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7 unusual facts about Learjet


2000 Spanish Grand Prix

In the week leading up to the race, Coulthard was leasing the Learjet of friend David Murray when the aeroplane developed engine trouble en route to Côte d'Azur International Airport in Nice, and crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Lyon-Satolas Airport, France.

Alain Ducasse

In that same year, Ducasse was the only survivor of a Learjet crash that nearly took his life.

Lamesa, Texas

In one of the more dramatic scenes of the series, in season four, J.R. Ewing flies in his Learjet to the Lamesa airport.

Learjet

One of the most memorable events to mark this celebration occurred at the Farnborough Air Show, when Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton raced a Learjet and won.

Lew Murphy

During this time Tucson's population almost doubled, the city annexed 63 square miles, and Learjet and IBM opened manufacturing plants.

Ponciano Arriaga International Airport

On November 4, 2008, former Secretary of the interior Juan Camilo Mouriño was killed when the SEGOB-owned Learjet he was travelling on his way back from San Luis Potosí crashed at Mexico City before reaching the airport.

Yeslam bin Ladin

He has a pilot's license, like his father, and owns a Learjet.


2012 Mexico Learjet 25 crash

The 2012 Mexico Learjet 25 crash was the 9 December 2012 crash of a business jet in which singer Jenni Rivera was travelling.

Jaguar R4

In the 2003 Season, Jaguar were sponsored by the following companies; AT&T, Beck's, Castrol, DuPont, EDS, HP, HSBC, Japhiro, Lear, Michelin, MSC Software, Mumm, Pioneer, Puma, Rolex, Volvo and 3D Systems.

Learjet 25

On 18 January 1977, Džemal Bijedić, prime minister of Yugoslavia, his wife Razija and six others were killed when their Learjet 25 crashed on the Inač mountain near Kreševo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Learjet 85

On October 21, 2010, Bombardier opened a Learjet 85 aircraft component manufacturing facility in Querétaro, Mexico.


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