Bombardier Lear Jet Factory

Good afternoon,

After waking up to planes zooming overhead and cars on the highway in front of us, we at breakfast, took the RV to get the tires changed and went on a tour of Bombardier Lear Jet factory. Dad’s friend flies the corporate planes for Maui Jim Sunglasses and they buy their plans form Bombardier.  He was able to hook us up for the tour. Here's what Josh thought of the tour....  

To all of my aerospace enthusiastic friends:

As mentioned above, we were able to attend the Lear Jet assembly plant here in Wichita.  Our tour began with the room where customers select their materials and layouts of their airplanes.  That’s right; all Lear Jets are custom built all the way down to the sink in the bathroom.  After this room we were able to go out to the assembly line.  Out on the assembly line there are different planes in various stages of construction.  On this particular line are Lear 40’s and Lear Jet 60’s.  The 40 and the 60 are two different models of jets the 60 is bigger than the 40.  The various stages of construction consist of the assembly of the fuselage to the wings all the way to the paint and interior.  We were able to enter 2 different planes that were not finished and two others that were finished.  Let me tell you, there is a big difference.  After our tour ended we said goodbye to our guide and left for the tire shop.  JTT  

Going on the tour

Inside one of the planes

The Bombardier Lear Jet factory