75 Specifications Price (typically completed and equipped) $13.793 million Honeywell TFE731-40BR, Engines (2) 3,850 pounds thrust each Avionics Bombardier Vision (Garmin G5000) Passengers (typical) 8 to 9 Range (w/NBAA reserves, 2,040 nm 100-nm alternate, four passengers) High-speed cruise 465 ktas Long-range cruise speed 432 ktas Pilots of older-generation will find a user-friendly Garmin-based Bombardier Vision avionics suite where they are used to seeing avionics from Rockwell Collins or Honeywell. Fuel capacity 6,062 lb Max payload w/full fuel 1,548 lb lines. It is so nice to know that, multiple pages and as an overlay controls are crisp and respon- Ceiling (certified) 51,000 ft instead of always trying to trust on moving maps. The flight level sive, they are somewhat heavy Cabin altitude at ceiling 8,000 ft a piece of paper.” change feature on the autopi- at higher speeds. We spent some lot was limited to above 10,500 time trying various settings on Max takeoff weight 21,500 lb Time To Fly feet. And a landing gear audio the avionics, then turned around Balanced field length at mtow 4,440 ft I had the opportunity to fly callout could be heard while the and popped the variable spoil- (sea level, standard) the first production Learjet 75 gear was retracting. ers at Mach 0.80 and descended Landing distance at mlw 2,660 ft in late September. Eastburn and With four on board, we were toward Hutchinson, Kan., at (sea level, standard) I flew 2.1 hours, from Learjet carrying 4,180 pounds of fuel, 4,500 fpm. Steep turns at 15,000 Length 57.6 ft headquarters at Wichita’s Mid- about two-thirds of a full load, feet later on felt pretty much Wingspan 50.9 ft Continent Airport west toward for a takeoff weight of less the same, a little more solid or Dodge City for some airwork, than 19,000 pounds. Mtow is maybe I was just getting more Height 14.13 ft then to back to Hutchinson for 21,500 pounds. used to the feel of the controls. by Matt Thurber Cabin an Rnav approach and then We took off from Mid-Con- Eastburn is an excellent demo Volume 620 cu ft Wichita for two landings. tinent’s Runway 19R, and while pilot because he patiently let me It still seems unusual to climb flat-rated to ISA +23 degrees NBAA IFR range, 100-nm alter- The wind was gusting to the push in the back once the do as much button pushing as Learjet 75 at One-yard Line for Certificate Width 5.12 ft into the cockpit of a sophisti- C, “the highest flat-rating of nate), while being able to take more than 30 knots, which was power is set to the takeoff detent possible on the Vision/G5000 any ,” according to off using 600 fewer feet of run- Learjet “start[ed] the delivery process” of its new Learjet 75 in a cere- Height 4.92 ft a good test of the Learjet 75’s isn’t the furious rush of an older avionics, which is the only way mony last month. The first went to entrepreneur Louis Beck and his cated modern jet like Bombar- Mathieu St-Cyr, manager of way, making strips shorter than Length (cockpit divider to aft lav bulkhead) 19.75 ft high wing loading compared and lighter Learjet 20 series, the to get used to a new system. I company, Speedbird. Beck, present at the blessed event, expressed satis- dier’s rejuvenated Learjet 75 and sales engineering for Bombar- 5,000 feet quite usable. Takeoff Baggage capacity 50 cu ft, 500 lb (heated, unpressurized) with that of the Phenom 300 larger Learjet accelerated quickly dialed in the Rnav (GPS) 22 at dier Business Aircraft. distance at mtow is 4,440 feet, faction with the acquisition. He is a long-time Learjet owner and said he had and CJ4, according to St-Cyr. to rotation speed and climbed Hutchinson and we flew the full find a Garmin suite instead of a Bombardier delivered 133 and landing distance at max never heard a pilot complain about Speedbird’s previous aircraft, a . FAA certification (FAR Part 25) Due fourth quarter 2013 “The ride on the Learjet 70 and swiftly. I did have to trim the nose procedure, including the hold- panel full of Honeywell or Rockwell /40XRs and 453 landing weight is 2,660 feet. “There’s also the unmistakable sex appeal that is Learjet,” he added. 75 will tend to sit the aircraft down after liftoff, something that ing pattern so I could see how Collins avionics. It isn’t hard to Learjet 45/45XRs before pro- The winglet design (inter- The second delivery, of five Learjet 75s, went to Canadian charter operator positioned below the center mul- the GTC 570 reveals a set of six more nicely in turbulence,” he Eastburn warned me about and solidly the Garmin autopilot duction ended in late 2011. Cer- nally labeled a “beavertail”) London Air Services. London Air already has eight Bombardier airplanes in its tifunction display (MFD), put- icons at the top. These show what said, and indeed it did. that seems typical in Learjets. tracked the hold and put us on figure out; there are no flight man- tification of the 70/75 would is adapted from the Bombar- fleet (five Learjet 45XRs, a Challenger 604 and two Challenger 605s). Also on ting them within easy reach. For can be done with the “focus” Starting the Learjet 75’s After takeoff, it