Historic Learjet 28 To Make Final Flight to Museum
The
first Learjet 28 Longhorn (S/N 28-001)—which as a prototype was famously
flown by Neil Armstrong and Learjet test pilot Pete Reynolds in 1979—will
have a permanent home in its retirement. The twinjet, which has had
several owners and registrations since it notched five FAI
and NAA records with Armstrong in the cockpit, is being
donated to the Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio (the
late pioneering astronaut’s hometown) by Kevin Hayward, president and CEO
of Ox Industries.
Registered
as N128LR, the jet is scheduled to arrive at Neil Armstrong Airport in
New Knoxville, Ohio, on Wednesday, August 5, which would have been the
first man to walk on the Moon’s 90th birthday. Scheduled to copilot the
twinjet on its last flight is former NASA astronaut and two-time space
shuttle pilot Col. Gregory Johnson (USAF Ret.). Citing Armstrong as a
personal hero, Johnson said it would be an honor to copilot the historic
Lear 28 to its new home.
It will remain at the
airport on display until ready to be transported to the nearby museum,
capping a five-year effort by its board of directors to obtain the
airplane. The Longhorn will be installed near a 1946 Aeronca 7AC
Champion, the first aircraft Armstrong ever flew.
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