May 27, 20179 yr I just don't think it gets any better than a classic Learjet! Today's flight is KSTS-KRDD; perfect weather. Cloudy in Santa Rosa and sun shining in Redding. This hot rod makes the trip take only about 30 minutes! Sorry about the image quality not being great; I'm not that good at FS screenshots. 2017-5-27_9-55-7-222 by Mitch Haughee 2017-5-27_10-12-25-347 by Mitch Haughee 2017-5-27_10-15-0-351 by Mitch Haughee 2017-5-27_10-40-31-140 by Mitch Haughee Also, showcasing a new paint job soon to be uploaded to the library! Mitchell Haughee
May 27, 20179 yr Hi Mitch, As you may imagine - wholeheartedly concur - the "classic" Lear looks like the fighter that inspired its design... The massive tip tanks are just badass... It's my favorite... You showcase it well... Regards, Scott
May 27, 20179 yr Moderator Very nice! Cheers, Pete I9-13900K, RTX 4090, DR5-6000MHZ, CORSAIR ICUE H150I ELITE, ASUS PRIME Z790-P, THERMALTAKE TOUGHPOWER GF3 1350W, WIN 11
May 27, 20179 yr Yup, the LearJet (especially the early variants) are undeniably the best looking business jet, hardly a surprise when it copied the cool wingtip tanks of the FFA P-16 ground attack jet as well as a few other aerodynamic features. Not always the most practical BJ of course, what with the severely limited range of the earliest marques and its quite high approach speeds, but still cool enough to get namechecked in a Pink Floyd song lol. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
May 28, 20179 yr 1 hour ago, FishermanIvan said: What Lear is that? I think is FSW Learjet 35A José Luís | Flightsimulator: | MSFS | Add-Ons: | PMDG Douglas DC-6 | PMDG 737-700 | Fenix A320 | Maddog X MD82| FSW CESSNA 414AW CHANCELLOR ||
May 28, 20179 yr Author 1 hour ago, FishermanIvan said: What Lear is that? It is the xtreme prototypes Learjet 25 V 2.0 Mitchell Haughee
May 28, 20179 yr Superb paint Mitch! Great shots! | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
May 28, 20179 yr Real nice. Thanks for posting. I recall the first time I saw one of these 'up close, and personal' at KADS back in the mid '80s. [coulda been a Lear 25, but same difference] I was impressed and a little deaf after the encounter. Nice memory. Richard Chafey i7-8700K @4.8GHz - 32Gb @3200 - ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero - EVGA RTX3090 - 3840x2160 Res - KBSim Gunfighter - Thrustmaster Warthog dual throttles - Crosswind V3 pedals MSFS 2020, DCS
May 28, 20179 yr Very nice shots Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
May 28, 20179 yr Author 7 hours ago, RichieFly said: Real nice. Thanks for posting. I recall the first time I saw one of these 'up close, and personal' at KADS back in the mid '80s. [coulda been a Lear 25, but same difference] I was impressed and a little deaf after the encounter. Nice memory. That's really neat you saw your first in the 80's at Addison. I go to Addison pretty regularly and I have photographed several Lear 25's and 24's there! I remember one day particularly, I took my 2 or 3 year old daughter out with me (She really likes watching planes like her dad :P), and we saw a 25 take off. I looked back at her as I snapped my last shot and all I could see was her face crying; I couldn't hear a thing because of the ridiculous noise those tiny turbojets put out. She was okay, just scared because as you know, nothing out there sounds like a 1974 Lear 25 taking off... Mitchell Haughee
May 28, 20179 yr Also my favorite! And love the rain splashing against the windshield with the FSW models. John
May 28, 20179 yr Author Yeah, the Flysimware Learjet 35a does have nice windshield effects. Just to clarify, the aircraft pictured and the new paint job is of the Xtreme Prototypes Learjet 25 Version 2.0. The developer is soon to release version 2.1, which by what their website says, is a huge upgrade from an already fantastic simulation of the Learjet 25D. It is pretty hard to tell the difference between the 35a and 25, but the most obvious is the engines. You will notice the CJ610 turbojets on the 25 are markedly smaller than the turbofan engines on the 35. Mitchell Haughee
July 7, 20178 yr Author Sorry for the delay, for those interested here is the link: https://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=n111mp&CatID=root&Go=Search Mitchell Haughee
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