Summary The Learjet 85 was canceled due to lack of orders and high development costs after 60 aircraft were ordered at $17 million each. Bombardier faced large financial losses and job cuts due to the program suspension, shifting focus to other projects like the Global 7000/8000. Despite its advanced design, only two Learjet 85 were built and only 70 hours of flight were logged.
The Learjet 85 was an aircraft under development by Bombardier Aerospace . It was first launched at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention on October 30, 2007. Bombardier acquired Learjet in 1990 and had launched eight high-performance and fuel-efficient Learjet aircraft.
The Learjet 85 was to bridge the gap between the mid-size and super mid-size jets already on the market. Let's find out more about the aircraft and why the project was canceled. Innovation and design The Learjet 85 was the first Bombardier aircraft to have a composite structure and was designed by computer software design tools including HyperSizer and CATIA.
The wing technology was taken from the Bombardier CSeries. The aircraft had a high speed cruise of Mach 0.82 and a range of 3000 nautical miles or 5,600 kilometers.
The aircraft was built between sites in Wichita, US, Montreal, Canada, Queretaro, Mexico and Belfast, Northern Ireland. Interested in finding out more about private aviation? Find more articles like this here Subsequent issues On January 15, 2015, Bombardier suspended the Learjet 85 program and .