Learjet 60 XR

Learjet 60 XR

The aggregation launched a fresh alternative in 2005 appointed the Learjet 60 XR and afterward acceptance in 2005 deliveries started in 2007. The fresh 60 XR has an upgraded cabin, fresh avionics and added improvements.



One appropriate appropriate of this aircraft is its time-to-climb. This aircraft can ascend faster than best jets, authoritative it actual absorbing to see.

The July 2008 affair of Flying annual appearance the plane.

Operators

Government

Learjet 60 takes off

Learjet 60 takes off

Macedonia

One Learjet 60 delivered in April 2005 to alter the absent King Air 200. Used by the Government for VIP transport.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

* On September 19, 2008, a Learjet 60 comatose while demography off from Columbia Metropolitan Airport in Columbia, South Carolina. Performers Travis Barker and DJ AM were injured, while four others were dead in the crash. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, as the even was abandonment the airport, air cartage controllers saw blaze appearing from the plane, which went off the runway, burst through a fence, beyond a adjacent road, airtight into an beach and bent fire.

Specifications (Learjet 60)

General characteristics

* Crew: 2

* Capacity: 6+1 to 8+1 cartage (with belted toilet)

* Length: 58 ft 7 in (17.88 m)

* Wingspan: 43 ft 9 in (13.34 m)

* Height: 14 ft 6 in (4.44 m)

* Wing area: 264.8 ft² (24.6 m²)

* Empty weight: 14,640 lb (6,641 kg)

* Max ascent weight: 23,500 lb (10,660 kg)

* Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney 305A , 4,600 lbf (20.46 kN) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: 534 mph (464 knots, 859 km/h)

* Cruise speed: 514 mph (447 knots, 782 km/h)

* Range: 2,691 mi (2,338 nm, 4,330 km)

* Service ceiling: 51,000 ft (15,545 m)

* Rate of climb: 2,158 ft/min (11.0 m/s)

* Wing loading: 88.7 lb/ft² (433 kg/m²)

* Thrust/weight: 0.39