Welcome to Learjet Country
The FBO ramps at Geneva-Cointrin Airport are packed with the
wares of just about every business jet manufacturer, including a generous
number of ubiquitous Bombardier Learjets. But how many EBACE attendees
remember that Switzerland was the birthplace of the very first Lear
Jet? The late Bill Lear conceived the archetypal business jet while
resident in Switzerland. He based the design for the original Lear
Jet's tiptanked wing on that of the Swiss P-16 military ground-attack
aircraft, and founded the Swiss American Aircraft Corporation in St.
Gallen to develop the SAAC 23, which later became the Lear Jet Model
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