was simple the final approach course. agement system control display have occurred earlier, but wthe dier CSeries and helps drive a order is a Global 7000. President and CEO Wynne Powell said the Learjet 75 pilots not used to doing every- area on the screen controlled by TFE731-40BR engines is com- to pull the power levers back to We returned to Mid-Continent units in the Learjet 75’s pedestal. U.S. government shutdown 2-percent efficiency improve- will allow nonstop flights from Vancouver to Montreal 95 percent of the time, thing on the touch-screen con- that pilot, such as radar, check- pletely automatic. While the the maximum continuous thrust in Wichita for the ILS approach caused a delay, although the ment. The 75 is equipped with a compared with 85 percent of the time with the Learjet 45XR. “We have the troller, or in the unlikely event lists, maps and so on. (Checklists 70/75 don’t have autothrottes, position, and with a few brief back to Runway 19R, and this Indeed, it seems that the concept company expected FAA certi- Honeywell RE100 APU as stan- luxury of being able to buy the best, and this is it,” he said, pointing to the five both controllers failed, each weren’t loaded into the system at they are equipped with Honey- level-offs, we continued almost time I landed in the gusty winds of the standalone FMS has been fication by the time this issue dard, usable only on the ground. aircraft waiting on the ramp in London Air Services livery. pilot has an eyebrow-mounted the time that I flew this airplane.) well’s digital electronic engine unimpeded to FL430, which and then we added power for a banished from the jet’s Bombar- went to press. Pressurization keeps the cabin The Learjet 75 is still awaiting full certification. Learjet v-p and general controller that duplicates many These icons can be customized control system, which provides took about 21 minutes. touch-and-go and circled back for The Learjet 70 and 75 share altitude at 8,000 feet at the max- manager Ralph Acs said it was delayed by the U.S. government shutdown, of the functions of the GTC in the user profiles. And up to 25 easy-to-find detents for typical Once level at FL430, at ISA a visual to 19R. The Learjet 75 dier Vision (Garmin G5000) flight nearly identical systems, but the imum altitude of 51,000 feet which effectively closed much of the FAA’s certification and aircraft registra- 570. These include range set- profiles can be stored, which is power settings. -4 degrees C, we set power to the handled perfectly in the 25+-knot deck. Instead, the avionics are all 70 seats up to seven and the 75 and about 6,300 feet at FL430. tion services for 17 days. He said the company had completed the flight-test ting on the PFD, barometric set- useful for fleet operators. Learjet pilots won’t find the maximum cruise detent and the gusty winds, sliding solidly down up to nine (when including the ting, com/nav frequency setting, A central tenet of the G5000 electric nosewheel steering unfa- speed settled at Mach 0.80 and final to the threshold and once about allowing pilots to do what- phase and submitted the final paperwork to the FAA before the shutdown. In belted lavatory). Prices in 2013 Flight Deck Details flight planning, direct-to and system (and other modern miliar. The benefit of this system fuel flow for both engines 1,150 over the runway, pointing exactly terms of final certification, he added, “We’re at the one-yard line.” –K.J.H. ever is needed using the system’s dollars are $11.216- and $13.793 The switch to the G5000- approach procedure selection. graphical-based avionics sys- is that the nosewheel has no tow pounds per hour. Eastburn uses where I wanted without a burble. two touch-screen controllers (or million, respectively. based Vision cockpit, from the A clearance delivery button pro- tems) is that clicking on or select- limits when power is off. It does 1,600 pph for the first hour, then My second touchdown was “This [the model 75] is the heavier Honeywell four-display vides quick power-on for one ing a waypoint allows you to do take a little getting used to, but 1,200, 1,150 and 1,100 for the not quite as satisfying as the first, buttons, if pilots insist). only double-club [seating] in its Primus 1000 system, reduced GTC with the battery switch off. whatever can be done with that anyone who has taxied an air- second, third and fourth hours but certainly acceptable. After class,” said St-Cyr, and it costs the basic operating weight by The Vision cockpit in the waypoint. The GTC 570 makes plane with hydraulic nosewheel respectively, which, he said, “is dropping the nose, I pulled the Physically, the Learjet 75 air- about $4 million less than Cess- 150 to 230 pounds (depending Learjet 75 is much better orga- this easy. While there is no cursor steering (such as a Twin Com- conservative.” Official high- throttles into reverse and barely frame is much the same as that na’s Sovereign, the next airplane on equipment selection). The nized and easier to operate than control device such as a track- mander or Beechcraft T-6) will speed cruise is Mach 0.81 and