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In 1959 - when William Lear announced he was going to build a small, six-passenger jet plane - critics asked, "Who's going to buy it?" Today the name Lear is synonymous with the phrase "executive jet".
The prototype Lear Fan 2100 made its maiden flight on the incredible date of December 32nd, 1980 - the calendar having been extended by Lear to meet the deadline imposed by the British government who helped finance the project.
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