That looks like a very nice airplane

It looks very aerodynamic, how fast does it go, about 500 mph

 

True airspeed is about 445 knots at 41000 ft which equates to just over 510 mph. I've seen the ground speed as high as 666 mph in a strong tailwind.

The best thing about the Lear 60 is the climb rate. We've done 12000 fpm down low when we were light. You have to get in a fighter jet to better that.

 

is that a Bombardier Learjet? i heard that plane is supposed to be awesome. but Bombardier jet skis suck. we had 2 and they had so many problems. the reason we had to have 2 was to be able to go out on the water to get the other one if it was stranded! too bad my family left the jet skiing scene before Honda's turbo jet ski hit the market =[

 

Yep, Bombardier bought Learjet back in the early 90's and this plane is a 1998. A totally different division from the jetski side tho. Pretty awesome plane. Got engines so big that they had to be detuned. And it is still overpowered.

 

I'm soo jaleous ! Got a ride in a lear 35 a few years back, and yes, what startled me was the rate of climb. A far cry from any piston singles and twins I used to fly! ( But of course it's like comparing apples to oranges.) This plane seemed to be so nimble! If I am not wrong, was the original Learjet's design based on a fighter?

 

You are correct. The original Lear was based on a Swiss fighter (isn't that an oxymoron?) from the 50's.

Learjet history

 

Pilot in Command for learjet?

I am pilot too, based in KLGB

 

Lear invented the 8 track cassette also.

EDIT: oh yeah I forgot, I'm jealous, beautiful aircraft.

 

i had an a-10 follow me once but i lost him in a canyon

 

Yup, there's two of us...we're both PIC and we swap seats...really need at least one other pilot...you got a LR60 type?