombardier - which owns Learjet, the world's most famous business-jet maker, and Global, a line of larger craft costing as much as $44 million - had competed for that contract. Bombardier, while proud of its status as the world's third largest aircraftmaker (after Boeing and Airbus), is feeling more and more like Goliath...
...tossed in a common vulgarity. And then he was asked to come and sit in a blue chair and wait. He plopped down, all fussed up, steam coming out of his ears, and you could see that an express lane wasn't enough for him--he needed a Learjet, and right away...
...commercial airline pilots lack the rough-and-ready military-jet experience of their predecessors. And although pilots frequently train in ground simulators, many pilots argue that there is no substitute for the real thing. As sophisticated as simulators are in replicating emergencies, they still provide mostly visual cues. The Learjet, on the other hand, can provide the real G-forces and actual sights and sounds. "Ground simulators are like your kid's PlayStation compared to real flying," says an airline pilot...
Then it was up in the sky. Flying the Learjet, even with it customized to feel like a 737, makes one realize just how little time a pilot has to react to a crisis. We tried rudder malfunctions, icing problems, wake turbulence and losing all hydraulic power. In one exercise, pilots are told to point the nose almost directly at the ground and then pull like hell out of the dive. Watching the ground get closer in the Learjet's large cockpit windows was frightening; it felt as if it took forever before we started to climb...