had to step on the brakes to make of the model 45–and the same that offers double-club seating. first production 75 that dem- the old flight deck. Evidence ball in the Learjet 75, pilots can find the Learjet’s system easy. long-range cruise Mach 0.75. our turnoff. During the 2.1-hour is true for the shorter Learjet Bombardier compares the light onstration pilot Greg Eastburn of this is the elimination of the use the controller to pan over a The Learjet’s nosewheel I flew steep turns to the flight, we burned about 2,740 70/40)–but Learjet’s engineers 70/75 to the Embraer Phenom and I flew had a BOW of less audio panels and radio tun- map and select waypoints, then steering is variable, too, and left and right. While the flight pounds of fuel. o have rebooted the two jets 300 and Cessna CJ4, but those than 14,100 pounds. The center ing units and, thankfully, the do a direct-to, add it to a flight becomes more stable as the jet not only with the Vision cock- are both certified under Part of gravity was farther forward KIRBY J. HARRISON annoying rotary test switch. plan, set up a holding pattern, accelerates during takeoff. I pit but also with an entirely 23, while the 70/75 are Part 25 in the 40/45, he said. “Now The ceremonial delivery process for the new Learjet 75 continued with five airplanes Pilots will take advantage of look up information such as had no trouble staying on cen- new interior inspired by the designs. The Cessna XLS+ is you’ve got a much more cen- for London Air Services, seen here in the Canadian charter operator’s livery. the large amount of display real weather or airport details and so terline while taxiing and during upcoming , including also in similar territory, and it is tered cg, and the more aft, the estate with the G5000 system by on. “It’s so intuitive,” Eastburn takeoff. The jet’s brake-by-wire Lufthansa’s niceView in-flight a Part 25 jet, too. more economical.” include Garmin’s Synthetic climb in, a metal pedestal cover customizing the available panes. said. “Put your cursor on it and carbon brakes are highly effec- entertainment/cabin manage- The 70/75 have a flat floor, The nose avionics bay now Vision Technology, RNP 0.3 folds up and over to protect the The center MFD always shows ask about it. You can create user tive, and it takes a light touch to ment system from the 85 and which combined with the fuse- has much more space available, and ADS-B out. Fans/CPDLC switches, and it’s OK to step on the engine indicating and crew waypoints, also.” He showed me keep from jerking the airplane the Challenger 300. lage’s oval cross-section “means even though the oxygen bottle is available and will be certified the cover. Chrome and leather alert system in a 20-percent pane, another neat feature, the abil- to a halt. But they also enable The new Learjets’ winglets you don’t have to worry about size was increased to 40 cu ft, up shortly after entry into service. trim on flight controls and leaving one large 80-percent pane ity to display latitude/longitude stopping in a reasonably short are canted outward further stepping [down] into the aisle,” from 22. The emergency battery In the Vision cockpit, the levers brings cabin styling into for moving maps, charts and so lines on the moving-map page, distance after landing without compared to those on the 40/45 he said. The 75’s galley is new, in the nose is larger, too, and Learjet 75’s center pedestal the cockpit. on, or two 40-percent panes, so it’s easy to verify on a North engaging the thrust reversers. and add 18 extra inches to wing- replacing a forward cabinet on now is a 28-amp-hour unit. Gar- is much cleaner-looking, and The four Honeywell Primus each one controllable by each Atlantic crossing where you are There were a few minor items span on each side. The jet’s new the 45, and has 27 percent more min’s new GWX 70 digital radar instead of housing two FMS 1000 screens in portrait mode pilot. The PFDs can be split into in relation to key waypoints. on the fix-it list that were due to 3,850-pound-thrust Honeywell storage area. is lighter and adds vertical scan- units now is the home of many are replaced by three 14-inch 40-/60- or 100-percent panes. “I’ve got a plotting chart on my be taken care of by entry into TFE731-40BR engines are 10 Performance-wise, the 75 ning and turbulence-detection systems switches that used to Garmin displays in landscape When a pilot wants to choose screen,” he said. “I see my plot- service. These included weather percent more powerful than the delivers 4 percent greater range, capability to the new Learjets. live on the instrument panel. mode. The Garmin GTC 570 what to show on the display, sim- ting points right where they need radar displaying only on one -20BRs on the 40/45 models and now 2,040 nm (four passengers, Standard avionics capabilities To make it easier for pilots to touch-screen controllers are ply touching the home button on to be on the appropriate lat/long page at a time; this will run on The Learjet 75 can seat seven passengers in double-club configuration.

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